Trip to Greece
Edited the travel section with our trip to Greece from earlier this year...
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On-Air video monitoring device
I thought it would be interesting, and incredibly useful, to build a device that displays a visual cue when my laptops webcam is turned on. I work from home and I'm in a large amount of video meetings either on Zoom or Google Meet. This handy device helps others in the household know when I'm on a video call without needing to see the screen.
GitHub Repository containing full code
I based my work largely on another great tutorial I found here on medium:
https://edransit.medium.com/an-on-air-sign-with-iot-5bf2f2bc7dc9
The principle is the same, but things are a bit updated and expanded. I needed this to work on both my MacBook and my Linux laptop.
Hardware:
ESP32 microcontrollerNeopixel LED stripWooden boxTranslucent Plexiglass (3mm)Micro USB cordMosquitto Broker Server
Mosquitto Server:
The original tutorial utilizes an Arduino to run the broker. However, Arduinos are currently like gold because of the chip shortage and are both hard and expensive to find. Since I already have a server at home running TrueNAS, I spun up...
LDA Topic Analysis with Gensim in Python
As part of a project, I needed to write a class for LDA with Gensim. I thought I would share it here... It's based on another tutorial I found online, but it's been modified and is a bit more reusable now. Readme is located in the repository here.
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Keras and Tensorflow Basics in Python – Part II
Another simple example of utilizing Keras to predict a multi-classification problem. Details in the Jupyter notebook below.
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Natural Language Processing in Python – Sentiment using VADER
Another little bit of NLP showing how to do a quick and dirty sentiment analysis utilizing VADER within NLTK. It doesn't give the best accuracy on all datasets, but it removes complexity. Details below in the Jupyter Notebook.
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Natural Language Processing in Python – LDA vs. NMF
Another little bit of NLP comparing Topic clustering in an unsupervised problem. Details below in the Jupyter Notebook.
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Google Sheets Gantt Chart
Just something I thought was a little interesting - I couldn't find any free Gantt chart web-based apps that were easily shareable (preferably in Google Docs). So, I built one using Google sheets. It's not perfect, and only has very basic functionality. It's a perfect chart for running through basic timing and milestones (particularly for a research project, which is why it's geared toward organizing a dissertation). Click below to make a copy of the link for your own usage. It does assume a level of familiarity with Excel/Sheets and the familiarity with formulas.
Google Sheets Link
All you need to do is the following:
Add new rows if neededEdit/Add dates if needed across columnsCopy down formulas in your new rows/columns from existing (included the hidden column H), make sure to special paste formulas only so the formatting doesn't get thrown offSet your start date / due date (A light blue line will generate)Set the percentage done in the PCT OF TASK COMPLETE...
Kaggle Submission: Mobile Phone Price Classification
A recent "submission" I completed based upon a Kaggle dataset. I use quotations as this particular dataset didn't include the ability to submit your final dataset. However, I had fun doing it and is a good example of multi-classification.
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Project: Social Media Sentiment
A recent project I completed related to Natural Language Processing - embedded below as a Jupyter Notebook.
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Frequency Table – Python
A small script I wrote just because I happened to need it. Generates a quick and more "easy-to-read" frequency table for ranges specified in the bins.
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