Let me start by saying that last night (4/13/2016) was the most memorable night of regular season NBA basketball I’ve ever witnessed. Usually the last night of the regular season is typically fraught with some form of playoff drama, but last night was different. Headlines were centered around the Golden State Warriors facing the Memphis Grizzlies and...Read More

For this post I decided I would outline the steps that I took in creating a relatively simple relational database using SQL Server. I got the idea when a buddy and I decided we wanted to document our gym progress for next couple of months. I wanted to challenge myself a bit and decided to create a database that can be...Read More

Baseball is finally back! The New York Yankees opened their season on Tuesday (thanks to the Monday rain out) against the Houston Astros. Carlos Correa stole the show for the Astros as he had 2 stolen bases, a homer, and a controversial dribbler to first base that sealed the W for the Astros. While re-watching the highlights...Read More

There has been a lot of talk lately about how the NBA these days is “soft.” Former players have commented on the idea that in today’s game players quickly look to the referee to blow their whistle, rather than play through physical contact. Players often claim that “back in the day” the league was much tougher and...Read More

Like the header of my blog says, I am back at it again with the data analysis! (Click here for my last blog installment). For this installment I thought it would be interesting to use the 2013 American Community Survey (ACS) data for some career-planning answers. If you are not familiar with ACS, it is...Read More

If you are an avid Bachelor  Fan you probably have a lot to say regarding the dates, the people, even the show itself. Many people take to the Twitter airways to express their comments and feelings throughout the show. Knowing this, I thought it would be fun to scrape tweets, score them, and track the positive...Read More