One of the most thrilling games in the Euro 2024 was one of the quarterfinals between France and Portugal that was tied at 0-0 after the regular + extra time resulting in a penalty shootout. France won 5-3 in pks. I wanted to create a couple of dynamic charts based on some basic data from […]
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Generating quick fractals in Turtle
In this post, I share a quick way to generate impressive fractal images using Python and Turtle library. Both real-time demo and code provided. I’m using all official Seahawks NFL team colors in drawing three distinct circles, each in a loop with a certain radius. The radius of each circle is pseudo-randomly chosen from a […]
Numbers to spoken words
How do you say this number: 8129311136456.25? Not easy even in your native language, and far less so in a foreign one. But don’t worry, in this blog I share the solution. The number, no matter how gnarly, you enter will be converted to a spoken word…even in foreign languages. Okay, before I reveal the […]
A scalable, fun Fill-in-the-blank game in Python
In this post, I share the code and design of my quick but scalable script for writing a fill-in-the-blank application written in Python. You can play a smaller version of the game right here on this page (below). At the end of the post, you’ll find a link to a more refined, UI-polished, online version […]
Paris Summer Olympics 2024 Stats
As the world eagerly watched the Paris Olympics 2024 from start to conclusion, I was fascinated by the amazing feats of the athletes from around the world. In this post, I present analysis of the performance of some nations and their athletes. You’ll find a collection of statistics, charts, and visualizations that highlight some key […]
Creative and Fun Uses of Hashing (Part 2)
In an earlier post, I demonstrated a fun and creative use of hashing to create unique visual signatures based on any input. In this post, I’ll create add another twist to it. Specifically, I’ll show another creative use of hashing where we can input any city name and get it’s real-time weather information, and based […]
Creative and Fun Uses of Hashing (Part 1)
In this post, I’ll demonstrate a fun and creative use of hashing. Before I explain briefly what is hashing for those unfamiliar, let me just give you an overview of my original intent of this exercise. We know that hash functions will give us unique values for a given input (letters, numbers, binaries), so I […]
Creating universal unique IDs
I wanted a way to generate an automatic but unique code or password without it being easily back-traceable and collision-proof. i.e. each time it is executed, it must generate a unique universal ID, aka UUID. Additionally, that code or password must be 8 characters long and must contain a combination of letters and numbers and […]
How to create Overlapping Charts in Excel
Sometimes a seemingly simple visual can be difficult to convey with a built-in Excel chart. I present here such an example. For instance, I will describe how and why to create an Overlapping Column Chart, aka 100% Overlapping Column Chart in Excel. It can also be turned into an Overlapping Bar chart. Say, we have […]
How To Pick Rows Or Columns, And Combine Them With Other Functions For Powerful Uses. Part 2
In this post, I’ll share an Excel function that enables us to easily pick specific number of rows and/or columns from a range of data. Additionally, I’ll share examples of how it can be combined with other functions to do some powerful tasks. The function I am discussing here is: DROP(). In another blog, I discuss […]