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Writing Like a Geologist: Field Notes, Maps, and the Fountain Pen Tradition

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Grass Padrique | The Fabulous Scientist Before GPS and tablets, every strike and dip was inked by hand by geologists. It is a ritual of observation and artistry. There is a certain romance in geology that isn’t always captured by equations, satellite images, or the neat layers of a GIS map. Long before digital mapping… Continue reading Writing Like a Geologist: Field Notes, Maps, and the Fountain Pen Tradition

Geology, Geology Data Science, Life, Local Travel, My Creations, Poems

Walking Among the Sunflowers and A Quiet and Victorious End to My Graduate Study (for now)

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Earlier this week, I found myself walking alone among the sunflowers lining University Avenue in UP Diliman—my alma mater, my academic home. On an ordinary summer day, the late afternoon sun might have cast a golden light over everything. But it’s already the rainy season, and the skies that day were anything but clear. The… Continue reading Walking Among the Sunflowers and A Quiet and Victorious End to My Graduate Study (for now)

Geology, Geology Data Science, Homeschooling, Life, research

Why You Don’t Need to Understand Everything Under the Hood to Be a Good Python Coder

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I'm currently taking Stanford Education's Code in Place (CIP) online course, which I applied for while I was unemployed. This might surprise some people since I've used Python a lot in my Master's research in Geology. So, why am I taking a basic coding course? But here’s the thing: I’m really glad I did. CIP… Continue reading Why You Don’t Need to Understand Everything Under the Hood to Be a Good Python Coder