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Making Numbers Pretty in MatPlotLib

Friday, September 23

Python is an incredible tool for crunching numbers, forcasting things, and cleaning up that data to look presentable. On a basic level, python has many libraries for analyzing data, but it is up to the programmer to take that data and present it in a way that illustrates the data easily. In this post, I … Continue reading

Machine Learning in Jupyter Notebook

Started My Dive Into Machine Learning

Sunday, September 18

I recently started doing a deep study into machine learning. I’m pursing this path right now partly because of some trends we are exploring at my work, and partly for a personal challenge to stay up to date with the quickly changing technology world. I program mostly in Python and C# at work and personally, … Continue reading

Hardware Firewall and VLAN Network Setup

Monday, September 5

Network security is one of those ‘set it and forget it’ things that we all neglect over time and as I was taking my Google IT Networking certification, I decided it was time to upgrade my own home network. To combat this, I added a Protecli Hardware Firewall using pfsense to configure it, and added a TP-Link switch with a custom VLAN setup to create a locked down private network and a guest network for any guests as well as my IoT devices.

Perspectives

Stepping Outside Our Perspective

Saturday, February 15

“We are living in the most persecuted times. Ever.” I think even our grandparents would be able to testify that is not the case. And before them, even more so. “This age is so smart because of the technology we have.” Well, take a look at ten or twenty year old articles that rave about … Continue reading

Designing a Book Cover

“Searching for Me” is Kindle-exclusive for ebooks

Sunday, January 19

Starting today, my adoption story, “Searching for Me” is now Kindle-exclusive for ebooks. Paperbacks will continue to be available, of course, but in ebook format the books will solely be available on Kindle. I decided to enroll as part of an experiment. Most of my ebook sales have been for the Kindle for my book. … Continue reading

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Called to Paradise

Thursday, October 31

I initially wrote this as a guest post over at Veritas Domain. When I wrote my first book, I began by talking about how I felt that I was born three times. The first was the day I came into this world. Then, just days after being born, I was adopted into a second family … Continue reading

Chess Pieces

“Searching For Me” Book Excerpt: Bad Bob

Friday, October 18

The following is an excerpt from my book, Searching For Me, a book about my search for my biological family, faith, and a sense of belonging. At first, I didn’t think much about this new relative. On one hand, this was the first time I had ever been presented with a link to someone who … Continue reading

Called Home

Called Home

Tuesday, October 1

You ever feel those irresistible tugs deep down in your soul? Like someone is calling you? It’s like a yearning for something. At times we know what we yearn. Other times it is only a feeling that we are missing something and need to fill that void. For me, I’ve had a calling for two … Continue reading