We have all seen the soaring gas prices recently and depending on what kind of information sources one uses there are a variety of explanations provided. There seems to be some truth to each explanation which is why none of them are particularly satisfying when we hear it. It’s Biden! It’s Russia! It’s the Greedy …
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Allergies and Skincare
I spent a couple years working for Proactiv in a kiosk and really enjoyed some of their training. I never got good at the aggressive sales techniques but I learned a lot about why certain ingredients are used in their treatments as well as the lotions. It even lead me to a great exfoliant for …
Minstrel & the Giant
My son from time to time asks me to tell him a story. I will ask him what the story should be about, who should be in it, and what should happen to them. On one occassion he said to me “A giant tickling a person. And the giant lays down and the person has …
Analog Processing
Some thoughts after watching the video We’re Building Computers Wrong by Veritasium. This channel has discussed the use of Analog machines for the computation of sun cycles, tides, and other single use instances. This video in particular shows a programmable analog computer that can be used to represent specific known formulas and how variability in …
Aerosolization of SARS-CoV-2
I want to review stories such as this one from CNN: Experts tell White House coronavirus can spread through talking or even just breathing. The headline itself is sensational and while the article does mention some of the caveats about that possibility it does not caveat the statement “Research by the University of Nebraska shows …
Creamy Shrimp and Zoodles
1 Package Frozen Zoodles 4 oz Butter 1/2 Tbsp GF Flour 4 oz Water (possibly more for texture) 4 oz Milk Italian Seasoning Parmesan 1 Package thawed frozen cleaned shrimp 2 Oz Butter 1.5 Tbsp Minced Garlic Oregano Parsley White Pepper Cilantro
GScripts, Gmail: Regex
For my work I receive a few entirely text based emails for invoices, bank drafts, and some that are just informational that I commonly translate into either spreadsheets or into a Document. I have found that using GScripts accompanied with Regular Expressions has greatly helped me automate this translation process for a number of different …
Power Queries and Logic Statements
The last week I’ve been spending time learning more about Power Queries, advanced editing of those queries with M, and being able to use Slices as a type of easy to access filter. I have also been exploring the suggesting of using True/False as the values 1/0 to get away from using Nested If statements …
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