Weather Rodeo v2 was my first attempt to construct a fitness function for the forecasters’ prediction accuracies. There were a couple of surprises: First, KIRO TV 7, winner of round one, fared the worst this time around because of the penalties for bad predictions, e.g., predicting sunny when it’s actually overcast with rain. The second […]
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Forecasts have been collected from our participants and sorted into three categories, events, sky conditions and temperature. Over the next few days, we’ll see who most accurately forecasts the weather from Thursday through Monday. The original rules have been amended in order to make this a bit easier to tabulate. See below for details. As
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The length of winter was revealed this morning by Punxsutawney Phil. Outlook: six more weeks. It occurred to me that I should add him as one of my weather forecasting sources, but he’s doesn’t do five-day forecasts, especially in the Seattle area. The next Weather Rodeo will commence with forecasts rendered on Wednesday evening between
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I saw just over half of the Pats vs. Cats game at my friend Jim’s place yesterday before my kids needed to go home, bathe, and go to bed. I had it on during their bath and the second half seemed like the first, all the action was in the latter part. Some quick thoughts…
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Director Mitch posted his map of places visited. Here’s mine.
Oh, the places you’ll go! Read More »
Several folks I know pick impressive new year’s resolutions that eventually fall apart by February, if not sooner. I don’t like specifying too many, and when I do, I’ve preferred to pick at least one thing I know I have a certainty of attaining. For example, two years ago, I resolved to give up listening
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There’s a great urban legend that says a penny tossed off the top of the Empire State building will impact with enough force to embed itself in the ground. Or, if it hit someone in the head, it would kill them. Last week’s Mythbusters (one of my favorite TV shows) busted the myth experimentally. However,
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NASA is currently holding a press conference after the successful landing of “Opportunity” and potential workaround of the flash memory problem on “Spirit.” I’m reslishing seeing all the engineers cheering and high fives. Much like Pathfinder, this is an amazing opportunity to witness the highs and lows of exploration in near real time. If you