June 2020 Archive
Pollinators on the Prairie
One of the things I've always enjoyed about our little home on the prairie is the fact we've always a selection of various critters or insects beneficial to the larger environment. Part of this is bolstered by the fact we live across the road from several hundred acres of waterfowl production area owned and managed by the US Fish and Wildlife service.
Read MorePushing Data Into Google Sheets Sheets (Yes, Multiples)
- June 22, 2020
- 4 minutes
- automation, inspiration, php, tech
If you recall from the last tech post about pushing data directly into Google Sheets, I promised a follow-up regarding the process of adding multiple sheets worth of data to a given parent sheet.
Read MoreInteresting Pandemic Electric Usage Pattern
- June 15, 2020
- 3 minutes
- finance, inspiration, lifestyle, personal
This is a relatively short post, but as I entered our May electric usage into my tracking spreadsheet (see the Energy Use Analysis post from a while back), I noticed something peculiar about this last few months since the pandemic really hit (and we started staying at home all the time).
Read MoreProgrammatically Push Data to Google Sheets
- June 08, 2020
- 3 minutes
- automation, inspiration, php, tech
I've written in the past about the ability to ship files to Google Drive via its REST API and PHP, which is a super-cool process in and of itself. In the last few months, I've been moving more and more of our internal data shipping processes to Google Shared Drives for ease of end user access.
Read MorePandemic Projects Aplenty
It is no surprise to me that retail outlets catering to home improvement projects have been doing well during the pandemic and various iterations of stay-at-home orders. The sudden 'found' time of folks who might normally spend time on other endeavors is suddenly focused into projects around the house. To some degree this is the same here...
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Past Speaking Engagements
I was a speaker at MMS Flamingo Edition, October 20-23, 2024!
I was a speaker at TCSMUG OSD Day, July 31, 2024!
I was a speaker at NWSCUG, July 19, 2024!
I was a speaker at MMSMOA, May 5-9, 2024!
I was a speaker at BrainStorm K20 Wisconsin Dells, March 10-12, 2024!
I was a speaker at MMS Miami Beach, October 29-November 1, 2023
