Slight short circuit in the Month of Change. Spent most of last Friday (Day 4) writing code for something new. I didn't quite finish and ran out of time to post anything. Spent a bunch more time trying to finish it up today, but still have a little bit to do. Should be able to share details tomorrow. However, I was able to get a few little things done in between.

Satellite Tracking Data Processing

I mentioned improvements to data processing on Day 3. I was also able to optimize data processing for the chlorophyll satellite imagery that is used in STAT. Thought I had also finished with the sea surface temperature, but there is still a bug somewhere that I need to fix. When it is all working, a process that was taking 12-18 hours every day should complete in just 3 or 4 hours.

More Updates to Remigration Summary Statistics

Had another request from Brian Shamblin which I have added to the Remigration Summary Statistics. The summary now shows you the percentage of females that have only been detected during one season. A critical metric when looking at remigration.

iPhone 5s Side Project

And I got distracted for about half an hour on a side project on Friday. I have been getting annoyed that I can't find the iPhone 5s I want at my local Apple Store. Apple lets you check online if their stores have iPhones in stock, but I kept forgetting to check their website. So I wrote a little script to check for me every hour and let me know if my Apple Store gets the iPhone I want. I decided to spend a little more time on it to make it a public service, since I assumed there are other people in the same boat. So now there is a page that will allow you to sign up to receive an e-mail notification when your favorite Apple Store has the iPhone 5s model you want available for in-store pick up.

iPhone 5s Availability Notifier