I took a look at 75 years of NASCAR data to see if my perceptions of how the sport has changed over time. This article includes a time series graphic that supports my intuition of how the sport has changed.
Alteryx / Big Data / General Motors / Kenny Cool / Sports / Tableau
In this podcast, I describe some of the work I do in Performance Motor Sports. The NASCAR seasons offer a lot of surprises, excitement and opportunities to use Data Science to our advantage to help our teams win more races.
Kenny Cool / Life / Tableau / Woodworking
We decided to add additional living space to our house by transforming the basement storage areas into usable rooms. This took over a year to complete. We learned a lot and want to share some of the insights with you.
Alteryx / Big Data / Climate Change / Life / Tableau
This is my second appearance on the Alteryx podcast. In this episode, I talk about my decade of work on climate change. It isn’t very technical, but I hope people appreciate the insights.
I saw an engine building demonstration recently that I thought was very interesting. I thought it would be a good topic to share in this series.
Sometimes time lapse photography can surprise you with activities that you didn’t notice were happening when you made the movie.
The AI powered image enhancer program named Remini was used to make a future avatar of our 6-month old grandson. The results surprised everyone in our family!
This article examines the computational performance of Alteryx batch macros. A comparison is made between the Control parameter design vs the Group by design.
Interviewing a 6-week-old baby.
My Datablends blog got hacked in early October, 2022. The next month was not a fun time. I spent many hours on the phone trying to understand how to fix the problems. In this article, I summarize what I learned and did to eliminate the malware that infected my blog.
This article investigates the sensitivity of my global warming simulator to the length of the simulations. I wanted to understand if 10, 20 , 30 or more years of data would be required before stable temperature predictions would be achieved.
This article discusses how I helped build the first-ever Alteryx E-Grand Prix competition. The article includes thoughts on building the competition problems and the behind-the-scenes activities that have to happen to make this type of event successful.
This article shows a gender reveal party we had for Sarah and Cory. It was a fun event, full of surprises!
This article summarizes eight years of global warming research. It also happens to be my 400th article. There is a lot of information packed into the links.
In part two of this series, I recount the sights and feelings I experienced in Rome. The art, history, politics, culture, and architecture blew me away.
We are currently on an Italian vacation! We will be visiting Venice, Rome, and Sorrento. I hope to document some of the sights of this great country.
This is a story of a recent case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) that I experienced. This article is intended to help people learn what to expect if they get a similar diagnosis.
Eight years ago, I had no idea that my work would lead to the topic of this article. Predicting temperatures far into the future is really hard to do. Somehow, I’ve managed to create a method that seems pretty good at doing that.
This is part 3 of a story that documents a recent trip to California.
Eight years of data-driven global warming research is wrapped up in this article. You can unpack a half-a-billion data points in this article to explore the ideas for yourself. You can download Tableau dashboards that will teach you a thing or two about linear modeling. Most of all, you will gain a better understanding of what is going on across our beautiful planet if you take the time to study this work.
