Hello, I’m Aswin, a lecturer at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences and a freelance data scientist/software engineer. I blog about machine learning, logic programming, software development, or anything else that sparks my interest.

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Embedding Pictures into Magic Squares

programming
python
art
mathematics

How to construct magic squares from any image using Python.

Jun 3, 2025
18 min

No More Missed Trash Days

programming
python

How I fetch waste collection dates from an API and sync them to my calendar.

Jan 12, 2025
4 min

Prettifying My Phone

programming
python
matplotlib
machine learning

How I organized my mobile apps using the Chamfer distance metric, hierarchical clustering, and a simulated annealing-based algorithm for finding Hamiltonian paths.

Jul 14, 2024
20 min

From CAMT.053 to Charts

programming
python
matplotlib
pandas

Reading and visualizing bank transactions with Pandas and Matplotlib.

Jun 24, 2024
27 min

Run a Terminal in Google Colab (on the Free Tier)

programming
python
machine learning

How to open a terminal on Google Colab without paying for Colab Pro.

Feb 10, 2024
3 min

Mathematicians’ Birthdays Calendar

programming
python

Web scraping Wikipedia to create a mathematicians’ birthdays calendar.

Dec 25, 2023
17 min

Word Search Clock

programming
python
matplotlib
algorithms

How I created a clock using an old digital photo frame and some Python code.

Nov 26, 2023
19 min

Soma Cube

programming
python
matplotlib
puzzles

Solving Piet Hein’s Soma cube with Python.

Oct 20, 2023
24 min

From Procrastination to Productivity

programming
python
pandas
matplotlib

How I analyzed my browser history using Python.

Sep 2, 2023
15 min

Musikalisches Würfelspiel

programming
python
music
art
games

A Python implementation of Mozart’s musical dice game to automatically generate compositions and play them over MIDI.

Jul 26, 2023
14 min

Solving Word Ladders with Prolog

programming
puzzles
prolog
algorithms

How to solve word ladders using the A* algorithm and Prolog.

Jun 3, 2023
11 min

Thinking Inside the Matchbox

programming
python
machine learning
reinforcement learning
matplotlib
games

An implementation of Donald Michie’s MENACE in Python.

May 27, 2023
28 min

Call Me Maybe?

programming
python

A Python decorator to log function calls and a custom logging handler for creating call graphs.

May 16, 2023
14 min

BLOCBIRDS

programming
python
sklearn
art

How Mondrian would have produced his art had he been into birds and machine learning.

Jan 13, 2023
6 min

Dancing Queen(s)

programming
python
matplotlib
puzzles

Solving the classic n-queens problem with Python and visualizing solutions using Matplotlib.

Sep 26, 2022
10 min

Making Sense of Sorting

programming
python
matplotlib
algorithms

Easy algorithm visualization in Python.

Sep 18, 2022
9 min

From Baby Face to Neanderthal

programming
python
mediapipe
opencv

How to turn a series of selfies into a time-lapse video using MediaPipe.

Jul 28, 2022
9 min

Draining the Fun Out of Wordle

programming
python
sklearn
puzzles
decision trees

How to generate a decision tree for solving Wordle games and save our civilization.

Feb 21, 2022
18 min

Traversing a Decision Tree to Win at Guess Who?

machine learning
decision trees
games
python
sklearn
programming

How to construct and traverse a decision tree and use it for playing Guess Who?

Jan 4, 2022
17 min

A Custom Sudoku Widget

programming
python
puzzles

Creating a custom Jupyter widget for editing and displaying Sudoku puzzles.

Feb 26, 2021
37 min

Pictionary Air Mouse

programming
python
opencv

Use the Pictionary Air pen as an alternative input device.

Dec 13, 2020
5 min

Icosian Game

programming
prolog
puzzles

A Prolog solver for the Icosian game.

Apr 24, 2020
5 min

Supercharging the Nabaztag

programming
prolog
iot

A Nabaztag server that interfaces with ifttt.com.

Jul 15, 2019
5 min

Skyline Puzzle

programming
prolog
puzzles

A Prolog solver for the ‘Skyline’ puzzle.

Oct 4, 2015
3 min

VBA IBAN Validator

programming
vba

A function in VBA that checks the validity of an IBAN (International Bank Account Number).

Jul 18, 2013
4 min

Bridge and Torch Puzzle

programming
prolog
puzzles

A Prolog solver for the ‘Bridge and torch’ puzzle.

Jul 3, 2009
5 min

Who Owns the Zebra

programming
prolog
puzzles

A Prolog solver for the ‘Zebra puzzle’ a.k.a. ‘Einstein’s puzzle’.

Oct 26, 2007
6 min

A Brainf*ck Interpreter in Prolog

programming
esoteric
prolog

An esoteric programming language interpreter written in a slightly less esoteric programming language.

Jan 5, 2007
4 min
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