Commenting Rules
If you want to leave a comment on my posts, follow these rules: No spam. If you’re providing an email in order to comment, don’t… Read More »Commenting Rules
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Insights from 30 Days of #LinkedInHardMode
When I originally published this to LinkedIn, the PowerPoint I published got messed up. I’ve attached it here as a PDF to clean it up.… Read More »Insights from 30 Days of #LinkedInHardMode
How to Create a Dazzlingly Nerdy Valentine’s Day Card Using RMarkdown and ggplot2 in RStudio
I made a Valentine’s Day Card! Before you click/tap away, there’s more to it. Background It’s easy enough to make a card by hand or… Read More »How to Create a Dazzlingly Nerdy Valentine’s Day Card Using RMarkdown and ggplot2 in RStudio
A Week Later, I Found a Fabulously Inelegant Solution
This one took a long time to figure out. I started last Sunday and finally got an answer today. Based on how busy my life… Read More »A Week Later, I Found a Fabulously Inelegant Solution
Palindromes like Mom, Dad, and ABBA, but as Numbers
Overview The fourth problem set asked to find the largest palindrome as a product of two numbers of size N (specified in the problem). A… Read More »Palindromes like Mom, Dad, and ABBA, but as Numbers
The Loops of Prime Factorization Took Me for a Drive
Overview The third Euler Project Problem asks you to decompose a large integer to find its largest prime factor. Sounds simple enough. However, it took… Read More »The Loops of Prime Factorization Took Me for a Drive
Looking Back on 2020 After Graduating College in May
2020 was a wild year for the history books. I started the year concerned that we were about to go to war with Iran. Thanks… Read More »Looking Back on 2020 After Graduating College in May
Finding Even Fibonacci Numbers Below a Threshold
The Problem It’s time for the second Project Euler problem set! The problem requires finding the even Fibonacci Sequence numbers below 4,000,000. I calculated the… Read More »Finding Even Fibonacci Numbers Below a Threshold
Solving the First Project Euler Problem Set in R
I first heard of Project Euler about a week ago on a Twitter thread I’ve since lost. It excited me enough to get started! I wish I knew about it earlier because the way these are set up provides ample opportunity to develop good computing intuition. I plan to do one of these a week. I’ll be posting my code with explanations on this blog for the first 100 problems
Reflecting on Four Years of College at NC A&T
I knew I wanted to attend college when I was 15. At the time I had thought I wanted to…