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Generative AI bots have us playing different versions of the Turing test game.

Exploration of using the Turing tests imitation game as a conceptual model to think about different generative AI interactions in 2026 by varying the original game parameters to map to real-world scenarios.

Using instruction files to guide GitHub Copilot to help you consume less risky code dependencies

Explains how to use instruction files to guide GitHub Copilot to help you consume less risky code dependencies. Also introduces different types of dependency risks and how they can be assessed.

What people are getting wrong about data.gov

A primer on data dot gov for people talking about it in the news and on social media

Measuring changes in government data over time with the Wayback Machine

Using Internet Archive Wayback Machine and data.json to detect missing datasets

Houston has topography: Looking at why Buffalo Bayou does not drain to the sea, directly

What a relative elevation map referenced against large rivers and coastline can tell us about why Buffalo Bayou flows east instead of south south east like many rivers in the area.

Opportunities to leverage code repository and package metadata for new open source experiences

A look at how metadata from code repositories and package managers can be used to create new open source experience.

Comparing geologic maps and large language models: All models are wrong, some are useful

A post mortem on a prototype web application that generates geology field trip statements for point locations. Plus, thoughts on how LLMs can improve geologic maps.

Share back what you built with open source and open data maintainers

Sharing what you build with those that you built upon puts energy back into the open source and open data systems. Free does not have to mean invisible.

Joining the Public Interest Tech Webring

Why I joined the Public Interest Tech Webring. Plus, a little on the code necessary to add it to my website's footer

Thoughts on NASA Public Access Plan

Thoughts on request request for information on NASA's proposed public access plan

Finding repositories to make contributions to within large organizations on GitHub

How to find repositories ideal for first-time contributions without having to read 2000 READMEs.

On Large Language Models and Roadside Bot Geologists

Learnings from an experiment to see if a large language model could be used to generate geologic descriptions of arbitrary point locations around the world.

What Eats What For Breakfast in an Enterprise Setting

Thoughts on why the traditional "What Eats What For Breakfast" thought pieces should be an ordered list rather than comparison of two items.

Maps that Speak

A hackathon project to get floodplain map data delivered as speech and experienced while on the move. Now wondering if another type of data would make more sense for this type of approach?

Adding RSS to this Website

Learnings from adding RSS to this next.js website

Finding Floodplain GEOJSONs

Lessons learned trying to find GEOJSONs of FEMA floodplains.

Website Migration from WordPress to Next.js & Tailwind CSS

A blog post describing moving this website from WordPress to Next.js & TailwindCSS.

How to Find a NASA Contractor Job

A post laying out information useful for finding a NASA contractor position.

Visualization the Implicit Community within an Awesome List

What if Awesome Lists were not just lists, but enabled views of the open source community?

Visualizing Well Logs on the Web with Wellio & Wellioviz

Wellio & Wellioviz are open source JavaScript libraries for converting LAS well log files into JSON and viewing them in the browser.

Using Machine-Learning to Reuse Metadata: Poster at AGU 2019

Creating New Metadata from Old Metadata Using Machine-Learning: A Poster Presentation at American Geophysical Union Conference 2019

Stratigraphic pick prediction via supervised machine-learning: Predictatops

Stratigraphic pick prediction via supervised machine-learning: Predictatops

Geoscience to Data Science Starter Pack

This post is directed at houston-based geoscience types starting off on a month to years long process of improving their skills in data science and maybe eventually getting a job in data science. It lays out the things I’ve found myself telling people in real life.

Half-baked thoughts on predicting chronostratigraphic surfaces

A collection of hypotheses, ideas, and biases related to predicting chronostratigraphic surfaces in well logs.

Using Machine-learning to Extend Stratigraphic Surfaces, a hackathon project

This weekend I finally got to do a hackathon project I have been wanting to try for more than two years. It leverages machine-learning to mimic human-created stratigraphic picks.

What do I get out of conferences?

Four conferences, two hackathons, and a lot of meet-ups: Analyzing what I have gotten from technical gatherings outside of work this year.

Presenting at Johnson Space Center Data Science Day

Presenting at Johnson Space Center Data Science Day on the history of data visualization tooling.

International Nodebots Day

Blog post about setting up my first personal seismometer. Raspberry Shake is built on top a Raspberry Pi and records earth quakes and other seismic waves.

Raspberry Shake – Personal Seismometer

Blog post about setting up my first personal seismometer. Raspberry Shake is built on top a Raspberry Pi and records earth quakes and other seismic waves.

Meet Up Talk Data Viz Tools

Presented a talk at Houston Data Visualization Meetup on THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF DATA VISUALIZATION TOOLS IN LARGE ORGANIZATIONS.