Water The Waves Shape the Shore, and the Shore Shapes the Waves I'm continuing to work my way through books [https://danbscott.ghost.io/a-winter-in-arabia/] that I picked up on vacation [https://danbscott.ghost.io/oregon-trail/]. This post is a review of Waves and Beaches: the dynamics of the ocean surface by Willard Bascom. (I've been really busy
Economics Economic Dashboard I was pretty tired this weekend, and away the weekend before that, but now I'm back with a post that I hope was worth the wait. The Alberta provincial government has a very useful online portal called the Alberta Economic Dashboard [http://economicdashboard.albertacanada.com/]. (It's
Book "A Winter in Arabia" This post is a review of the book A Winter in Arabia: A Journey Through Yemen by Dame Freya Stark [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freya_Stark]. It was published in 1940 and describes a months-long visit she made to the Hadhramaut [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadhramaut] region of
Math A tiling primer This post is a brief introduction to the mathematics of tiling, which I find quite fascinating. Tiles [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tile] are a long-standing architectural feature. They have been used in cultures all over the world, but the math underlying how they can cover a space [https://en.
Water Downstream from Eden, by David Knight This post is a review of a book by one of the pastors at the church [http://www.lincolnroadchapel.ca/home.html] I attended while I was doing my master's degree at the University of Waterloo. Downstream from Eden: The Amazing Gift of Water for a Thirsty World
Footbridges and Boardwalks of NB The weather is turning colder and the season for non-winter outdoor activities like hiking and kayaking is coming to an end. This post on the best bridges and boardwalks on New Brunswick trails is one I've been saving for a while (most of the photos below have been
Map Mapping Hyla Park Hyla Park [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hyla+Park+Nature+Preserve/@45.9498813,-66.609771,17z/data=!4m6!1m3!3m2!1s0x0:0xbabc09a76601ce20!2sHyla+Park+Nature+Preserve!3m1!1s0x0:0xbabc09a76601ce20] is a little-known park in Fredericton. I had the idea that more people might use it if there was a
Professional WEFTEC 2015 Following close on the heels of my vacation [https://danbscott.ghost.io/oregon-trail/] to the Pacific [https://danbscott.ghost.io/the-rains-of-quinault/] Northwest [https://danbscott.ghost.io/seattle-trip-2015/], I went on a business trip that included attending the WEFTEC [http://www.weftec.org/] wastewater treatment conference in Chicago (I also attended
R The Rains of Quinault One of the highlights of my trip to the West Coast [https://danbscott.ghost.io/seattle-trip-2015/] was spending a long weekend in Olympic National Park with a couple of friends. This enormous park (bigger than the state of Rhode Island, apparently) has everything from mountains, to temperate rainforests, to coastline.
Travel Seattle Trip, 2015 As promised in my previous post [https://danbscott.ghost.io/oregon-trail/], here is a run-down of my recent trip to Seattle. I was in Washington state from Sept. 2 – 8 (and for a final day before flying out of SeaTac after visiting Portland); this included three days on the Olympic
Links Oregon Trail I recently returned from a trip to the US Pacific Northwest. It was a great time. This post is about my time in Portland, Oregon; expect other posts on Seattle and Olympic National Park later. This is Pioneer Square in downtown Portland. With the prevalence of red brick, along with
Movies & TV The Operative from Serenity I'm busy this week, so I decided to share a .gif I made and some quotes I like from the movie Serenity [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379786/?ref_=nv_sr_1]—it's hard to believe that it came out 10 years ago. Here is the
New Brunswick Southwest Miramichi Last weekend, I went up to Doaktown and Boistown for part of a day, to see some things along the Southwest Miramichi River [https://danbscott.ghost.io/map-of-new-brunswick-watersheds/]. The places I went were: 1. Doaktown old train bridge 2. Priceville suspension bridge 3. Atlantic Salmon Museum 4. Central NB Woodsmen&
3D Printing 3D Printing as a Service I've been waiting to receive a parcel so I could write this post, and I just got it today. In a previous post [https://danbscott.ghost.io/3d-printed-cactus-pot-2/], I mentioned that I wanted to try an online 3D-Printing service. The part that I wanted to print was relatively
New Brunswick Rebuild Fort Nashwaak This post is about Fort Nashwaak [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Nashwaak], and an idea (I can't call it a plan, as I'm not in a position to make it happen, but if anyone who is reads this, feel free to run with it) to
New Brunswick NB Day 2015 Last weekend was New Brunswick Day. To celebrate, I enjoyed some outdoor activities around the province that I decided to share in this post. Oromocto River I went kayaking on the Oromocto River with some friends last weekend. One of my friends rented a kayak from Eco-Logical Adventures [http://ecologicaladventures.
R Introduction to Non-Parametric Statistics Non-parametric statistics are something that I don't recall learning much about in any classes I took—just picked them up from my advisors and literature I read while I was working on my master's thesis [https://danbscott.ghost.io/my-masters-thesis/]—but they're something I
New Brunswick 3 Neat Infographics I recently came across a website called Visual Capitalist [http://www.visualcapitalist.com] that has a lot of interesting infographics on economics and related topics. This post shares three of them, but there are a lot more to check out on their website. Visual Capitalist is based in Vancouver, so
3D Printing 3D-Printed Cactus Pot This post is about one of my recent 3D-printing projects. Cactus I like having plants in my apartment, but anything that requires frequent attention would have a difficult time surviving under my care. I thought cactus would be a nice fit, due to their ability to withstand periods of water
History The Americas Before 1492 This post took a couple of weeks to research and put together. I hope it was worth the wait. It is a review of 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann [http://charlesmann.org/]. Well, it's not so much a review as it
Computer Cellular Automata, in Excel This post is about cellular automata [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_automaton], a topic in discrete math. I made an implementation of "Conway's Game of Life [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life]" in an Excel spreadsheet. Conway's Game of
R A Minimalist Map of the US Interstate System Since I've been travelling in the United States quite a bit recently (for business), I thought it would be useful to learn a bit more about the interstate highway system, specifically how the numbering scheme works. It's actually very well-organized and systematic. I made the map
New Brunswick Art: Masterworks and l'Experience de la Riviere Nahanni This weekend, I went to a couple of art galleries in Fredericton to see their current exhibits. The Beaverbrook Art Gallery [http://beaverbrookartgallery.org/en/] was presenting the "Masterworks" from their permanent collection and Gallery 78 [http://www.gallery78.com/gallery.htm] was presenting "L'Expérience
Computer A Simple Spreadsheet App I've been on the road quite a bit the past few months for my job. In this post I wanted to share about an app that I've found useful out in the field. I'm also planning another post inspired by my travels in a
Global Issues Humanity on the Move The topic I'm writing about in this post is something I see as a very serious issue—both in humanitarian terms and for the impact I expect it will have in the near future. Awareness of the Issue Headline after headline recently have told of staggering numbers of