Status for July 6

What have I worked on?

  • alandOcc: separated this idea from persistDistro2 (which may get abandoned). Some prelim code running now, and sketched out my ideas.

  • bakeOff: read through prediction scripts and made initial notes. Got the newest model fits folder and will work through the prediction code more thoroughly over the weekend or early next week.

  • mothData: sketched out some potential questions and read up on the data structure and what it’s been use for.

  • rangeVar: read Gaston and McArdle 1994. Will check out more recent papers citing that soon, but damn they do a pretty good job sketching out the numerous limitations in examining temporal variability in species abundance.

  • labLogistics: emailed with Joe at LSU about visit to Baton Rouge while I’m in New Orleans for ESA.

  • backup: backed up flash drive. Eventually will figure out a better system, but for now, the occasional backup with rsync is what I got. Already have a NAS picked out for my lab at LSU. :)

Tonight

  • kiasma: modern art museum time. The general opinion of the place seems to be that some stuff is good, and some stuff is overly pretentious shit.

  • beer

What should I be working on now?

  • rangeVar: read up.

  • alandOcc: push the plotting forward. Let’s see what we got.

  • bakeOff: prediction scripts to check for errors.


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