Parsing a table from an image
Thomas Mock explains how to extract and parse data tables in image files via ImageMagick and R: There are many times where someone shares data as an image, whether intentionally due to software...
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Small JavaScript library for density plots
Twitter released a small JavaScript library to make density plots — for when you have a lot of overlapping points and could use some granular binning. Feed a method an array of thousands of x-y...
View ArticleR graphics get modern text support, with ragg package
Thomas Lin Pedersen announced the ragg package, which makes font usage in R more straightforward: I’m extremely pleased to present the culmination of several years of work spanning the systemfonts,...
View ArticleCode (data) as therapy
For Wired, Craig Mod writes about how he uses code as a way to find order during less coherent times: Break the problem into pieces. Put them into a to-do app (I use and love Things). This is how a...
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Guide for React with D3.js
Amelia Wattenberger wrote a guide on how you can use the JavaScript library React with D3.js. I know next to nothing about the former, but probably should, so this was useful. Tags: Amelia...
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Using noise in creative coding
Oftentimes visuals generated through code can seem cold and mechanical when you’re after something more warm that breathes life. Introducing organized noise into the mix is one path. Varun Vachhar...
View ArticleA Succinct Intro to R
Before you get into analysis and visualizing data with R, you need to know the basics. Steve Haroz wrote a guide on getting started: This book is a short introduction to the R language. It covers the...
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Spike maps in R
Spike maps use the height of spikes to encode data geographically. The format provides a similar effect to frequency trails where the layering looks 3-D-ish, except spikes are typically centered on an...
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Procedural dungeons in R
Matt Dray is developing a package in R that runs a text-based game. Part of that game requires procedural dungeons that are different each time you play. Tags: game, Matt Dray, R
View ArticleDeleting your tweets with R
Twitter isn’t in a great place right now, so maybe you want to do something with your account and your tweets. Julia Silge outlines how to delete your tweets with R: If you are looking to remove...
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Scrolly video JavaScript library
ScrollyVideo.js is a JavaScript library that makes it easier to incorporate videos in a scrollytelling layout. The examples look really straightforward, which means I’m saving this for later. Tags:...
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Switching from Python to R
If you’re looking to switch or just want to expand your skills, this starter guide by Stephanie Lo provides some translations: Are you curious about delving into the world of R programming? While...
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Understanding the SVG path element, a visual guide
The SVG path element can be useful for drawing regular and irregular shapes. However, if you just look at how a path is defined, it’s not entirely clear how to use it. Nanda Syahrasyad made a visual...
View ArticleBrailleR, a R package to improve access for blind users
From CRAN: Blind users do not have access to the graphical output from R without printing the content of graphics windows to an embosser of some kind. This is not as immediate as is required for...
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easystats, an R package
The easystats R package in on my to-try list. easystats is a collection of R packages, which aims to provide a unifying and consistent framework to tame, discipline, and harness the scary R statistics...
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The Nature of Code, refreshed
Daniel Shiffman, who you might know from his enthusiastic YouTube channel The Coding Train, updated his book The Nature of Code. The original version from 2012 focused on Processing. The new version...
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Hiding data in an emoji
Messing with how emojis are encoded, Paul Butler demonstrates how one might hide data via a smiley: Most unicode characters do not have variations associated with them. Since unicode is an evolving...
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