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It's Father's Day 2025. For the last 24 months, I've catalogued specific acts Doc Nels (my dad) has done for others without second thought. This year, I'm publishing the running list so I can share it with him and remind myself to

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How Bad Rails Conventions Got Me a Weekend Stay with the CEO of Airbnb

A weekend at Brian Chesky's.
Jan 23, 2023 — 9 min read

What I’ve Learned from Teaching 1,960 Hours of Data Science

Be Wikipedia, Not (Only) arXiv.
May 26, 2017 — 7 min read

Auditing the Federal Government's Snow Day Decisions: Driven by Excitement or Weather?

Can Google Trends predict Snow Days?
Apr 3, 2017 — 8 min read

What Real Fake News Says about Obama’s Presidency

Analyzing the Onion's coverage of Obama's presidency.
Feb 2, 2017 — 8 min read

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