Emacs IPython Notebook and the shaving of a Yak

Posted on Tue 25 June 2013 in Tutorials • Tagged with big data, Emacs, emacs-ipython-notebook, ipython, programmer-humor, configuration, emacs, IPython, linux, statistics

Motivation

It was this week during the project pitch exercise here at the Data Science For Social Good that I fell down a rabbit hole. I wanted to get summary statistics on foreclosures and land values for each of Chicago's 50 wards.  Of course I was not doing that when …


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Setting up a virtual environment with Ipython, numpy and pandas

Posted on Tue 25 June 2013 in Tutorials • Tagged with Emacs, IPython, virtual env, linux

Most of the time you read about setting up virtual environments, it is for web development. But the same benefits hold for analysis and research software. You want to be able to reproduce results. It also increases security not to be adding all the unverified libraries with machine level privileges …


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Resources on Django and D3

Posted on Tue 02 April 2013 in Tutorials • Tagged with D3, Django, linux

It is no secret that I have been working on delivering d3 over django. I am a novice to both of these technologies, I have been scouring the internet for FREE resources. Of what I have found. Here are my impressions. On Django, there seem to be few full tutorials …


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Learning environments for data analysis software

Posted on Sat 02 February 2013 in Tutorials • Tagged with configuration, docview, emacs, internet pedagogy, linux, statistics, windows

Welcome to my blog

This is my first blog post using the IPython notebook. I am very excited about the things it can do.

Here is what I want to cover

  1. Who I am
  2. What the blog will cover
  3. Why I named it Measure of Justice

Evan Misshula

I am …


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