Before we bought the house, the REALTOR called Nicor and found out what the gas bill was for the prior year. $99 a month. $1200 bucks to heat the house for the year – it was basically vacant but heated for a year before we moved in. A quick peek up the attic access showed …
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Bayesian Presentation Followup
Last night I gave my Bayesian presentation for the Fox Valley Computer Professionals. One of the attendees does what’s called sketchnote taking. This is basically doodling notes. He sent me a picture of his notes afterwards, and I immediately thought “That is flipping COOL!” My second thought was “was I THAT boring?” My third thought …
The starting of new shelves for the Kitchen Pantry
We recently moved the Fridge from where it was when we bought the house. This left a wonderful area for a pantry. A friend picked up a bunch of scrap wood from freecycle, and dropped it off in my garage knowing I am always looking for good junk. Part of my new found lumber loot, …
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Bayesian Presentation for Fox Valley Computer Professionals
I frequently give presentations on topics related to web development and related technologies. Tomorrow, I am going to be doing a presentation on Bayesian Statistical Inferencing for the Fox Valley Computer Professionals. This is the second time I am giving this presentation, as I gave it about a year ago for the local PHP Meetup …
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Beer Bread
I’ve been meaning to make beer bread for a while. Today, today was the day. I was munchy, looking through the fridge, and found some beer way in back. Now, I don’t much like beer for drinking, but I do like cooking with it. Beer Bread Recipe 3 cups flour 1 tbls sugar 1 tbls …