Ah yes, I remember building my first date/time dimension table.

Can BigQuery, DuckDB , and MotherDuck all work together? Sure they can! Gave it a whirl and created a technical demonstration on how it could work. Deployment scripts, and notebook walkthroughs included in the blog!

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In another one of my hare-brained experiments I wondered if it would be difficult to get Google Cloud BigQuery and DuckDB on MotherDuck talking to each other.

It works!

I was on UA75 yesterday from Frankfurt back to Newark, and the pilot came out to let us know we crossed the southern most part of Greenland. It's not common to fly here apparently, but we had to due to winds and it's neat to see something different.

United Airlines

It still boggles my mind that it'll soon be 2024 and Chase doesn't let you use authenticator apps or passkeys during login, and only does 2FA through text and email codes.

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Sonos I, for one, would appreciate it if you just stopped with your next appeal.

The crew of the U.S.S. Protostar are beaming down to @Netflix! 💫

#StarTrekProdigy season 1 will premiere on Netflix later this year, with all-new episodes coming in 2024.
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When I was a little boy, the Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor. It was a surprise attack, and thousands of U.S. servicemembers perished. As a nation, we were stunned. And we vowed to strike back. Revenge was understandably on everyone’s mind, including many Americans of…

When doing geospatial analysis and plotting things on a map... be sure to clean whatever dust is stuck to your screen.

A 'friend' of mine may just have spent more time than they should have debugging an odd point on a map which didn't actually exist.

Can this man moderate our presidential debates please.

This puts a new angle on nohello (nohello.com/2013/01/please…) that I never thought of.

This is a company that:
1. Entered a category where products traditionally lasted decades
2. Built a $17,000 product that was obsolete within a few years
3. Produced a self-congratulatory marketing video starring an Oscar winner about how environmentally friendly they are

What's the deal with the hotel hair dryer bag?

So... who else is using the other app?

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