Category: Life
What he said: Warren Buffett
How to win against 2 Queens and Zero of your own! (Chess)
This is one of the funnest, most unusual games I’ve played on Chess Free app by AI Factory on my smartphone…the outcome was unexpected win by me being completely outscored. I’ve been playing this on level 5 for a while and maybe because I’m not an expert, I find it quite impressive at this level. […]
Need a baby name? Or just love data?
In either case, read on. I collected a dataset of poplular baby names from OpenData government site of City of New York ranging from 2011 through 2016…exactly 19,418 records. Original dataset view: What I want to do is find out: a) Most popular names b) Less popular names (or rare names used) c) Slice it […]
So, what’s special about 144?
Every now and then there will be some mathematician or a student of math who will present a specific number and either ask or advocate the special characteristics of a number. We all encountered the Pi, Fibonacci sequence, Golden ratio, etc. etc. Today, let’s talk about a less popular, seemingly benign number: 144 Immediately, most […]
Sculpture creations: Video and more photos…
Howdy! I’ve uploaded some videos of my latest sculpture creations in clay for fun. Please check them out; hope you enjoy them. Also trying to keep photos of my art (sculpture, paintings/sketches, and encaustics) all in one place at https://www.deviantart.com/fsartwork/ Pics of this and more are at https://www.deviantart.com/fsartwork/ However, since I’m not a paying member there I […]
Non-Tech/Behavioral Questions @ Interview
I’ve recently been interviewing for my next role following completion of my contracts in my high-tech industry. This prompted me to reflect, and research on some of the behavioral questions that I faced, I posed (on the other side of the table as an interviewer/hiring manager for many years), and what other sources have exposed. […]
Sculpture made by me…MetaTusks (no beginning, no end)
MetaSpores…Sculpture made by me with no beginning or end
Sculpture and science
This is a physical 3D sculpture inspired by the recently discovered/invented Metamobius geometry. I’ve posted blogs about this after I came across it (search for “metamobius” on my site). I wanted to see if the computer-generated images could be physically manifested…yes, this one did!