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This is another experiment in visualizing 24-hour cyclical data. My last post explored a method of linear representation (the Double Time Bar Chart). Linear representations have problems when it comes to showing the cyclical nature of time data (ie there is no start or end of a 24 hour cycle). Inspiration When trying…
The video from my keynote at Strange Loop 2010 is up! You can watch the video here: Machine Learning: A Love Story The original abstract: Machine learning has come a long way in recent years — from…
Copy-on-write B-tree finally beaten by Andy Twigg, Andrew Byde, Grzegorz Mi?o´s, Tim Moreton, John Wilkesy and Tom Wilkie.
Karl Seguin's Blog - A mix of coding and creative writing
…and I am addicted to analytics. It all started when I was a wee lad. I quite enjoyed playing Tecmo NBA Basketball, among other games. One day, while…
Every educated person really ought to have a basic understanding of accounting. Just like maths, science, programming, music, literature, history, etc., it’s one of those things which helps you make sense of the world. Although dealing with money is not much fun, it’s an unavoidable part of life, so you might as well…
Over break I went out with a buddy of mine and played some darts. This got me to thinking, where exactly should someone aim in order t...
Last weekend I tweeted two links to two tweets by a poor guy who apparently got his MongoDB database into an unrecoverable state during shutdown whilst upgrading to a newer version. That tweet quickly made the rounds, and the next morning I saw myself staring at replies stating that it was all his fault, because he…
