Blog

Enjoy a smorgasbord of creative writing, pet projects, and useful information I want to get out in the world!

  • City Ranking Tool

    City Ranking Tool

    https://kentbutt.shinyapps.io/City_Ranking_Tool_Global Every city wants to be number one in any metric it can, even if it’s a silly one. Even my hometown of Edmonton had a claim to fame with the world’s largest car park, holding a record of 20,000 vehicles with an additional 10,000 in overflow (Guinness World Records, 1981). While we’ve stopped chasing…

  • Begin WIZARDPOSTING

    Begin WIZARDPOSTING

    ChatGPT is a marvellous wizards familiar. Here is a brief discussion of when I asked it to begin Wizardposting, and a copy of the “Choose Your Own Adventure” story it created.

  • From Theory to Practice: A student’s perspective on the MSc. in Modelling, Data, and Predictions at the University of Alberta

    From Theory to Practice: A student’s perspective on the MSc. in Modelling, Data, and Predictions at the University of Alberta

    Information and thoughts about my MSc. in Modelling, Data, and Predictions at UAlberta

  • Musings on writing a website Privacy Policy

    Musings on writing a website Privacy Policy

    Now that I have a mailing list, I collect data. Since I collect data, I need a privacy policy. Here’s a brief overview of what I learned while researching and writing it.

  • An Ode to Hexagons

    An Ode to Hexagons

    In which I discuss the hexagon, natures greatest shape, and muse about a paper on the history of hexagonal city planning.