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Model Boatbuilding
Although I’ve built a number of model planes (which were mostly foam), I was curious to expand my horizons and try to build a model boat. Surprisingly, the model boat community involves more copyrights than other building communities I’ve experienced, and you therefore need to pay for many plans. I was also surprised by…
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The Surprising Joys of Basket Weaving
I was looking for a hobby that allowed me to meet my Maker interests while balancing the lifestyle that comes with young kids. Although “underwater basket-weaving” is a term of derision, I discovered regular basket weaving is a great hobby for the following reasons: Pinterest has a lot of great ideas, but I was really impressed…
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RC Sailboat
Finding a flying field is difficult in many areas. I also wanted to learn more about sailing. I therefore started to explore RC sailboat options. I was really surprised at the lack of community and plans. After much searching, this was the best option for a new builder. There are lots of other plans if…
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Creating your own data visualization tools
Tableau, PowerBI, and other data visualizations are great at what they do, but it can be painful to do something non-standard. You can often find hacks to get to your desired result….. but sometimes it’s just not possible. Most analysts and data scientists are skilled in SQL and either Python or R. But we’re not…
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Seeing the whole picture
We often need to look at complex data using the tools easily available (Excel, Tableau, etc.). If the data is complex, these tools can only give us a limited perspective at any given view. It’s like trying to visualize an elephant in the dark when you only have a small flashlight. But by…