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Who Would I Be?

I spent ten minutes staring at the ceiling this morning thinking about an idea I began considering last night.  If I weren’t as involved as I am in various long-term projects (project is a loose term, and doesn’t apply only to work), would I still be the same person?  Am I defined by the things I spend my time on and, if I decided to let some things go, would I be happy?  I’ve never been one to let my job/education/career define me, but in absence of that definition, what is there–I’ve been busy filling my time with other things.

In the end, this isn’t about my definition to myself and others, it’s about my own personality and drive–if we assume that I continue to fill time with long-term projects, why should I ditch the ones I enjoy (for the most part) now, only to slowly pick up others in the future?

#CoffeeEx

Join me as I intermittently document my attempts to make the best* cup of coffee ever.  Follow #CoffeeEx on Twitter and add your own recipe to the discussion.

I’m keeping track of only a few variables, but more could be added.  I am by no means a coffee snob, but I’m much more a scientist than a cook, hence the “trial and error” approach.

– Mass of beans
– Always ground
– Water temperature or heating time in electric kettle
– Agitation of coffee before press.

 

*Subjective and limited to the amount of time, money, and effort I’m willing to put into it.  No $1,000 burr grinders, no civet coffee.

Changing Author of Imported Nodes in Drupal

If you have imported a bunch of nodes from another source (perhaps using the Blogger Importer module) and the author has defaulted to Anonymous, you can set all the nodes to a specific author with a MySQL query.

UPDATE `node` SET uid = "1"

Use at your own risk.  Important: This will set all nodes to author uid 1.  If you have multiple uids you need to keep track of, you’ll have to filter them with a SELECT statement first.

Imported Posts

I have just imported my posts from the Grand Forks Streets blog to this one.  They have not been cleaned up, but the content is here and I will be shutting down the Blogspot version.  I no longer have time to devote to a specific streets-relaetd blog, but I plan to open a Twitter account to curate this type of content for the Grand Forks, ND area.

Imported posts are labeled as “Anonymous” but I will be changing that over time.  I wrote them all unless otherwise indicated in the post itself.

Importing Core Data to Techlog

Need a file with MD and each variable in a separate column with a header.  Then you can select what kind of data you have during import.
 
You can plot point data most easily by not assigning it to a Main Family and Family and then setting the Variable Type to point data.
 
Important!  If you have overlapping data (multiple of same MD value), Techlog will read your data as an ARRAY, which means you can’t plot as points in LogView.  Pull those duplicate values out first.  If you have imported already and you are unable to set the variable type to point data, you can open up the Data Editor and show all columns to see where your MDs overlap.

 

Best of Craigslist 2014-07-24

I did not write this post, I promise.

To The Cyclists on University – 27 (University)
Keep calm. Fellow cyclist here; not here to run you off the road.



So, we got bike symbols painted on University. Sweet! Maybe less people will harass us now that it’s clear we actually belong in the street and not on the sidewalk.



Yeah, let me repeat that: now that we have bicycle arrows painted on the street, fellow cyclists, we need to be utilizing that resource. Not riding on the sidewalk anymore like a bunch of kids. I saw a mother out with her 5-year old daughter sharing the lane with cars today. If little girls can do it, you can do it.



We also need to be following the rules. Like adults. No one is going to support putting in more bicycle lanes if we keep blowing through intersections and acting like a bunch of arrogant, above-the-law, holier-than-thou assholes. And I’m as guilty as anyone of doing it, especially while riding in a pack.



Just because we finally got a little more space on the road doesn’t mean we have to hog the whole lane. Sure, it’s fun when we’re in a pack of 4 or 5 and can own it so we feel safe. But the guy stuck behind us is gonna take it out on me when I’m alone. This is how most of our road rage horror stories probably start. Ride single file when there’s a car back and just hold whatever it is you have to say until we get to where we’re going.



North Dakotans are known for being nice; let’s keep it that way.

 

 

Export from Petra, Import to Techlog

You can export selected wells from IHS Petra (v. 4.1.1) to a PPF file, and then import them into Schlumberger Techlog (v. 2013.2.0).  This will include all well information, location, zones, intervals, tops, variables, plug data, raster images, and perforations, according to Techlog help (“Importing from Petra”).

In Petra:

  1. Select your well list.  If you have a large number of wells (more than 500), I would suggest splitting up the well list into multiple exports.
  2. Project–>Export–>Petra Project File (*.ppf)…
  3. Choose settings.

    1. Remember to uncheck the “Encrypt well identifiers” box.

Locate your exported file in Windows Explorer.

In Techlog:

  1. If you have not set up a naming scheme for your project (or different than “STATE SAETZ 14-36” and variations), you can change a setting to name all the wells based on API or UWI.

    1. Open the project properties pane (your default bottom-left properties pane) with the convoluted Project–>Project utilities–>Edit the properties
    2. Select the “Project Properties” tab in the properties pane.
    3. Under “Import (LAS/DLIS/Geolog ASCII)” there is a “Well name” field.  
    4. Enter the field containing your well name.

      1. For me, importing a PPF, this is “UWI.”  
      2. If you are importing lose LAS files, you can open up the LAS file in a text editor and see what header field you should use.
  2. Open the Import pane.
  3. Drag your exported file from the Windows Explorer window to the Import pane in Techlog.

    1. This is the key step.  If you try to add the file as ASCII with the wizard (the only way I could get it to show up in the dialog), the wizard won’t identify it as a PPF file and won’t read the format correctly.