(critter watch, data mining experiment, garden)
Several mornings last week i've sat on the deck after letting the fe-lions loose. Squirrels make an incredible ruckus jumping branch to branch and descending into the mulberry tree. I harrumph, figure they are shaking all the ripe berries on to the ground. (Next year, a fruit capture net will be installed). But today, despite the squirrels descending quite low in the tree, i was back to a decent harvest of mulberries. (A "decent harvest" is, i dunno over half a cup. I'm not getting out the ladder.)
Friday I circled to the blackberries, which are about done, and noticed the ground cover of strawberries still blooming. I haven't checked the ones in the garden for a while but i quickly found three strawberries and figured i could given them a really good wash and add them to some berry thing. The blue berries are beginning to come in heavily, and there were lots of mulberries! A sudden wave of ripening? A bird didn't beat me to them?
Weekend was hot and i spent the time learning how to write better python as i began processing my weather sensor data. I moved slowly, but with ChatGPT acting as an opinionated and sometimes wrong tutor, i moved faster. It offered significant help in answering questions when i knew what i should do but couldn't quite remember how to express it, and it helped me through setting up functions i can use across Jupyter notebooks, a big step for me. When i could i read the docs instead of chatting, but i know my code is better for its tutoring. All of this is fairly junior skills, but i hope it can advance other skills.
I am impressed how data analysis has become more accessible. I remember struggling to deal with time series data some years ago. Now the tools and the information about using them is so much more available.
post-tags: critter watch, data mining experiment, garden
Friday I circled to the blackberries, which are about done, and noticed the ground cover of strawberries still blooming. I haven't checked the ones in the garden for a while but i quickly found three strawberries and figured i could given them a really good wash and add them to some berry thing. The blue berries are beginning to come in heavily, and there were lots of mulberries! A sudden wave of ripening? A bird didn't beat me to them?
Weekend was hot and i spent the time learning how to write better python as i began processing my weather sensor data. I moved slowly, but with ChatGPT acting as an opinionated and sometimes wrong tutor, i moved faster. It offered significant help in answering questions when i knew what i should do but couldn't quite remember how to express it, and it helped me through setting up functions i can use across Jupyter notebooks, a big step for me. When i could i read the docs instead of chatting, but i know my code is better for its tutoring. All of this is fairly junior skills, but i hope it can advance other skills.
I am impressed how data analysis has become more accessible. I remember struggling to deal with time series data some years ago. Now the tools and the information about using them is so much more available.
post-tags: critter watch, data mining experiment, garden