Recently I have migrated from my trusty old red notebook and bullet type journal system to keep track of my to do list to a web based program called focuster. I did so because I was becoming a bit overwhelmd with my notebook system. I still believe there is utility... [Read More]

Storing data in long format is efficient and flexible. For example, suppose you have been recording data using some sort of logger like a temperature or water level. But each logger may be on a different recording interval or the time interval might not line up between loggers. The example... [Read More]

One of the challenges of working from home or remotely is the lack of synchronous meetings. Many times that it that impromptu meeting in the hall or just being able to walk over and chat to someone or pick their brain. Also lost in that mix, in my opinion is... [Read More]

Many of us have been spending a fair bit of time doing online meetings. This may be due to due to the ongoing pandemic, but online meetings have been going on for years and it seems more than likely that the trend will continue even more in the future. Pandemic... [Read More]

Looking through some fish occurrence data and stumbled into something interesting, at least to me and those of us who have been messing around with Southern Brook Lamprey Ichthyomyzon gagei (Figure 1). In the headwaters of the Noxubee River there are 2 species of lampreys that have been identified the... [Read More]