Quantcast
Channel: Programming – Mile Wide… Inch Deep…
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 23 View Live

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 Article


StatJump – 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 Article


Paper.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 Article

OT/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 Article

OT/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 Article


OT/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 Article

OTNT Graphic Development slideshow

View Article

OT/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 Article


OT/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 Article


Text 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 Article

Stacey, 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 Article

World 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 Article

The first computer bug

The first computer bug, courtesy of the US Navy: HT: 60 Minutes

View Article


VncSharp: 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 Article

Live 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 Article


Facebook 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 Article

OpenCage 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 Article


Best 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 Article

TrumpScript

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 Article

Bible 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...

View Article
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 23 View Live