I attended the Scottish Highland Games this past weekend … nearby in Scotland County, North Carolina! They put on a great event, with kilt-wearing Scotsmen throwing things, bands playing bagpipes, kids dancing, and clans sharing their family history….
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Does the US really produce the most oil now?!?
Over the years, the US has drilled for crude oil in several locations, such as Pennsylvania, Texas, Alaska, and the Gulf of Mexico. A few years ago, as the US started drilling more in North Dakota, there were forecasts that we would surpass Saudi Arabi…
Three of My Favorite Programming Tips
I often get asked for programming tips. Here, I share three of my favorite tips for beginners. Tip #1: COUNTC and CATS Functions Together The CATS function concatenates all of its arguments after it strips leading and trailing blanks. The COUNTC functi…
River flooding in North Carolina from Hurricane Florence
Here in North Carolina, a hurricane recently moved very slowly across our state, causing major flooding, and even closing miles of interstate highways for longer than a week. There is data available online for gauges along the river (or gages, as they …
Hurricane Florence: rainfall totals in the Carolinas
“We been through every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stingin’ rain, and big ol’ fat rain, rain that flew in sideways, and sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath.” Was that a quote from the Forrest Gump movie, or something …
Three Proc SQL Tips from Bestselling Author Kirk Paul Lafler
SAS Press author Kirk Paul Lafler’s favorite tips using PROC SQL.
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Essential SAS tools to bring to your next hackathon
To succeed in any data-focused hackathon, you need a robust set of tools and skills – as well as a can-do attitude. Here’s what you can expect from any hackathon: Messy data. It might come from a variety of sources, and won’t necessarily be organized for analytics or reporting. That’s […]
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Hurricane Florence – and other category 4 hurricanes that hit NC
Here in North Carolina (NC), we’re pretty much resigned to the fact that many of the hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean are going to visit us. NC sticks out farther into the ocean than most of our neighboring states, and that just makes a tempting target…