EB
Jan 24, 2017
Collecting / Storing Tweets with Python and MySQL

A few days ago, I published Collecting / Storing Tweets with Python and MongoDB. In that post, I describe the steps needed to collect and store tweets

EB
Jan 19, 2017
Collecting / Storing Tweets with Python and MongoDB

Collecting / Storing Tweets with Python and MongoDB provides a script that can be used to collect and store tweets using python and mongoDB

EB
Jan 13, 2017
Foto Friday – Middle of Cascade Creek, Colorado

A capture of some of the rapids in Cascade Creek. Captured Canon 5DsR, Canon 16-35 f/4 L.

EB
Jan 10, 2017
Jupyter with Vagrant

I use jupyter with vagrant to do 99.% of all my python development. This post explains how easy it is to set up jupyter with vagrant.

EB
Dec 29, 2016
Stockstats – Python module for various stock market indicators

Stockstats currently has about 26 stats and stock market indicators included. Definitely not as robust as TA-Lib, but it does have the basics.

EB
Dec 28, 2016
Book Review – Machine Learning With Random Forests And Decision Trees by Scott Hartshorn

If you'e looking for a good, short introduction to Random Forests, check out Machine Learning With Random Forests And Decision Trees.

EB
Dec 9, 2016
Foto Friday – Bakers Bridge Area, Durango CO

A photo of Bakers Bridge near Durango CO. This is the area that they filmed part of the 'jump' scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid.

EB
Dec 8, 2016
Vagrant on Windows

Running vagrant on windows allows python developers to run *nix in in a VM for python development, which might help with some Windows python issues.

EB
Dec 5, 2016
You (probably) don't need Machine Learning

You (and your company) probably don't need machine learning. Most companies just need good data management with good regression modeling.

EB
Dec 2, 2016
Foto Friday – Bridge across the Animas River

This is a time lapse + multiple exposures of the Animas River in Durango CO

EB
Nov 30, 2016
pandas Cheat Sheet (via yhat)

yhat just released a pandas cheat sheet. I also provided some tip on functions that I use all the time with pandas.

EB
Nov 29, 2016
Your data project is going to fail

Your data project is going to fail. You can plan everything perfectly, use the best systems, hire the best people yet your project will fail.

EB
Nov 28, 2016
Getting the 'next' row of data in a pandas dataframe

A quick tutorial and code to show how to get the 'next' row of data for a pandas dataframe.

EB
Nov 25, 2016
Foto Friday – Sandia Mountain Sunset

A capture of the sunset hitting the Sandia Mountains outside Albuquerque NM.Captured with Canon 5DsR and Canon 16-45 f/4 L.   Purchase a copy of

EB
Nov 24, 2016
Dask – A better way to work with large CSV files in Python

Using dask, you can easily work with large data sets including large CSV files without loading the data into memory via out-of-core computations.

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