Apr 291 minIndego Ridership Recovered in 2019In June of 2019 I posted about how Indego Bike Share ridership decreased for the first time in 2018. This post serves as an update, with the 2019 ridership d...
Apr 295 minPebble Census 2020After Pebble was acquired in 2016, the /r/Pebble still has 37.9k users and a decent number of posts each day. A lot of the posts are by former Pebble loyalis...
Jan 101 minDriving from DC to Tampa in Just One DayMy family's annual pilgrimage to Florida usually takes us about 14 hours. This year it took 18 hours.
Jan 36 minExporting Contacts from Parsons Addressbook 6.0: A Lesson In Data ParsingMy Dad has been using the same address book software since he first got a computer, since around 1998. Every new computer he buys must be able to run this an...
Oct 17, 20194 minAnalyzing Megabus Pricing Structure Through Email Receipts and Confirmation NumbersI have taken 80 Megabus rides in the past decade, I have the receipts to prove it. I've gotten pretty good at anticipating the cost of the tickets: I know on...
Oct 11, 20191 minAlmost 9% of Commuters in South Philly Ride a Bike to WorkAccording to data from the American Community Survey, almost 2% of all Philadelphians commute to work on a bike. However, if you remove people who do not com...
Jul 30, 20191 minThe Number of Indego Bike Rides Taken Decreased for the First Time in 2018Update, April 2020: Indego Ridership Climbs in 2019 Original post from 2019 is below: View the full report here. View the raw data here.
Jan 16, 20193 minUse locationsharinglib to Get Location from Google MapsShare your location with a secondary account First, set up a secondary Google account and use Google's location sharing feature to share your location with t...
Dec 29, 20186 minInstagram Runs Image Recognition Software On Every PostMost people are aware that Facebook is able to easily recognize faces. Recently, I discovered on Instagram that every photo is run through an extensive image...
Oct 21, 20183 minFinding Isolation in Philly's Bike Share SystemPhilly's bike share system, Indego, recently installed several new bike stations in the Navy Yard. This is a wonderful idea. Workplaces in the Navy Yard are ...
Oct 8, 20181 minDriving to TFCA on Sunday MorningsHow long does it take to get to TFCA's new building on Sunday mornings in you want to take a car? Use the map below to find out.
Sep 29, 20181 minCommuting to Philly's Navy Yard by CarHow long does it take to drive to the Navy Yard in the morning? I made a map that will answer that question from locations in a 35 mile radius.
Aug 17, 20181 minMegabus Ticket Price AnalysisUsing Python, BeautifulSoup, and Urllib2 I scraped ticket price information from a specific Megabus route for the upcoming 60 days. Weekends vs. Weekdays Whe...
Jun 25, 20182 minDrexel Alerts in Philadelphia from 2013 to 2018When are Drexel Alerts sent out? Ideally the dates and times the alerts were sent would reflect the time that the event occurred, but unfortunately they do n...
Jun 11, 20184 minStudents Submitting Online Assignments: Part 2Since I last posted on this topic I have taken another online class with discussion boards. In this class, the professor decided to implement a new rule, hop...
May 28, 20182 minAnalyzing the Influx of Privacy Emails During the Past Few MonthsWith the recent changes regarding GDPR being enacted a lot of emails have been sent in users regarding privacy policy changes. I decided to take a look at al...
May 12, 20183 minBeautiful Maps of Commuting in PhiladelphiaA while back I read a cool article from the Washington Post, that showed how far a person could drive in one hour from the center of a city at different time...
Apr 13, 20182 minWhen Do Students Submit Online Assignments?I found myself submitting my discussion assignments at the last minute for my online class. I assumed that most students did the same thing, but I wasn't sur...
Mar 28, 20181 minDrexel Snow Day StatisticsMy first year at Drexel I was told that Drexel hadn’t cancelled school for snow in ten years. That couldn’t possibly be true, but after the third nor’easter ...