11 Sep 2016

The UNP at 70

The Elephant

The United National Party turned 70 this week. I thought I'd take a look at their electoral record, for funsies.

The data for this (short) analysis was sourced from Wikipedia. That data was in turn sourced from Department of Elections PDF files. I didn't cross-check the numbers because this is …

25 Aug 2016

Links: Machine Learning

I'm changing the format of the links posts to topic-based posts which I will add to over time. Seems like a better way to organize than basing them on dates.

August 2016

An exclusive inside look at how artificial intelligence and machine learning work at Apple

A fascinating look at …

15 Aug 2016

Pairplots FTW! Links: August 15

Instalment 2 of the "sharing links" thingy. Shorter too.


On Software:

I recently subscribed to the Dataquest newsletter, and today got this post emailed to me:

Python vs R: head to head data analysis

Make pairwise scatterplots: One common way to explore a dataset is to see how different columns …

14 Aug 2016

Links: August 14

I promised previously to use this space for link sharing as well, so here goes the first instalment.


On Software:

Gender disparity in computer science is an often discussed topic, and the following is one of my favourite graphs on the topic:

Women in CompSci

This week, I read about another study that …

20 Jul 2016

The Lastfm Dataset

Lastfm Reminder

Todoist reminding me that my Last.fm analysis is overdue

I downloaded my Last.fm scrobble data a week or so back using this excellent online tool. It contains almost every song I listened to on my PC (and some from my phone and iPod) between March 2011 and November …


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