rediscovering books.
Don’t get me wrong. Books have always been central to my life. After grad school, I could only read fluff. My head was filled, no room for anything else. While pregnant with Camille, I read everything I could get my hands on about childbirth and babies. Once Camille was born, my reading was all about
letters about literature.
A surprise award! Camille submitted her “Letter about Literature” independently (as opposed to the other winners who had their essays submitted via their schools) and won third prize in her age category. While the award is a statewide award, the ceremony was here in Downtown decatur at our library, and the prize was a gift
work: new way to install COS CE and DOcplex!
Just as I finished my series of posts on how to : install DOcplex solve a DOcplex model using a local solver solve a DOcplex model on the cloud use DOcplex in a Jupyter notebook an exciting new announcement was made … CPLEX for Python is now available on ANACONDA CLOUD! Getting up and running
work: using DOcplex in a Jupyter notebook
Now that you have installed IBMยฎ Decision Optimization CPLEXยฎ modeling for Python (DOcplex), installed IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio Community Edition, and obtained a DOcplexcloud API key, you can solve optimization problems both locally and on the cloud. Our next step is to use DOcplex and solve optimization problems from within a Jupyter notebook. Jupyter
work: solving a DOcplex model on the cloud
As mentioned in solving a DOcplex model using a local solver, there are restrictions on the Community Edition of IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio which make it difficult to solve a problem of any real consequence. If you would like to test out some larger optimization problems, you can register for a thirty day free
work: solving a DOcplex model using a local solver
Once you have DOcplex installed, it is possible to model your optimization problem. But now, how do you solve your problem? In this post, I will describe one of two choices for solving models, using a local installation of IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio. I will describe the other, using the cloud, in a future
work: installing DOcplex
On this snowy (fingers crossed), slow Friday at work, I set myself a simple project. Get DOcplex up and running on our home computer, a Mac. First, what is DOcplex? IBMยฎ Decision Optimization CPLEXยฎ modeling for Python (aka DOcplex) makes it possible to model optimization problems using Python. Once a problem is modeled in Python,
Photo-A-Day 2016
I have posted my final photo-a-day for 2016! This past year, I posted my daily photos to Picasa and to facebook…. In my 2008 daily album on picasa, I posted 202 photos. In my 2009 daily album on picasa, I posted 227 photos. In my 2010 daily album on picasa, I posted 346 photos. In
the more things change, the more they stay the same…
At some point, maybe I’ll write more. But for now, I’ll report that after a break of 3.5 years, we are once again a homeschooling family. And what does a homeschooling family do? We go to the zoo, of course…. And are thankful that old friends are there to welcome us home….
succulent.
Camille’s latest science experiment is quite lovely.
TEDx Peachtree
As part of my “figuring out what comes next” project, I signed myself up to attend TEDxPeachtree. Easy to sign up, but when the time approached, I got more and more nervous. How was I going to make it through the whole day? What could I possibly have to say to strangers when we met?
college search: rhode island colleges
Camille had a few Rhode Island schools on her list at the start, but by the time we made our plans to visit the northeast, only one was left. Brown University. Urban campus, good academic reputation, a nice fit for what she wants. I thought we were going to not like it. I really did.
college search: pennsylvania colleges
A school that has been high on Camille’s list and was one of the main reasons for us coming up north to visit colleges is Bryn Mawr. We booked a room at the Wyndham Alumnae House right on campus so we could maximize our time spent there. After getting our room, we took a long
college search: massachusetts colleges
September break. Time to tour the schools in the northeast that Camille is interested in! We flew into Boston and spent the night there to get a little bit of a feel for the city. Driving out of town, we went through Northeastern to see where it is situated. From there, we took a leisurely
college search: california colleges
We continued our spring break adventures, traveling down the west coast from visiting washington colleges and onto visiting oregon colleges and then into California. Camille had only two “northern” California schools on her list. Our first stop was to drive through Berkeley. California state schools are not in the running for a number of reasons,
college search: oregon colleges
As we traveled down the west coast from visiting washington colleges, we entered into the next phase of our spring break, visiting Oregon colleges. As we reached Portland, we took a quick turn though the University of Portland. Not a school on her list, but there and worth a drive-thru. We spent a couple of
college search: washington state
February break we spent looking at college. April break was no different. On the first day of April break, Rob, Camille, Chloe, and I flew out to Washington State to visit colleges in Washington, Oregon, and California. In our first pass, Camille had identified a cluster of schools near Seattle and Portland as possibilities, most
learning: french
I’ve spent years now “learning French”. I’ve gone through the programs – Rosetta Stone, etc. But I still don’t feel like I can speak French! After my trip to France last fall, I stepped up my game. Stopped splitting my time between Mango and Duolingo and decided to focus on Duolingo. And, at last, I
college search: always looking
Even though Camille didn’t join me on my trip to Memphis, I convinced my family yo take the time the time to visit Rhodes College. On paper, the school fulfills many of Camille’s requirements – “real” college campus in a city, liberal arts. Plus, it has a good reputation for merit scholarships. I fear it
more photography.
As I mentioned in create: an update on 2016, I took a bit of a break from photography after spring break. When the girls went back-to-school, I picked up my camera once again. While my photos have been better these past two weeks than over the past couple of months, I’m struggling to find things
GBK Gwyneth
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