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In a recent Virtual Coffee chat, I asked, "What is the favorite software tool/site/thing you've ever created?" A key point to some responses was that sometimes little, quick apps are the most rewarding and impactful. …

I've decided to migrate this blog to a quarto-based blog format. All future posts will be found here: https://swingley.dev/blog2.

The Untourists The Untourists - Travel Blog - Discovering the beautiful world we live in. We have always felt Indian food is best had in a home. There is no, not one restaurant which serves …

All Insights | Research | Strategy Weekend Reading – JP Morgan Guide To Markets & Risk Parity Strategies Team Bankeronwheels Last Updated: November 15, 2024 Share: Team Bankeronwheels Last Updated: November 15, 2024 Share: Click …

Some of the half-frame 35mm photographs from the French ‘Randonneur Round The Year’ rides will be included in a Brighton Photo Fringe exhibition between 16 and 20 October. The show is at Regency Town House …

The ESP32-S3 is a popular microcontroller (MCU) for a variety of reasons, such as its support for external pseudostatic RAM (PSRAM). One of its lesser known features is its Universal Serial Bus (USB) On-The-Go (OTG) …

Although I provide in-depth reports on portable radios past and present, to help you shop here is a quick way to find that perfect radio for yourself or as a gift. You can always find …

The Chicago Surface Lines ran a fantrip on October 23, 1938 using PCC #4002, then just two years old. It toured the city carrying many railfans, and was credited as giving the fledgling Central Electric …

Your hosting package is due to expire on Oct 26, 2024 so you’ll need to renew by then to keep your website active. Don’t worry if you’re not ready to renew just yet, we’ll remind …

Recently I was stood outside Huddersfield Railway Station waiting for my Replacement Bus Service. I was eating much needed food from a nearby fast food outlet and contemplating my next move. Other match-goers had gone …

I was in town for some shopping but it I couldn't resist visiting a pub which only opened yesterday, so I headed up Seel Street to 1936 Pub Co's newest outlet, St Peters Tavern:Wow! 1936 …

The electronic version of the latest issue of the Girls’ Angle Bulletin is now available on our website. We open with the second half of our interview with Boston University Professor of Mathematics Jennifer Balakrishnan. …

This week in Modern Plain Text Computing we put together some of the things we’ve been learning about cleaning and tidying data. Here’s a somewhat sobering example using data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, …

The election broadcasts in the U.S. are full-day affairs, and they make a great showcase for interactive graphics. The election setting is optimal as it demands clear graphics that are instantly digestible. Anything else would …

Acknowledgements The code in this post is indebted (and in some cases wholly ripped off from) work by the glorious Finn Lindgren, who emailed me some code to do this probably a decade ago. Yes …