I’ve been wanting to create a custom MaxMind mmdb file for alternate IPv4 range classifications for a while, and finally had an opportunity to do so for the $DAYJOB. MaxMind mmdb files are small and easy to work with and provide lightning fast lookups. This repo — https://github.com/hrbrmstr/clouds2mmdb — has an R script for pulling… Continue reading
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Polyglot FizzBuzz in R (Plus: “Why Can’t Johnny Code?”)
I caught this post on the The Surprising Number Of Programmers Who Can’t Program from the Hacker News RSS feed. Said post links to another, classic post on the same subject and you should read both before continuing. Back? Great! Let’s dig in. Why does hrbrmstr care about this? Offspring #3 completed his Freshman year… Continue reading
Digging into mbox details: A tale of tm & reticulate
✨ I had to processes a bunch of emails for a $DAYJOB task this week and my “default setting” is to use R for pretty much everything (this should come as no surprise). Treating mail as data is not an uncommon task and many R packages exist that can reach out and grab mail from… Continue reading
Knit directly to jupyter notebooks from RStudio
Did you know that you can completely replace the “knitting” engine in R Markdown documents? Well, you can! Why would you want to do this? Well, in the case of this post, to commit the unpardonable sin of creating a clunky jupyter notebook from a pristine Rmd file. I’m definitely not “a fan” of “notebook-style”… Continue reading
quotebox – An NPR-like Embedded Twitter Quote Generator
I’m an avid NPR listener also follow a number of their programs and people on Twitter. I really dig their [quotable](https://github.com/nprapps/quotable) tweets. Here’s a sample of a recent one: Minn. state senators cannot look other senators in the eye during floor debate. @ailsachang http://t.co/SfQBq4yyHQ pic.twitter.com/DNHGEiVA9j — NPR News (@nprnews) May 8, 2015 I asked @brianboyer… Continue reading
nizdos – Nest Thermometer Notifications And Data Logging In Python
I’ve had a Nest thermometer for a while now and it’s been an overall positive experience. It’s given me more visibility into our heating/cooling system usage, patterns and preferences; plus, it actually saved us money last winter. We try to avoid running the A/C during the summer, and it would have been really helpful if… Continue reading
My Picks From #PyCon2013
While you can (and should) view [all the presentations](https://speakerdeck.com/pyconslides) from #PyCon2013, here are my picks for the ones that interested me the most, as they focus on scaling, mapping, automation (both web & electronics) and data analysis: – [Chef: Why you should automate your web infrastructure](https://speakerdeck.com/pyconslides/chef-why-you-should-automate-your-web-infrastructure-by-kate-heddleston) by Kate Heddleston – [Messaging at Scale at Instagram](https://speakerdeck.com/pyconslides/messaging-at-scale-at-instagram-by-rick-branson)… Continue reading
Slopegraphs in R
I updated the code to use ggsave and tweaked some of the font & line size values for more consistent (and pretty) output. This also means that I really need to get this up on github. If you even remotely follow this blog, you’ll see that I’m kinda obsessed with slopegraphs. While I’m pretty happy… Continue reading