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Graph Project: Splitting Axes Into Separate Objects
One of the problems with developing from a quick hack, as I have here, is that you sometimes have to take a step back and do some serious re-plumbing. In this case that means breaking things apart and defining axes … Continue reading
Graph Project: Automatically Generating Axis Labels
Up until not the graph object has required that the parameters governing the generation of axis tick labels be specified explicitly. However, it would be nice for the graph to be able to generate reasonable value labels on its own … Continue reading
Context for the Graph Project
A friend asked me what my recent series of posts is trying to communicate, so here is a brief rundown. When not writing here about my previous experience or reactions to things I’ve seen or read, the goal is to … Continue reading
JavaScript Graph Object, Part 12
Today I think I’m just going to list all of the TO DO items for the project while taking a moment to see if anything in the basic structure of the existing code might be reworked. Rather than continuously banging … Continue reading
A friend wanted to work on a “great” project
A fellow engineer once commented that our work seemed mundane. He wanted to do something big or spectacular or “great”, like the moon landings or Hoover Dam. And it wasn’t just that he wanted it to be great, he wanted … Continue reading
Testing the Thermodynamic Functions for Saturated Water As A Function of Temperature
Here are plots of the standard thermodynamic values for saturated water, all as a function of temperature. Tomorrow I’ll plot them all out as a function of pressure. I extended the range of each function below 32 degrees Fahrenheit to … Continue reading
Risk Analysis and Management
I don’t strongly feature the subject of risk analysis when I talk about my framework, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t accounted for or present. I usually build up my framework like this: Risks and Impacts appears with Assumptions and … Continue reading
Root Cause Analysis
Root cause analysis is the process of digging into a problem in order to find out what actually caused it. In simple systems or situations this process is pretty straightforward, but of course we often work in situations that are … Continue reading
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Old-Timey Calculators: Before Electronic Computers (and Even After)
Some time around 2004, as I was bouncing around the country doing data collections and research in support of the simulation and analysis of transportation and security systems, I happened to visit the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History … Continue reading
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Another Take On Communication Styles
Years ago I was with my uncle, an extremely technically adept retired Coast Guard officer, bleeding the water out of a fuel line for a small outboard motor. He told me to turn the petcock counter-clockwise to open it and … Continue reading