Data Science. TileDB. Open Source. Quant Research. R. C++. Debian. Linux. Adjunct Clinical Professor, University of Illinois. Lots of coffee. And some running.

Chicago, IL, USA
Joined March 2007
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Comcast is the worst. Changes signal, forces use of cable box even for TV with digital tuner, makes we wait 45 minutes in line. Yuck.
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My 2nd @DivvyBikes relay: Jackson to 31st, swap bikes, 31st to 5th. Nice way to get to U of C.
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For those in Hyde Park: I'll talk Rcpp / RcppArmadillo at Booth / U of C in Harper C08 from 2pm to 4pm today. #rstats #rcpp
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New and nicely comprehensive CRAN Task View on 'Web Technologies': cran.r-project.org/web/views… #rstats
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Replying to @SpringerStats
Emacs AucTeX mode RT @SpringerStats Statistics authors - Do you use Writelatex or Authorea for your writing?
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Replying to @kjhealy
.@kjhealy When the government shuts down, your Macbook Pro reboots into Windows XP.
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Slides from the *most awesome* talks by Bjarne Stroustrup and Herb Sutter in Chicago last week are now posted: goo.gl/aYTk6l
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New RcppArmadillo release 0.3.920.1 goo.gl/qYA5lJ along with the new Rcpp 0.10.5 goo.gl/hp3AeI #rcpp #rstats
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Replying to @AndrewDasNYT
.@AndrewDasNYT One could always opt for 'Allez tweeter' but pesky 140 char limit may bite sooner too.
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Replying to @cpsievert
Obviously a fake, see 4th last from bottom RT @cpsievert @hadleywickham TIL Brian Ripley is on reddit old.reddit.com/user/Prof_Brian_R…
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Replying to @romain_francois
.@romain_francois Those were my exact same thoughts upon reading that message to r-devel :-/
R 3.0.2 is released -- and the updated Debian package set has just been uploaded. #Rstats
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Herb Sutter and Bjarne Stroustrup about to talk C++11 and C++14 in Chicago.
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Nice new Rcpp Gallery post on Munkres' Assignment Problem via RcppArmadillo: goo.gl/VLh1VP #rstats #rcpp
Replying to @mattyglesias
.@mattyglesias At a minimum Nobel Prizes for Granger, Engle, Sims, ...
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Neat! MT@mstringer Personal storage system for life: camlistore.org/
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Replying to @delong
.@delong That should be Robert Engle, not Robert Engel.
Neat: the lme4 package on CRAN now uses RcppEigen -- and a new Debian package of lme4 just uploaded too. #rstats #rcpp
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Actual "R in pipe" example: ls -l /boot | awk '!/^tot/ {print $5}' | \ r -ie "s <- as.integer(readLines()); print(summary(s)); stem(s)"
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Replying to @Goose_Thief
littler works well on cmdline too: r -p \ -e'summary(read.csv("aima.cs.berkeley.edu/data/ir…"))' RT @RyanGrannell @hadleywickham @jeroenhjanssens
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