Category Archives: Patrick’s Ponderables

So thoughtful, cause he’s a doctor.

Writing a for-loop in R

Posted on 23 March, 2013 by Patrick

There may be no R topic that is more controversial than the humble for-loop. And, to top it off, good help is hard to find. I was astounded by the lack of useful posts when I googled “for loops in … Continue reading →

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Science-y New Year’s Resolution: Learn to Code

Posted on 26 December, 2012 by Patrick

In a 1995 interview Steve Jobs said he thought that computer programming should be a liberal art. In other words, he thought everyone’s education should include a year of learning a computer language, because it teaches you how to think … Continue reading →

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moRe

Posted on 20 December, 2012 by Patrick

Hopefully my first R post whetted your apatite for open source data software.  I’m gearing up for more R posts regardless.  I thought I’d do a quick post about a couple of useful commands, ‘View’ and ‘fix’. When you first … Continue reading →

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Award Season

Posted on 8 October, 2012 by Patrick

Hi Paleoposse… It’s podcast award season again.  Here at Science… sort of we always view these things a little ambiguously. We, as a group of podcasters, don’t have too much ambition as far as winning a category goes. But, we get … Continue reading →

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Mind Like Kindle

Posted on 4 February, 2012 by Patrick

I ordered a Kindle about 6 months ago. In my solstice shopping guide, back in December, I talked a little bit about how much I liked it. But, I don’t just like it… it has sort of changed my life. … Continue reading →

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Patrick’s Winter Solstice Shopping Guide 2011

Posted on 8 December, 2011 by Patrick

I view this as a cumulative exercise, I was checking out my recommendations from last year, and in my opinion they hold up pretty well. Check them out if you don’t like what you see in this post. Related Media: … Continue reading →

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Moneyball: Sports, Markets, and Statistics

Posted on 8 August, 2011 by Patrick

I’m not exactly early to the party on this one. Michael Lewis’ book, Moneyball, came out in 2003. I’m a bit of a Michael Lewis fan but I ignored Moneyball for years because I’m not really much of a baseball fan. … Continue reading →

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R you ready for this? Statistics for free!

Posted on 7 May, 2011 by Patrick

If you’ve listened to the show for a while or if you’ve been reading the paleocave blog from the beginning (like when we actually used to update it regularly), then you might know that I’m rather fascinated with statistics. Imagine … Continue reading →

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Great Deal!

Posted on 4 February, 2011 by Patrick

Hey Posse, Been pining away for some Brachiolope schwagg because you are cold and naked? Why haven’t you ordered yet? Oh, because you are poor… Solution: This Saturday, FEB 5th only, visit the Science… sort of store and use the … Continue reading →

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Do Science With Patrick!

Posted on 26 January, 2011 by Patrick

Addendum* Lots of traffic to this post and lots of emailed questions. I’ve put up a website specifically for this project  at http://www.hairproject.wheatleyempire.com so check that out if you think you might be able to contribute some found hair to … Continue reading →

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