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Day 7 - NOAA API
Continuing my search for 15 APIs in 15 Days (also on GitHub), I came across the NOAA API. NOAA is an American agency that studies and charts various conditions in the oceans and atmosphere. First...
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Day 8 - NASA API
Continuing my search for 15 APIs in 15 Days (also on GitHub), today I'm checking out the NASA API. NASA is the American space agency, and their API makes their data available to anyone who wants to...
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Day 9 - HubbleSite API
Continuing my search for 15 APIs in 15 Days (also on GitHub), today I'm checking out another space-themed API - the HubbleSite API. First though, two things to consider: If you're unfamiliar with APIs,...
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Day 10 - Trello API
Continuing my search for 15 APIs in 15 Days (also on GitHub), today I'm writing about the Trello API. If you're unfamiliar with Trello, it's a nice service that's similar to a kanban board... or...
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Day 11 - ISS Notify API
Continuing my search for 15 APIs in 15 Days (also on GitHub), today I'm writing about the ISS Notify API (or is it the Open Notify API?). Over the past 10 days, I've written about some APIs from...
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Day 12 - OpenWeatherMap API
Continuing my search for 15 APIs in 15 Days (also on GitHub), today I'm writing about the OpenWeatherMap API, which provides free access to current weather and other weather-related data (uv index,...
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Day 13 - US Census Bureau API
Continuing my search for 15 APIs in 15 Days (also on GitHub), today I'm writing about the US Census Bureau APIs, which provide access to American census data, demographics, housing stats, etc. It's all...
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Day 14 - Penguin Random House API
Continuing my search for 15 APIs in 15 Days (also on GitHub), today I'm writing about the Penguin Random House API. Penguin is a book publisher, and their API can be used to get data about books,...
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Day 15 - IGDB (Internet Game Database) API
Wrapping up my search for 15 APIs in 15 Days (also on GitHub), the last API I'll write about is one I found completely at random - the IGDB API. The Internet Game Database (IGDB) is a community-driven...
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What's the point of New Year's Day?
I caught a tweet from a certain party pooper who reminded everyone that New Year's Day is a "cosmically arbitrary event, carrying no Astronomical significance at all". Not that anyone's asked, but if...
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Services to help you determine what a REST endpoint is posting
I had an unusual problem yesterday, where I needed to configure a third-party service to send status updates to our application. The third-party service accepts a URL of my choosing, to which it'll...
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Weekend Review - Building blogs and furniture
Posts like these are self-indulgent, but it's healthy to reflect on what you've accomplished so you realize your progress. We don't take enough time to do that. I've been thinking a lot over the past...
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Building a (Homeschool) Desk for the Kids
Most of what I write about involves software and tech, but I have other interests, one of which is woodworking. I find it extremely satisfying, after writing bits and bytes all day that exist only in...
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How to make all images in a Ghost post auto-link to themselves (to view at...
When you insert an image into a post using the Ghost platform, it might be resized (depending on the theme you're using) to a significantly smaller size than its actual dimensions. Viewing the full...
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What is the Planet OS API?
https://planetos.com/ Consistent programmatic access to high-quality weather, climate and environmental datasets from the world’s leading providers, making it easy to build data-driven applications and...
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Software development and breakaway parts
Have you ever driven away with a gas pump still in your car, or know of someone who did? If so, then you probably know you won't end up dragging the entire pump down the road. If you haven't, check out...
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What is an API wrapper and how do I write one?
Forget about peeling back the layers - today we're gonna talk about adding layers. When you find an API that looks interesting, you'll naturally want to try it out. I've tested and written quite a bit...
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Does software have breakaway parts?
Have you ever driven away with a gas pump nozzle still in your car? (Hopefully not!) Did you know that, by design, you won't drag the entire pump down the road? Check out the top of the fuel hose next...
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Weekend Review - Building good habits
These posts are a little self-indulgent but it's my blog and I can write what I want to. So there. ;) Two bits of advice I read regularly about blogging is to be consistent and to have a backlog. I...
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What is the Google Books API?
There's a staggering amount of data out there - and a lot of it free - but accessing it isn't always easy. A good API hides the complexities of accessing that data, and can save you a ton of...
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