One of today’s most recognized physical laws is Murphy’s Law…one of the seeming fundamental laws of mankind: “If anything can go wrong, it will.” In this post, I discuss its brief history, and entertain the attempt of mathematically formulating his maxim in order to apply to some real-world sitations. The history: The adage or truism, […]
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Network graphs explained with scenarios (Python) – Part 2
This is Part 2 of the series “Network graphs explained with scenarios“. Please read Part 1 first for proper continuity. A few of the scenarios I cover in this blog series here: Project scheduling example – Shows how to compute critical path on a network of related tasks. Covered in Part 1.Routing example – Shows […]
Network graphs explained with scenarios (Python) – Part 1
Network graphs are quite fascinating to me. They are all around us and used daily in a multitude of real-world applications from supply-chain, routing, mapping, social media, scheduling, to networking. In this two-part blog series, I’ll go over some real-world applications of graphs and how to generate them dynamically using Python. There are many complex […]
Mass and Energy – Explained Simply
In this blog, I explain in simple terms, the relationships between mass, weight, and ultimately energy as it relates to anything, including your own body mass, and how all of this can be tied to Einstein’s equation: E=MC^2. By the end of this post, you’ll be able to tell how much energy is stored within […]
My Radio Station: FlyingSalmon Radio
Hi folks, I’m experimenting with setting up my own internet broadcast radio. I’ll be adding more content over time, but for now there are several categories you can enjoy. They are: You can point your browser or any media player that supports opening an internet playlist to: https://zeno.fm/radio/flyingsalmon/ Also, there are downloadable apps for Android […]
Monet’s still painting brought alive
Here I’m sharing my first little experimentation with animating a still image. Not the cheesy, cartoony added animation layers on top of the image like TikTok or most other apps feature these days, but rather using the intrinsic pixels of the original image and manually specifying which pixels would move, how fast, how far, where, […]
Metaphysics, Harmony, Spirituality with Python
For many years, different sound frequencies have been believed and proven to have various effects on humans…in physical and mental aspects. From self-healing to spirituality; to vision and enlightenment, sound has been used (and continues to be) to aid meditation and therapy. Whether or not you believe in its benefits is beside the point of […]
Complementary post to: Pop Quiz [And Solutions With Low Code!]
This post is a continuation of or complementary post to about using Excel and SQL for pop-quizes. Please read that first to get proper context…otherwise, this wouldn’t make much sense. As discussed in the post linked above, the SQL queries can be saved from Microsoft Query Editor to an external file. It’s really convenient because […]
Pop Quiz [and Solutions with Low Code!]
Every now and then I see some simple quizzes pop-up on Facebook such as: “Name a state without letter A in it.” The letter can be another, they just switch it around from time to time. This particular post is inspired by such posts. Sure we can go through all the states in our heads […]
Understanding Trends: Real-world example
Trend analysis is a pivotal part of business analytics, project planning, marketing, and virtually all aspects of strategic planning and understanding of patterns/behavior. In this post, I present a straight-forward but very practical use of some analytics and walk you through: 1) Data collection 2) Data cleanup and shaping 3) Creating trends and understanding the […]