Use census API in R and Python

Access Census data in Python Since Census publicized its data access API to developers, many Python pacakges had been developed to take advantage of that. Currently, there is a very long list of Python packages that allow use to access census data via scripts. census (work best with package us) censusdis (census discovery) cenpy census-data-downloader (for ACS data) pygris (for tiger boundary files) Access Census data in R There are also many packages in R that facilitate census data accsess. [Read More]

Regularly Report Computer IP with DHCP

As many are working from home during/after the pandemic, it is super convenient and even necessary to remotely connected to office computers or home computers. However, wirelessly connected devices or ISP-connected devices may have their IP updated from time to time. This blog describes a short Python program that can automatically and periodically report a computer’s IP address. The information is saved into a text file, which can be saved in Dropbox or other cloud drives. [Read More]