Monthly Archives: January 2018

BIG DATA, Small data, and a little practice on both (Part II)

How Norman Borlaug won the Nobel Peace Prize by “changing gravity”  In 1933, a certain former football and baseball player and wrestler on his high school teams failed the entrance exam into University of Minnesota. More athlete than egghead, he … Continue reading

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BIG DATA, Small data, and a little practice on both (Part I)

The morning of Rockstar’s Class Assembly couple days ago, traffic was blocked up. I mean, REALLY blocked up – no buses or cars were getting in, and the taxi queue was getting longer by the minute.  Now, if you have … Continue reading

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Miss-Speak #90: Lives Are Ruined On A Daily Basis

(…Because I haven’t finished the books I’m reading, to write about <sheepish>) #90 Bedtime in the Rockstar household… Me: Bedtime, darling… HN: Mummy. Do you really have to ruin my life like that? Rockstar emerges blearily from bedroom one morning … Continue reading

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First Post of 2018: Doing Better

Wanted one for my 30th birthday, ok… That was like, a decade ago. Never got one ’til now. I could never quite bring myself to get one “just because.” What if I change my mind? It is apparently incredibly difficult and painful to … Continue reading

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