Category Archives: Random

A place where I post random thoughts about topics that are in my head at the moment.

Terrible

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Tom

Expression Engine = Terrible Textpattern = Terrible Never again will I be switching from WordPress.

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RCOMM 2011 Announced – Call For Papers

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Tom

The Rapid-I gang just announced a call for papers for RCOMM 2011! This year they’re hosting it this year at the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown (ITB Dublin)!  No doubt Markus Hoffman will be running the show at the ITB and I … Continue reading →

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Happy Holiday’s and Happy New Year!

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Tom

I’m taking the rest of the month off from blogging and hopefully tie up a few loose ends before the year is over.  That said, I wanted to wish my readers and friends a Happy Holiday and a Happy New … Continue reading →

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Server Issues & Backend Issues

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Tom

Sorry NMT was offline for almost 7 days!  First my server had a host of MySQL problems and then I accidental deleted my database hostname.  Thanks for your patience!

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On Hiatus…Again!

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Tom

Sorry folks, life is getting busy again and it looks like I’ll be traveling a lot for for work.  For some strange reason, work always gets awfully busy this time a year. Thanks for sticking around and I hope to … Continue reading →

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Big Thanks

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Tom

As I wrote before, I’m trying to make Neural Market Trends a better reader experience but stripping out a lot of things and keeping things simple.  As such, I’ve had a shiny new and unique branding logo created for my … Continue reading →

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Genetic Algorithms & Recipes

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Tom

Heh.  This is why I love the XKCD comic strip.

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Thanks To All For The Dropbox Space

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Tom

Thanks to all who signed up for their very own Dropbox account using my referral link! I went from 2 gigs of space to just over 5 gigs! I can now move large files easier between computers (without using memory … Continue reading →

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Subscribe Now

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Tom

I'll be recording the first of three Time Series Rapidminer Video Tutorials next week and its probably a good idea to subscribe to my RSS feed now.  This way you'll be alerted when the video is posted.

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Working On A Time Series Tutorial

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Tom

Its hard to believe but I'm already 50% done with my first batch of Rapidminer 5.0 Video Tutorials.  So far, the reception has been positive and I thank everyone who emailed me, IM'd me, or commented on these tutorials.  I … Continue reading →

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Neural Market Trends Upgrades & Changes

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Tom

In case you hadn't noticed, I started to tinker around with the theme of Neural Market Trends by changing it to something more simpler and removing Google Ads (as a test).  I'm doing this to help speed up my blog … Continue reading →

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LinkedIn Recommendation Request

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Tom

My readers may or may not know but I maintain a professional profile on LinkedIn (you can find me at Thomas Ott). I really like LinkedIn and I’m always looking to network with good professionals in the engineering, data mining/modeling, and … Continue reading →

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