[Project] Scalable S (dead)

Brief Description
Disk space, memory and time are increasingly common constraints in applied statistics. The size of
datasets is growing at a fast pace, yet the computational tools needed for this type of analysis are not
growing at a sufficient pace. This document is an attempt to describe the incorporation of 3 ideas to
improve this situation: 1) Having [...]

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[Project] KML Tools (google earth format)

Brief Description
Again, fishing was the primary motivation here.  As a kid I would collect Loran numbers from other fisherman of all the “secret” places to fish off the Florida coast.  I started a spread sheet, and even had a big map drawn on a piece of butcher paper of the “secret” places, separate from the [...]

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[Project] Building the Right Tool for Data Analysis

Brief Description
Ever find yourself setting up your workspace on another computer, at another job, wasting a day or two, getting frustrated by those tricks you forgot in the setup or finding new ones specific to that platform?  I have that problem about 4 times a year.  I’m tired of it.  I have a workspace setup.  [...]

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[Project] Image Enlargement

Brief Description
Growing up in wild Florida, and visiting the backcountry somewhat regularly via state parks mainly biking and fishing around Guana State Park near the house where I grew up, as well as fishing trips all over the state- from the estuaries of north Florida to the rim ditch of Lake Okechobee to Shark River [...]

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