Mac: Combining Images to a PDF
«I have a well-deserved reputation for being something of a gadget freak, and am rarely happier than when spending an entire day programming my computer to perform automatically a task that it would...
View ArticleThings that work very well with R: short scale (or: Fishfood ;-))
«The purpose of visualization is insight, not pictures.» Ben Shneiderman One of the things I’m currently doing is looking how to crate a short version of a scale. And damn, R is cool. Just playing...
View ArticleAcademic Writing: Seeing the whole text at once
Sit down, and put down everything that comes into your head and then you’re a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff’s worth, without pity, and destroy most of it. «Casual Chance» by...
View ArticleAh, Backups …
«But I thought YOU did the backups …» Unknown After realizing it was more than three weeks since I last rebooted my MacBook Pro, I shut it down yesterday evening. Today, instead up booting up normally,...
View ArticleLifeLogging and R
Don’t count the days, make the days count. Mohammed Ali LifeLogging is nice — you leave lots of data which tells you more about yourself than you usually find out by remembering what you did, and when....
View ArticleSharing Microsoft Office Data — What about ‘None of the Above’?
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. «Business @ the Speed of Thought» by Bill Gates Just updated Microsoft Office on my Mac. After restarting the first app, I was greeted...
View ArticleConfiguring Scrivener (Make Scrivener grey — and get that icon back)
Strive for perfection but be content with success. Unknown Almost nine years ago I wrote a posting titled: “Scrivener — A perfect program for dissertation writing” (it still covers accurately what...
View ArticleDesk Side Table
If a cluttered desk signs a cluttered mind, Of what, then, is an empty desk a sign? Albert Einstein Sometimes a desk just clutters. It’s not a problem if you’re focused on your work (seriously, if you...
View ArticleDigital Bullet Journal (iPad Pro, GoodNotes)
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint … . What I began by reading, I must finish by acting. Henry David Thoreau I recently...
View ArticleiPad Coloring Book
«To the wise and understanding reader, wisdom is to a man an infinite treasure for she is the breath of the power of god.» Lady Mechanika To be honest, I’m not the type to color, but I’m a fan. It can...
View ArticleThe Gwen Novak Method of «Work eMail Interruption Free» Vacation
It was an easy walk to Gwen’s compartment: downstairs to seven-tenths gravity, fifty meters “forward” to her number—I rang. Her door answered, “This is the recorded voice of Gwen Novak. I’ve gone to...
View ArticleAn attempt at more-or-less creatively hacking diets
You know it’s time to diet when you push away from the table and the table moves. «The Cockle Bur» Since about 23 days ago, I’m trying to influence my weight. Never been on a diet, but after seeing how...
View ArticleSemi-intelligent Cookbooks with Numbers and Keynote
When baking, follow directions. When cooking, go by your own taste. Laiko Bahrs I recently started looking into cookbooks. Mostly because I started to eat less (yep, diet, it’s fun), so I wanted to...
View ArticlePapers in Night Mode
«Why don’t you ever look beneath the surface, young man! I laugh because I dare not cry. This is a crazy world and the only way to enjoy it is to treat it as a joke. That doesn’t mean I don’t read and...
View ArticleIntroduction to R presentation (German)
Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have carefully considered what they do not say. William W. Watt So, there’s another student-organized event at my university. Last year I did a...
View ArticleA Warning of Patreon
«A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?» Joshua/WOPR in «Wargames» I’m divided when it comes to asking for money for creative projects. On the one hand,...
View ArticleMixed Media
«His blackboard technique puts Rembrandt to shame.» Purportedly taken from MIT’s Course Evaluation Guide I was in a course in which the projector (more or less by accident) did project its image on a...
View ArticleA shout-out to a great App: Post-it(R) Plus
«If I had thought about it, I wouldn’t have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can’t do this.» Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M...
View ArticleGreat Introduction to R (esp when you come from SPSS or the like)
Data science is the process by which data becomes understanding, knowledge and insight. Hadley Wickham I still love R, perhaps to the chagrin of my students 😉 But yeah, coming from SPSS (or rather,...
View ArticleGab.ai releases Dissenter — A tool to free comments on the Internet
«The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum….» «The Common Good» by Noam Chomsky Over...
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