Tony February, 10,

And his website.

Tony has been out of college for two years now.  He’s enjoyed being back at home, but now he’s ready to move on.  He’s decided what he wants to do and is looking for work.  As part of that effort, he’s created this website to demonstrate what he knows and what he wants to learn and do.

It’s pretty cool.  Check it out.

http://tony.aswdev.com/

If I understood enough of what he’s saying and I needed help with natural language processing, or a computer vision project, and in accordance with the strong stand we take on nepotism at our firm, I’d certainly hire him.  Since I can’t, it’s up to someone else out there to step up.  Anybody need a machine learning engineer?

The Great Backyard Bird Count is almost here! February, 9,

Anyone can do it, and it’s easy.  Just log-in to ebird, http://ebird.org/ebird/submit , set-up an account, then tally the numbers and kinds of birds you see for at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the count, February 15-18, 2019.

You’re only supposed to put in the birds you recognize.  If you see a bird you can’t figure out, just skip it.  If this is your first time, keep it simple.  You can count from any location, anywhere in the world – including your backyard.  You too can make a difference in advancing the understanding of bird location and behavior, and be a part of this global citizen-science project!

Pop quiz February, 7,

What critter creates this structure?

And the answer is……

Leafcutter ants!

They’re thought to be the only animals besides humans that cultivate their own food.  They carry bits of leaves into their colony and farm the fungus that lives on them.  The ants eat the fungus.  They excavate huge underground dens, creating these sand piles on the surface.