Month: November 2019

Read RIP The Curator's Code by Jeremy Cherfas (jeremycherfas.net)
Folksonomy is all very well, but my own set of tags leaves a lot to be desired. I'm forever giving things a tag and thinking I'll remember it and then discovering that not only do I not remember the tag, but also that the tag applies only to a single item, neither of which is very helpful. So I reso...
Interesting I came across this via a Google search for Curator’s Code, and lo, and behold! There is my friend Jeremy holding forth with some wisdom on the topic. I’m not sure how I may have missed his having written it the first time around.
Acquired White Lily Self Rising Bleached Flour - 80 oz
  • One 5 lb bag
  • White Lily had been helping southern cooks make great biscuits since 1883
  • 100% pure red winter wheat with a lower gluten content than typical flours
  • Best for biscuits, pastries and quick breads
  • A regional product not generally available in the West and Northeast
White Lily Flour
Purchased some red winter wheat with a lower gluten content to make some fluffier Southern-style biscuits for the coming holidays!
Liked Quasi un'Utopia : the final act by Kristof De JaegerKristof De Jaeger (realize.be)
Come see me play and place your bet whether I'll make it or not :) wo years after I announced my piano challenge - to be fair, I really only took it serious this year - le moment suprême has arrived: I'll be performing the Moonlight Sonata the 8th of December on a concert in the church of Zevergem. I'm not alone that afternoon: together with 2 choirs and the harmony orchestra of De Pinte, we'll be playing to raise money for Studio Brussel's De Warmste Week. You will also be able to place bets whether I'm actually going to finish the third movement or not, so there's some extra pressure on my shoulders ...
Congratulations on the achievement and good luck on the performance!
Read Who sponsors Drupal development? (2018-2019 edition) by Dries BuytaertDries Buytaert (dri.es)
An in-depth analysis of how Drupal's development was sponsored between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019.
I love the depth and reflection Dries puts into this report. Having recently watched the State of the Word for WordPress, I wonder if WordPress publishes these sorts of numbers and analysis? Could they in the future?
Read HrefHunt! by Kicks CondorKicks Condor (Kicks Condor)
UPDATED, 11 Nov 2019. Okay, this month’s links are culled from a handful of little threads here and there. @pjrvs’ thread asking: “who has the best personal website/blog?” (I skipped the popular ones or those I’d already discovered.) HN thread, same question. ‘The Internet of creation di...
I’m glad Kicks circled back to this, there’s always some fun and interesting material hiding within the list.
Read Blog Diet: A Starter List For Your RSS Reader by Warren EllisWarren Ellis (WARREN ELLIS LTD)
People keep asking me where I find stuff, or where to start with an RSS reader. I exported my subscruptions, and damn, there are a LOT of dead blogs out there. Here is a selection of blogs from the list of ones I think are still active. Like I say, it’s just a bit of my active subscriptions list, but maybe you’ll find something you want to follow.
Thanks Warren for curating an interesting list here. I recognize a handful of great sites, including ribbon farm which makes the list twice. Can’t wait to take a look at some of the ones I don’t follow regularly. I do wish there was an OPML version of the list I could subscribe to though.

hat tip: Kicks Condor, who coincidentally highlighted this list in his most recent HREFHUNT post (2019-11-11). Kudos to Kicks for also being included in the list itself!

Bookmarked Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications in R by Gareth James, Daniela Witten, Trevor Hastie and Robert Tibshirani (faculty.marshall.usc.edu)

This book provides an introduction to statistical learning methods. It is aimed for upper level undergraduate students, masters students and Ph.D. students in the non-mathematical sciences. The book also contains a number of R labs with detailed explanations on how to implement the various methods in real life settings, and should be a valuable resource for a practicing data scientist.

For a more advanced treatment of these topics: The Elements of Statistical Learning.

Slides and videos for Statistical Learning MOOC by Hastie and Tibshirani available separately here. Slides and video tutorials related to this book by Abass Al Sharif can be downloaded here.

book cover
I’ll note that the author has a downloadable .pdf copy of his text on his site.
Read Mulligan by gRegor MorrillgRegor Morrill (gregorlove.com)
Today wasn’t a great mental health day for me. I felt pretty blah and ended up spending most of the day watching Netflix. It passes the time but it doesn’t really help the mood. I ended up not having any social interaction. Now I have about an hour left to write a post. I’m not really feeling ...
Sorry to hear this gRegor. I know exactly how you feel as I have more days like this than I’d like to admit. I’m around if you need help out of the funk.