Rosetta Code
One thing I’ve always enjoyed is learning something new, especially a new language. First it started with human languages, but over the past few years (well, more than a few!) I’ve enjoyed learning new...
View ArticleIntro to The R Programming Language: For Programmers
As someone who’s new to R and curious about what it can do, one of the first questions I ask is how does it compare to Java, C#, Perl, etc. (Insert language-of-choice here.) Fortunately,John Cook has...
View ArticleInteractive data visualizations with R
Jeroen Ooms, a visiting scholar at UCLA’s Department of Statistics, has been very busy with R — he has two wonderfully slick online apps where users are able (for free) to visualize datasets using R’s...
View ArticleR 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...
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