Benjamin M. Gross

The Train Forever Coming

October 9, 2013 by benjaminmgross Leave a Comment

The Board I hear the fast, fluttering, flip… flip… flip of another row in the departure message board at the 30th Street Train Station in Philadelphia. The row comes to stillness as the row changes titles, along with the two destinations below it. For a brief moment two trains are provided two spots on the … [Read more…]

Install `scipy, numpy` and `pandas` OS X Mountain Lion

October 2, 2013 by benjaminmgross Leave a Comment

Since I last posted a “how-to” blog-post regarding the installation of numpy, scipy, and pandas, things have gotten a good bit easier, so this is going to be a shorter post. I’m working with a fresh install of Mountain Lion OS X, with nothing else installed. step 1: Install homebrew for mac, using the ruby … [Read more…]