A wonderful book, the audio version is just over 50 hours long.
A great biography of a great man. I really enjoyed the book.
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The Old Woman with the Knife
Just finished reading this great book. It is full of references from my stay in Korea and from Korean movies, that bring back good memories.
But no Granny assassians 🙂
From the amazon page for the book
The Old Woman with the Knife
by Gu Byeong-mo, Chi-Young Kim (Translator)
The kinetic story of a sixty-five-year-old female assassin who faces an unexpected threat in the twilight of her career–this is an international bestseller and the English language debut from an award-winning South Korean author
At sixty-five, Hornclaw is beginning to slow down. She lives modestly in a small apartment, with only her aging dog, a rescue named Deadweight, to keep her company. There are expectations for people her age–that she’ll retire and live out the rest of her days quietly. But Hornclaw is not like other people. She is an assassin.
Double-crossers, corporate enemies, cheating spouses–for the past four decades, Hornclaw has killed them all with ruthless efficiency, and the less she’s known about her targets, the better. But now, nearing the end of her career, she has just slipped up. An injury leads her to an unexpected connection with a doctor and his family. But emotions, for an assassin, are a dangerous proposition. As Hornclaw’s world closes in, this final chapter in her career may also mark her own bloody end.
A sensation in South Korea, and now translated into English for the first time by Chi-Young Kim, The Old Woman with the Knife is an electrifying, singular, mordantly funny novel about the expectations imposed on aging bodies and the dramatic ways in which one woman chooses to reclaim her agency.
#korea
Web Links
R
– https://oscarbaruffa.com/rscreencasts/
A very experienced Data Scientist called David Robinson has recorded his Tidy Tuesday analyses and posted them on Youtube – well over 80 of them, each at about an hour long! Watching his screencasts is a fantastic way to see how someone approaches an analyses when it’s the first time they see the data.
Perhaps showing even more dedication, Alex Cookson and Eric Fletcher have painstakingly gone through the recordings, timestamped and annotated them with a description of David’s activity and which packages and functions he’s used. Make no mistake, this is an incredible amount of work. They captured everything in this publicly available google sheet.
Based off my experience in generating website content from a spreadsheet for Big Book of R, and wanting to try build a website with Quarto (next generation of rmarkdown), I put everything together to create www.RScreencasts.com. Now you can more easily navigate the screencasts, the individual timestamps, packages, functions and all via a searchable web interface. Using Quarto was easier than I expected (I’ve never used blogdown or distill before) and thanks to chat with Gavin Masterson (twitter)who has tried it, I felt confident enough to give it a go.
- https://jfjelstul.github.io/regular-expressions-tutorial/
- RStudio Community Table Gallery
https://www.rstudio.com/blog/rstudio-community-table-gallery/ - https://github.com/Roche/ggtips
R package that provides a set of functions to enhance your ggplots with eye-pleasing tooltips easily, and render them in your Shiny apps. - https://oscarbaruffa.com/
Cycling
– https://bikepacking.com/plan/bikepacking-overnighter-gear-list-video/
Misc
– https://www.beamjobs.com/resumes/data-analyst-resume-examples
Free Mac Utils for stuff that should just work
BetterDummy
Apple Silicon Macs notoriously don’t allow sub-4K resolution displays to have HiDPI (“Retina”) resolutions even though most 1440p display would greatly benefit from having a HiDPI “Retina” mode
https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDummy
MonitorControl
Controls your external display brightness and volume and shows native OSD. Use menulet sliders or the keyboard, including native Apple keys!
Web Linkings
R
GitHub – TheEconomist/covid-19-excess-deaths-tracker: Source code and data for The Economist’s covid-19 excess deaths tracker
2020 R Conference on Government – Speaker Videos
ggplot Wizardry Hands-On
Reed College | Data at Reed | R Resources
SDS 375: Syllabus
Using RSelenium to scrape a paginated HTML table
ggplot2tor – tutorials to help you master ggplot2. Each tutorial provides a step-by-step guide that teaches you how to create visualizations that go beyond the basics of ggplot2
ggplot2tor – The complete guide to scales
rstudio::global 2021 talks – RStudio
Exploring missing values in naniar. Really Good !
Using R Markdown to Track and Publish State Data | by Data@Urban | Apr, 2021 | Medium
Learn tidytext with my new learnr course | Julia Silge
Tutorial: Adding Open Street Map Data to Rayshader Maps in R – Rayverse Blog
GitHub – seankross/postcards: 💌 Create simple, beautiful personal websites and landing pages using only R Markdown.
What is RYouWithMe? | R-Ladies Sydney – intro to R
Using tuber • tuber
CRAN – Package readrba – Download and Tidy Data from the Reserve Bank of Australia
How to download YouTube data in R using “tuber” and “purrr” – Storybench
Custom Google Analytics Dashboards with R: Downloading Data | RStudio Blog
GitHub – thebioengineer/tidytuesdayR: Extract weekly TidyTuesday Data/Readme
.Rddj – Resources for doing data journalism with R
Karandeep Singh Lab – LHS 610
GitHub – wleepang/DesktopDeployR: A framework for deploying self-contained R-based applications to the desktop
a. Learning R · Joscelinrocha/Learning-R-Resources Wiki · GitHub
🎡 tidyexplain · Garrick Aden‑Buie – Tidy Animated Verbs to describes joins …. Very nice for teaching
Introduction to the Field of Statistics (and R)
UO Psych R Bootcamp
the ggplot flipbook
free range statistics – A good Australian blog on economics and other subjects with R being used for analysis and charting.
Leveling Up With The Tidyverse (And Hockey Data) | Meghan Hall
Closing 2020: A summer of ethics in data science education · Teach Data Science
learnR4free – Links to many learning resources
GitHub – iamericfletcher/awesome-r-learning-resources: A curated collection of free resources to help deepen your understanding of the R programming language. Updated regularly. Contributions encouraged via a pull request (see contributing.md).
Introduction to the Field of Statistics (and R)
R-Ladies Global – YouTube
How to Scrape Word Documents with R
How to Automate PowerPoint Slidedecks with R
Thematic Maps • tmap
Building an animation step-by-step with gganimate · Alex Cookson
Extract Images from PDFs
Poppler
GitHub – sckott/pdfimager: Extract images from pdfs using poppler
Storybench from Northeastern University’s School of Journalism – Storybench
The Essence of Calculus, Chapter 1 – YouTube
Introduction to Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Homepage | Media Manipulation Casebook
GitHub – srkobakian/sugarbag: An R package to create tessellated hexagon maps of Australia.
Python
Personal Data Warehouses: Reclaiming Your Data – Github talk about dog sheep and Datasette
Dogsheep | dogsheep.github.io
Datasette: An open source multi-tool for exploring and publishing data
All of our data journalism in one spreadsheet | News | theguardian.com
Setup :: Modern Python Developer’s Toolkit
Introducing an Interactive Textbook for Cultural Analysis with Python – Melanie Walsh
Introduction to Cultural Analytics & Python — Introduction to Cultural Analytics & Python
GitHub – maxhumber/hickory: 🕰 The command line tool for scheduling Python scripts
facebookTranscripts/facebookTranscripts.py at master · lorenzoromani1983/facebookTranscripts · GitHub
GitHub – jasondixon5/healy_data_viz_port_to_python: A recreation of the plots in Kieran Healy’s book Data Visualization in Python
GitHub – abrignoni/iLEAPP: iOS Logs, Events, And Plist Parser
Excel
European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group – spreadsheet risk management and solutions conference
Raspberry Pi
Running a dockerized Shiny-Server on Raspberry Pi 4b Buster – shiny – RStudio Community
https://community.rstudio.com/t/running-a-dockerized-shiny-server-on-raspberry-pi-4b-buster/68222
Setting up your own shiny-server / rstudio-server on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ – RStudio IDE – RStudio Community
Ghost Pi – 👻 🍰 – Ghost Pi is hosted on a Raspberry Pi and covers all you need to know to do the same, such as using custom domain names and a CDN to optimise your blog.
Learn Electronics with Raspberry Pi (2nd Edition) Book – Electronic and software projects from Penguintutor.com
GitHub – openbook/shouldi-eink-display: Create a low powered, renewable generation forecast display with a Raspberry Pi Zero & Inky wHAT.
Cycling
JaYoe World Tour Homepage | Follow Matt Cycling Around The World!
Wheelbuilding book for cycle wheels 7th Edition
Review: Rigida/Ryde Andra 30 Rim – CyclingAbout.com
How to Build a Strong Rohloff Wheel – CyclingAbout.com
Tour Aotearoa: Kopiko Aotearoa
BOOKS
今月から、スタジオジブリ作品の場面写真の提供を開始します – スタジオジブリ|STUDIO GHIBLI
Lots of pictures from studio Ghibli films
Watch Apple Refurb deals and save up to 40% – Refurb Tracker
Amazon.com: Upgraded Anker Nano iPhone Charger, 20W PIQ 3.0 Durable Compact Fast Charger, PowerPort III USB-C Charger for iPhone 12/12 Mini/12 Pro/12 Pro Max, Galaxy, Pixel 4/3, iPad Pro, AirPods Pro, and More
Humour
Grow your own with the Raspberry Pi for less than 30 dollars
Mum’s Funeral
Mum was put to rest today.
2020 Music Listing Habits
The top 100 songs I played were:
- Toss a Coin to Your Witcher – Sonya Belousova, Giona Ostinelli & Joey Batey
- 임이 오는 소리 – GAIN & MINSEO
- Break – Beenzino
- If I Were a Boy – Beyoncé
- Champion – PSY
- Alive – Sia
- Piel Canela – Joséphine Baker
- Sinnerman (From “Lovecraft Country”) – Geek Music
- Me Gusta – Shakira & Anuel AA
- Love You Like a Love Song – Selena Gomez & The Scene
- We Don’t Talk Anymore (feat. Selena Gomez) – Charlie Puth
- Perfect Duet (with Beyoncé) – Ed Sheeran
- Way Back – Safira.K
- Superstar (feat. Michael Thomas Grant) – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- Don’t Look Back – Boston
- Lover’s Concerto – Kelly Chen
- Paint It, Black – Ramin Djawadi
- Puttin’ on the Ritz – Taco
- Walk Like an Egyptian – The Bangles
- Fever – Peggy Lee
- Mando Is Back – Ludwig Göransson
- Enjoy the Fights – Ludwig Göransson
- Ojos Así – Shakira
- Addicted to You – Shakira
- Ring of Fire (Mono) – Johnny Cash
- Old Town Road (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) [Remix] – Lil Nas X
- In Your Room – The Bangles
- Happier (feat. John Clarence Stewart & India de Beaufort) – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- September Gurls – The Bangles
- Bangkok / One Night In Bangkok – Murray Head
- Let’s Stay Together (feat. Michael Thomas Grant) – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- Crazy in Love (feat. Jay-Z) – Beyoncé
- Classical Gas – Mason Williams
- If She Knew What She Wants – The Bangles
- The Ponds of Sorgan – Ludwig Göransson
- Summer Time – Kelly Chen
- Perfect (feat. Peter Gallagher & Mary Steenburgen) – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- Yeh, Yeh – Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames
- Bailamos (feat. Alex Newell & Patrick Ortiz) – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- The Boy Is Mine (feat. Lauren Graham & Renée Elise Goldsberry) – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- Say My Name (feat. India de Beaufort) – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- Tusken Raiders – Ludwig Göransson
- I’m Yours (feat. Jane Levy) – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- If I Can’t Have You (feat. Skylar Astin) – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- Snacks – Ludwig Göransson
- All Those Years Ago – George Harrison
- Lover Boy – Clazziquai Project
- Off the Grid – Ludwig Göransson
- Lose Yourself (Soundtrack Version) – Eminem
- Popcorn – Hot Butter
- The Marshal’s Tale – Ludwig Göransson
- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) [feat. Skylar Astin] – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- The Sound Of Silence (feat. Peter Gallagher & Zak Orth) Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- Can I Feed Him? – Ludwig Göransson
- Get the Child – Ludwig Göransson
- I Wanna Dance with Somebody (feat. Stephanie Styles) Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- Here I Go Again (feat. Skylar Astin & John Clarence Stewart) – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- I Will Follow Him (feat. Alex Newell) [Music From the Original TV Series] – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- I Want You to Want Me (feat. Jane Levy) – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist 60. Beneath the Ice – Ludwig Göransson
- Back Together – Ludwig Göransson
- Ship o hoj, Mandalorians! – Ludwig Göransson
- Training the Plebs – Ludwig Göransson
- Reunited – Ludwig Göransson
- American Pie (Music From the Original TV Series) – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- Eternal Flame – The Bangles
- Stay – Ludwig Göransson
- Experiment – Ludwig Göransson
- Puttin’ on the Ritz 2017 (feat. tomX) [Jazzy Radio Mix] Taco
- A Little Less Conversation (feat. Mary Steenburgen) – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- Rabiosa (feat. Pitbull) – Shakira
- Riddle of Steel / Riders of Doom – Basil Poledouris
- Quite a Soldier – Ludwig Göransson
- How Do I Live (feat. Jane Levy) – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- Long Live the Empire – Ludwig Göransson
- La Luna – Belinda Carlisle
- Jealous (feat. John Clarence Stewart) [Music From the Original TV Series] – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- 失憶周末 – Kelly Chen
- Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) [feat. Peter Gallagher & Andrew Leeds] [Music From the Original TV Series] – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- Journey of the Sorcerer (From “The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy”) – Mark Ayres
- No Woman No Cry – Boney M.
- Camp Attack – Ludwig Göransson
- I’ve Got the Music in Me (feat. Jane Levy) – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- Spirit of the Woods – Ludwig Göransson
- Mando Says Goodbye – Ludwig Göransson
- All of Me (feat. Skylar Astin) [Music From the Original TV Series] – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist 87. Crazy (feat. Jane Levy) – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- The Standoff – Ludwig Göransson
- Don’t Speak (feat. Kapil Talwalkar) – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- Each Night in Bed I Think of Her Assets – Cho Young Wook & The Soundtrackings
- To the Jawas – Ludwig Göransson
- Livin’ Thing (2012 Version) – Electric Light Orchestra
- Invaders on Their Land – Ludwig Göransson
- Wrecking Ball (feat. Lauren Graham) – Cast of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
- Jawas Attack – Ludwig Göransson
- It was Wrong to Come Here – Cho Young Wook & The Soundtrackings
- A Warrior’s Death – Ludwig Göransson
- The Story – Ludwig Göransson
- Love.Love.Love.Love – Susie Suh
- Let Me Tell You About Our Miss Hideko – Cho Young Wook & The Soundtrackings
Your 100 most listened songs have an average track duration of 3.2 minutes. All together, they have a total duration of 5.4 hours.
In total, you’ve listened to your Top 100 songs 41.4 hours this year (that’s 2484 minutes).
(That’s the number of times you’ve listened to each song in full, without skipping.)
Korea by Bike
https://www.koreabybike.com is a new website which details all the major bike paths in Korea.
Well worth a look
Site is back up after 185 days
Why? I didn’t have anything to say and renewing the site would cost either too much money or require me to think (too much)
I just didn’t feel like it.
But VenturaIP now have their Oktoberfest 2021 Sale – Get 70% off all new hosting services!
So $36 AUD for one years hosting is a great bargain.
This year it was very easy to get the website up and running because I had a complete backup of the website via an export as well as a backup of the wp-contents/uploads folder where all the images are stored.
The only thing problem I had was WordPress didn’t see all the old media in its media browser because I had FTP to the new site.
Solution: Media Sync plugin which is a “simple plugin to scan uploads directory and bring files to Media Library.”
I also restarted the blog last year, see below:
More bobiverse
It seems I am a big Dennis Taylor fan, In less then a week after devouring the first two books in the series I polished off the third: All These Worlds
With no more bobiverse books until October I listened to the first of his new series: Outland
Outland is set in the present when there is an eruption of a super volcano under Yellowstone national park.
Our heroes have invented a portal to a multiverse, where there are alternative versions of Earth. The Earth they flee too is one where man is not present.
So mega fauna is still present such as sabre tooth tigers, mammoths, and giant sloths.