New (unofficial) @Debian font package: @jetbrains Mono github.com/eddelbuettel/pkg-… Another very nice coding font, see jetbrains.com/lp/mono/ Clone the repo and run `runMe.sh` to create a `.deb` package for easy install and uninstall. #rstats

New (experimental) repo with Rcpp bindings for the awesome simdjson library by @lemire and @geofflangdale github.com/eddelbuettel/rcpp… Currently does little but JSON validation, but that it does *very quickly*

anytime 0.3.7 on CRAN: Some enhancements Automagic date / time conversion for any input dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2… #rstats #rcpp

RPushbullet 0.3.3 on CRAN: More robustification Easy multi-device messaging from R dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2… #rstats /cc @mrchypark_

Dear CRAN, Where do I report a @CRANPolicyWatch violation ? Spotted thanks to the RSS version of @CRANberriesFeed over at dirk.eddelbuettel.com/cranbe… Love, Dirk #rstats

Better-than-usual mid-week fare: Chicken Fajitas for one -- my better half is at a work function, and the kids are out of town at college anyway.

RcppRedis 0.1.10 on CRAN: Now with tinytest Performant R interface to Redis dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2… #rstats #rcpp More #tinytest goodness and three more cheers for smooth CRAN uploads!

RQuantLib 0.4.11 on CRAN: More polish Quantitative Finance functionality for R dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2… #rstats #rcpp /cc @markvdloo : see the screenshot for a nice parallel tinytest run of the installed package using a littler helper

The @CRANPolicyWatch cronjob once again at work, and it is worth highlighting the snippet below. Maybe we are at last moving to proper conditional use of Suggests:'ed packages. As I argued here, nearly three years ago: dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2… … #rstats #readingCRANtealeaves

Some preferences, the obligatory `fortunes::fortune()` call plus a simple (earlier) version of 'source from directory' now also in the `startup` package by @henrikbengtsson Newer real settings are now in the spurced dir.