I have been a Macintosh user since 1986 but it is still necessary once in a while to access a Windows system and that is why VMWare Fusion is installed on my iMac which has …
Computing
Do yourself a favor: learn Markdown – Episode 4. Reproducible reports
The message The essential message is this: stop using Copy/Paste from one program to another (e.g. a chart from Excel to Word) as this is a manual process that is not reproducible and can easily …
Google colab is a free cloud notebook environment
Introduction Google Colab is a free cloud-based service that allows the execution of Python code using the Jupyter Notebook format. It is possible to use and install new python libraries. Furthermore it is possible to …
Download Google Drive Files using wget
The problem: transfer file between clouds Files on Google drive can be shared between users, but the default access to the file is via a web browser graphical interface. However, sometimes it may be useful, or even …
Data Analysis Workshops Winter 2021
SUMMARY: Check calendar for Free “R” and “Python” workshops (Steenbock Library.) “Introduction to R with RStudio,” “Data Wrangling in R” (SSCC – Social Science Computing Cooperative.) “Automating Tasks with the Unix Shell,” “Data Management with SQL,” “R: introduction / visualization / reports” (Software Carpentry through UW-Madison Data Science (fees apply).)
Strings as factors in R
Factors in R I recently mentioned the important default change that occurred with the release of the latest version of R (version 4.0.3) in a post titled Default preference reversal in R and how that …
Default preference reversal in R
Default preferences I enjoy using R and RStudio, but I am always weary of upgrading R because that usually leads to some issue(s). The most recent was a bit long for me to diagnose, even …
PowerShell – an opinionated primer
PowerShell One day I discovered that there was a Windows App called “PowerShell” while searching on my Windows 10 installation. I did not pay much attention to it even if I stumbled upon it a …