The history of money
a review of my favourite books in the genre
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Testing GitHub actions locally
with the amazing act tool
Learning about convex optimisation
made beautiful with Manim
Finding better colour schemes in Python
This article, about how to find better colour schemes in Python, led me to pypalettes - an easy way to get beautiful colour palettes into Matplotlib. Their c...
Prediction markets as an independent news source
the embodiment of putting your money where your mouth is
2024 in review
did I hit my goals…?
Operation Christmas Dinner
a plan of action
Finding good advice
in a sea of ‘expert’ recommendations
Fujifilm X100V recipes
my current recipes and selected pictures
RIP Omnivore, welcome Readwise
and how I can justify its price
On the subtlety of data science
and how to reclaim it
How would you bring an LLM up to date?
and steer its persona towards certain opinions
Using weekly quizzes to keep LLMs informed
and ideas for pub quiz preparation
How do rental bikes move around NYC?
scratching the surface of a cool dataset
Doing algebra with the meaning of words
how word embeddings can tell us about the relationship between words
Using git to track how I wrote my PhD thesis
One of the many benefits of using git to help write your thesis is that you can go back in time through the project and see how you progressed
Real time space weather prediction with Solar Orbiter
This article was originally written as a Solar Orbiter nugget of science to summarise my Laker et al. 2023 paper
Timelapse of anywhere on Earth
Google Earth can be used to create a timelapse of any place on Earth between 1984 and 2022!
An interactive guide to linear models
Exploring how to use linear models for timeseries prediction
Netflix personalises movie posters according to your preferences
Today I learnt that Netflix take recommendations one step further, tailoring both the show and the artwork shown to the user.
Using a cookiecutter and make for a reproducible workflow
I promise that title will make sense
Spreading Love and Margarine: the link between margarine consumption and the divorce rate
a hilarious demonstration of data dredging
Running Python Apps In The Browser
Using shinylive to run Python apps within the browser
How to create professional figures with Matplotlib
Having recently joined the corporate world I was affronted with figures made in Excel. I had to admit that these figures looked more at home in presentations...
What’s my most controversial movie opinion?
Exploring my Letterboxd data from the last year
Shiny Web Apps
Today I learnt about Shiny for Python, a way to make slick web apps in Python. I had a vague knowledge of streamlit, where the general idea is to write a scr...
Why I Am Starting A Blog
My goal for 2024 is to write a blog.