Tax time automation
Happy New Year! Bring in the new year with some code to transform USAA bank statements into a set of transactions for 2016. It is a little tricky because there are some 2015 transactions in the list...
View ArticleCommon Mathmatical Libraries: Computation, History, and Trust
A common complaint among engineers is that modern computers obscure the details of the complicated math they produce. We cringe when children are exalted as “knowing computers” from a young age. Bill...
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Coding for a New House
I don’t want to read about it, just take me to your super cool interactive map.We are moving to the greater New York City area this summer where Tim joins the leadership team of Colgate-Palmolive. As...
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New Jersey School Heat Map
This morning before church, I wrote some code to build a contour plot of schools in New Jersey. The “hot” reddish regions have the best schools and the cooler regions don’t. Tech Stuff: How it’s...
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Three Way Troubleshooting
Tonight, I was rewiring switches to a more modern set of switches. These days I don’t have time to learn by experience, I have to think my way through this. Without experience, I have to go back to...
View ArticleHuman Computable Passwords
The problemPassword reuse is one of the most common security vulnerabilities for individuals and organizations. Common approaches to mitigate password reuse include using a password wallet, writing...
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Smooth Move
My twelve year old daughter is working a science fair project on electricity and home usage. As part of her project, we have been taking lots of measurements of the electricity usage throughout our...
View ArticleDEFCON 25 Writeup
Nothing delivers the fear of missing out like DEFCON. So much to learn and so little time. Too busy hacking in the IOT village or catching up with old friends to sit in on the talks? Read below to find...
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Review: Leadership by Doris Kerns Goodwin
I love how Doris Kearns Goodwin and Laura Hillenbrand explore American history through clear and clean prose that emphasizes strength forged by adversity. I started with “Team of Rivals”, but...
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Tale of Two Cities: Faith and Progress
Around 1710, the English theologian Thomas Woolston wrote that Christianity would be extinct by the year 1900. In 1822, Thomas Jefferson predicted there is not a young man now living in the United...
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Kitchen Shelving
As we renovate our house, we are living in a much smaller place with a really small kitchen. When we got a Linea Mini and a Eureka Zenith 65E High Speed Espresso Grinder for Christmas, we needed a good...
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Garage Workbench
With all the isolation ahead with Covid19, I wanted to pick up my long neglected hobby of building things. Initial Design I recently purchased the shapeoko 3 XXL CNC and needed a workbench in my garage...
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I need a clamp
So I need a clamp, specifically a corner clamp jig. Google finds this: And I was inspired by this fireball tool mega square but they are $190.00 for a 12 inch. Yes, made of cast iron, but I was curious...
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Simple 4×8 workbench
In building out my workshop, I was tired of setting up sawhorses the garage and realized that I needed to better use the floor space of my shop. Nearly everyone has a 4x8 workbench. They are quick to...
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A mudroom
Our remodeled home included a mudroom and I was tasked to build the fancy hall trees that would store all our kids shoes, jackets and stuff. I am a member of the Wood Whisperer Guild and like studied...
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Crossing the Chasm
Crossing the Chasm is a marketing book by Geoffrey A. Moore that explores the dynamics of marketing high tech products in early stage startups. While an older book, it continues to be read because the...
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What you do is who you are
This book was a timely opportunity to understand the intersection of culture and action. Ben Horowitz is the cofounder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, a Silicon Valley-based venture...
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Wiring for 3HP 220V (for Laguna Tools 18|Bx)
I recently purchased a Laguna Tools 18|Bx 3HP 220V 18" Bandsaw, specifically a MBAND18BX2203, and needed to wire a 220 Volt outlet. I've done a fair bit of electrical work (both low and high voltage),...
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