Author Archives: John

About John

Interested in how information intersects daily life, technology, and art. Digital Marketing - marketing ROI in healthcare Collaboration - working in social and collaborative media. Biomedical Informaticist - focusing on patient/patient, patient/provider communication.

Birdie Cam II

Another season, another bird house. After last year’s first try with a camera in a bird house, here’s the next iteration. I kept the same camera, but lengthened the house. This gives more entry-to-floor depth and is inline with what’s … Continue reading

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Say Cheese!

I’m trying out a solarcan, which is a pinhole camera. Attached firmly to a structure and left exposed, it should trace the trail the sun leaves across the horizon each day. I’m starting near solstice, so I should have an … Continue reading

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How I did a 3d Scatter Graph

Making a 3D scatter graph with Python from installing Jupyter to drawing the figure Continue reading

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Monthly excess mortality across Oregon counties, a cartogram.

Science Advances recently published a paper, “Monthly excess mortality across counties in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic“, Eugenio Paglino et al, that looked at the number of deaths that were more than expected before and during COVID. From … Continue reading

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The Aphorist of NE Lloyd Blvd, Portland.

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