R creators win prestigious Statistical Computing and Graphics Award –...
“The American Statistical Association recently created a new, bi-annual award to to recognize an individual or team for innovation in computing, software, or graphics that has had a great impact on...
View ArticleStatJump – Data Search Made Easy
A few days ago, the great Revolutions blog posted (“Visualizing the census“) about a new utility called StatJump where you can visualize data from the 2010 US Census using, of course, R. Pretty...
View ArticlePaper.js — SVG with JavaScript
“Paper.js is an open source vector graphics scripting framework that runs on top of the HTML5 Canvas. It offers a clean Scene Graph / Document Object Model and a lot of powerful functionality to create...
View ArticleOT/NT Refs: Development log, entry #1
I’m building a JavaScript-based graphic depicting references of Old Testament passages in the New Testament. I originally started with Circos (see earlier post: Old Testament/New Testament reference...
View ArticleOT/NT Refs: Development log, entry #2
Added some random links to test where I should set the “through” point — at 2r/3, 1r/3, 7r/8, or some other value (notice the grey circles in the graphic at those settings). Suggestions?
View ArticleOT/NT Refs: Development log, entry #4
Completed Added book names/labels (reversed orientation and set justification=”right” when angle < 90 or > 270) Added chapter ticks (first chapter + every 10th chapter) Added think black border...
View ArticleOT/NT Refs: Development log, entry #5
Completed Added layers (Quotations, Allusions, and Possible Allusions are all on separate layers, independently controllable (see below), as are the book arcs); Added panning (click-and-drag to move);...
View ArticleOT/NT Refs: Source code now available on GitHub
If you’re interested in seeing the code for the OT/NT Ref graph, I’ve posted it to GitHub: balinjdl/OT-NT-Reference-Map – GitHub. All source files are there, along with a README, LICENSE, and sample...
View ArticleText Editors in The Lord of the Rings [Kieran Healy's Weblog]
Relating text editors to The Lord of the Rings… Clever… Kieran Healy’s Weblog – Text Editors in The Lord of the Rings. The list makes clever use of reality and fiction. I wonder what JEdit would be?...
View ArticleStacey, The Lightweight Content Management System
Browsing around the web the other day, I found a clean, lightweight template system called Stacey [http://www.staceyapp.com]. The layout and look is very straightforward and uncluttered. Using a subset...
View ArticleWorld Economic Forum – Visualization Challenge – Jan Willem Tulp
Found this visualization from Jan Willem Tulp: World Economic Forum – Visualization Challenge. Looks very much like the visualization I did for Old Testament and New Testament references, but overall...
View ArticleVncSharp: A .NET VNC Client Library
VncSharp is a free and open source (GPL) implementation of the VNC Remote Framebuffer (RFB) Protocol for the .NET Framework. VNC (Virtual Network Computing) is a cross-platform client/server protocol...
View ArticleLive Coding example with D3 and Mike Bostock’s chord diagram from gabrielflor.it
Bret Victor is a genius. His recent CUSEC 2012 talk, Inventing on Principle, is one of the best talks I’ve ever seen. If you watch only one talk this year, make sure it’s this one. I was blown away by...
View ArticleFacebook Graph Search with Cypher and Neo4j | Max De Marzi
Facebook Graph Search has given the Graph Database community a simpler way to explain what it is we do and why it matters. I wanted to drive the point home by building a proof of concept of how you...
View ArticleOpenCage Geocoder
OpenCage (from Lokku Limited) is a new and promising contender if you’re looking for an easy way to geocode (both forward (i.e. address to lat/long) and reverse (i.e. lat/long to address)). Cost...
View ArticleBest R packages for data import, data wrangling & data visualization
Useful R packages in a handy searchable table Source: Best R packages for data import, data wrangling & data visualization
View ArticleTrumpScript
Regardless of what you think about The Donald, if you enjoy computers, you’ll love TrumpScript — “Making Python great again!” Created by Sam Shadwell, a student Rice University, according to his GitHub...
View ArticleBible Search program and code posted to Bitbucket
I just posted a new application – BibleSearchProc – to Bitbucket. You can search, display, and navigate the Bible (OT, NT, or full) visually. Control-A to toggle display: show all or only hits...
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