I watched this inspiring video called "Can you LEARN DATA SCIENCE for FREE? YES! I'll show you HOW!" and came to a sudden realization - I have been working along this track and had not fully realized it.
Thank you for that "Data Scientist - Giles McMullen". So, to get going, I've …
more ...Thoughts on the last year of book reading. Read more to find out the highlights for 2018.
more ...My book website tracks the books I read each year. The original site was written in PHP and now I'm in the process of rewritting it in Python with Flask and SQLAlchemy using Jinja2 templates.
In my html template, I want to print the books for the most recent year …
more ...Here are some python resources that I have found to be useful. There is something for everyone in this list.
Learn by playing coding games.
I wanted to be able to access my USB storage disk attached to my NeatGear WNDR4000 router from Linux Mint 19 Tara. More specifically, add it as a drive in the Nemo File Manager.
After quick internet search turned up the Samba command:
smb://readyshare/USB_Storage
I tried that in …
more ...My wife and I have been looking for the perfect chili recipe. I have tried and liked the Carroll Shelby 2 Alarm and Wick Fowler Chili packets, but I really don't want to buy pre-measured packets of spices.
My wife found a recipe from Ree Drummond from her Pioneer Woman …
more ...After importing a GEDCOM file of my family history into Gramps, I noticed the place names were really inconsistent. I didn't like how they looked. So I decided to clean them up, which led to a new way for me of handling places. This change does take awhile, in fact …
more ...To often, I find myself looking for additional resources. Python development is a good example.
There are great articles and web-sites online that tell you all kinds of interesting stuff. There are places that answer every conceivable question. I have free ebooks that I have downloaded. I have purchased books …
more ...One of my goals is to get back into doing family tree research. That means getting organized! I have quite a bit of information collected over the years. This includes GEDCOM data from using previous genealogy applications.
Yes, I know, ancestry.com is highly recommended for doing genealogy research. I'm …
more ...OK, I admit it. I goofed.
Linux Mint 19, Tara came out at the end of June and I was very excited about doing the update. I used the instructions from the 'How to upgrade to Linux Mint 19' tutorial to perform the steps. As instructed, I used the Timeshift …
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