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<title>First Brush with Python</title>
<link>/index.php/entry/view/id/13</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 22:54:01 -0600</pubDate>
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	I&#39;m well aware I&#39;m late to the band wagon - Python is a big deal and has been for a long time. For a long time, I&#39;ve been meaning to give it a shot and see what it was all about. I&#39;ve had a few weak attempts to understand it here and there, but generally never had it really grab my attention. Now that I&#39;ve managed to complete my time at UNH, it&#39;s about time to try and pick up some new and interesting things.

	To quote the Python website itself:&nbsp;

	
		Python ...]]></description>
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<title>Statistics and Programming - Fundamentals</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:22:55 -0700</pubDate>
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	If there was one thing I could go back and do in my college career... well, there would probably be a lot of things I&#39;d change. One academic choice I could change would be to make better use of my statistics class. I&#39;ve recently been thinking about my lack-of understanding of good statistics and how it could be applicable to testing and verifying software systems (or any studies for that matter). I decided I wanted a bit more of a hands on and familiar way to approach statistics, so I...]]></description>
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<title>What I've Learned From Classic Hollywood Film and Programming</title>
<link>/index.php/entry/view/id/11</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 22:32:40 -0700</pubDate>
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	Wait, what?

	

	As a disclaimer, I am NOT&nbsp;a film person by any stretch of the imagination. I&#39;m also not going to claim I know much about the classic Hollywood system, how good films are truly constructed or try and do anything to provoke a violent backlash from those who do consider themselves film people. So please, reserve for your attacks on me at least after reading what I&#39;m writing here.

	However, I&#39;ve gained something critical in my mind from some ideas behind t...]]></description>
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<title>Collatz Conjecture - Implementing a Natural Number</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:43:12 -0600</pubDate>
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	&nbsp;

	Collatz conjecture is a strange problem in mathematics. In particular, the conjecture states the following:

	
		Take any&nbsp;natural number&nbsp;n. If&nbsp;n&nbsp;is even, divide it by 2 to get&nbsp;n&nbsp;/ 2, if&nbsp;n&nbsp;is odd multiply it by 3 and add 1 to obtain 3n&nbsp;+ 1. Repeat the process indefinitely. The conjecture is that no matter what number you start with, you will always eventually reach 1.
		
		Wikipedia, Collatz Conjecture


	What&#39;s particula...]]></description>
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<title>Traffic Circles</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:51:39 -0600</pubDate>
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	Working in Portsmouth, NH now involves me generally taking a route down Rt. 16/Rt. 1 to get to work on a daily basis. While in transit on the route, you&#39;ll run into a classic friend - a traffic circle.

	

	The Portsmouth Traffic Circle

	In my driving experience, people have not been too graceful in respect to handling traffic circles. From what I understand, traffic circles should really help reduce traffic loads by allowing a consistent flow of traffic. At the very least, if you&...]]></description>
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<title>String Powers</title>
<link>/index.php/entry/view/id/8</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 13:59:08 -0600</pubDate>
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	This past semester, I took a course on Computer Science Theory. In particular, CS659 at UNH. The course is intended to give an introduction to the fundamentals of what makes computing work - formal and informal proofs, program verification, finite automata (deterministic and nondeterministic), languages, pushdown automata, and lots of other topics. This course was the toughest I&#39;ve taken in the CS department to say the least (especially not being a huge math person). What a struggle that ...]]></description>
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<title>Get Up And Start Again...</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:53:53 -0600</pubDate>
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	Hello all!

	First and foremost, long time no chat! I&#39;ve done a poor job of keeping this blog up to date when it was working. A pretty sad state of affairs, especially since it was finally broken due to what I suspect were stupid and careless errors on my part. Anyway, a few months later and here we are - back on track!

	I&#39;ve had some ideas of things I&#39;ve wanted to explore and write about a little bit, so I&#39;m hoping that I can make myself try and stay on top of the writin...]]></description>
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