https://maketimelabs.com/Practical technology notes, projects, and experiments.https://maketimelabs.com/how-to-turn-an-ambiguous-integration-request-into-a-scalable-shippable-solution/https://maketimelabs.com/how-to-turn-an-ambiguous-integration-request-into-a-scalable-shippable-solution/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMTA real integration request, the questions hiding inside it, and how I narrowed it into something a team could actually build.https://maketimelabs.com/installing-multiple-copies-of-ubuntu-in-windows-wsl/https://maketimelabs.com/installing-multiple-copies-of-ubuntu-in-windows-wsl/Sun, 05 May 2024 18:55:53 GMTI have an upcoming project that is unfortunately very difficult to implement in Windows. It is however fairly simple in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). I do not want to affect my current WSL Linux Distro (Ubuntu 22.04) so I…https://maketimelabs.com/date-scaffolding-in-power-bi/https://maketimelabs.com/date-scaffolding-in-power-bi/Sun, 03 Sep 2023 20:19:56 GMTThere are times when the dataset we are provided is not conducive to the questions being asked about this data. This is especially true when dealing with time series data. All to often a dataset contains date ranges. i.e. a start…https://maketimelabs.com/first-foray-into-micropython/https://maketimelabs.com/first-foray-into-micropython/Thu, 09 Jun 2022 20:42:24 GMTI was roaming through MicroCenter earlier this week hoping beyond hope that I might stumble across a new Raspberry Pi without having to pay the ungodly scalpers prices on Amazon and Ebay. No luck laying my hands on a Pi 4, or a Pi…https://maketimelabs.com/interacting-with-the-gpio-pins-from-a-web-interface/https://maketimelabs.com/interacting-with-the-gpio-pins-from-a-web-interface/Sun, 27 Dec 2020 22:00:29 GMTRecently I've started playing around with the GPIO pins on the Raspberry Pi again. It's been quite some time since I have had the opportunity to do so. Most of my projects in the last few years have revolved around running various…https://maketimelabs.com/my-first-raspberry-pi-400/https://maketimelabs.com/my-first-raspberry-pi-400/Sun, 27 Dec 2020 16:53:25 GMTThe fam got me a Pi 400 for Christmas. I have been intrigued by this new Raspberry device because I don't understand it. My experience with Raspberry Pi's in the past has been using them for what they are, Single-board Computers s…https://maketimelabs.com/using-python-to-change-power-bis-data-source-file/https://maketimelabs.com/using-python-to-change-power-bis-data-source-file/Sun, 20 Dec 2020 21:38:16 GMTI love using Power BI. Over the years I have used a plethora of no-code data visualization tools. Tableau, Spotfire, Thoughtspot, Plot.ly, Easy Chart Maker, the list goes on and on. In the last few years, I keep coming back to Pow…https://maketimelabs.com/install-webmin-on-your-headless-raspberry-pi/https://maketimelabs.com/install-webmin-on-your-headless-raspberry-pi/Fri, 27 Nov 2020 21:23:51 GMTMy wife had her first printing issue with her Raspberry Pi powered wireless Rollo thermal printer today. It was only printing the last 1/4 inch of her shipping labels. It turned out to be an issue with her phone as killing the Gma…https://maketimelabs.com/editing-your-ghost-blog-theme-with-docker-and-windows-10/https://maketimelabs.com/editing-your-ghost-blog-theme-with-docker-and-windows-10/Mon, 23 Nov 2020 23:07:59 GMTI've just recently begun using Ghost Blog for this website. Coming from a python background I initially experimented with Django and Flask . I ran through multiple iterations using these two frameworks and had quite a bi…https://maketimelabs.com/stock-ticker-symbols-for-machine-learning-and-artificial-intelligence/https://maketimelabs.com/stock-ticker-symbols-for-machine-learning-and-artificial-intelligence/Mon, 23 Nov 2020 01:16:45 GMTI received a few questions from multiple followers regarding a working list of all traded stocks. This is generally followed by an explanation that they want to apply machine-learning or artificial intelligence to predict stock pr…https://maketimelabs.com/quick-and-simple-stock-technical-analysis-using-jupyter/https://maketimelabs.com/quick-and-simple-stock-technical-analysis-using-jupyter/Sun, 22 Nov 2020 01:14:15 GMTThe Why Several years back I was bitten by the stock trading bug. 99.9% of the time I just invest various index funds. I do however maintain a Robinhood account to play around with trying to pick individual stock winners. The thre…https://maketimelabs.com/remote-linux-administration-using-visual-studio-code/https://maketimelabs.com/remote-linux-administration-using-visual-studio-code/Mon, 16 Nov 2020 22:36:27 GMTBeing a spoiled Windows guy since Windows 3.1, I have always maintained a severe dislike for modifying and configuring text files on desktop-less Linux systems. I cringe at the thought of using nano or vi to make changes to a file…https://maketimelabs.com/turning-your-rollo-printer-into-a-wireless-printer/https://maketimelabs.com/turning-your-rollo-printer-into-a-wireless-printer/Sun, 15 Nov 2020 20:49:21 GMTMy wife currently uses a Rollo Thermal Printer for shipping labels. We have been extremely happy with this printer however she prefers to print these shipping labels from her android phone. For the last couple of years, we have be…https://maketimelabs.com/installing-raspberry-pi-os-without-a-monitor/https://maketimelabs.com/installing-raspberry-pi-os-without-a-monitor/Sun, 15 Nov 2020 16:07:27 GMTItems you will need A Raspberry Pi (anything except the Pi Zero) An 8gb sd card An sd card reader Raspberry Pi Imager Imaging the SD Card Our first setup will be to install the Raspberry Pi Imager. You can retrieve the imager from…https://maketimelabs.com/state-and-territory-abbreviations/https://maketimelabs.com/state-and-territory-abbreviations/Sat, 14 Nov 2020 15:39:00 GMTData sets from different sources are rarely uniform. This means in order to merge or combine data sets from different sources we have to do data cleanup. One of the common U.S. data source issues I encounter is State Name vs State…https://maketimelabs.com/us-population-data/https://maketimelabs.com/us-population-data/Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:23:14 GMTA meme floating around these days takes a swing at the existence of the electoral college stating "land doesn't vote, people do". While I don't subscribe to either side of that particular argument, the meme does a great…