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ryanpitts / The entire history of MLB batting via Sean Lahman's 2012 update

Created February 7, 2012 00:26

csvstat results for batting.csv as of 2012

	1. playerID
	<type 'unicode'>
	Nulls: No
	Unique values: 17661
	5 most frequent values:
	mcguide01: 31
	henderi01: 29
	newsobo01: 29
	kaatji01: 28
	johnto01: 28

ryanpitts / The entire history of MLB pitching via Sean Lahman's 2012 update

Created February 7, 2012 00:31

csvstat results for pitching.csv as of 2012

	1. playerID
	<type 'unicode'>
	Nulls: No
	Unique values: 8551
	5 most frequent values:
	newsobo01: 29
	kaatji01: 28
	johnto01: 28
	carltst01: 27
	ryanno01: 27

ryanpitts / Hartnett Command Performance (Poo Poo Party Pom Pom Remix)

Created May 9, 2012 20:30

while true; do read -a choices <<<'Agnes Kathy Princess Vicki Victoria Bruce Fred Junior Ralph Albert Bahh Bells Boing Bubbles Cellos Deranged Hysterical Trinoids Whisper Zarvox'; n=${#choices[*]}; voice=${choices[$((RANDOM%n))]}; curl https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name=wmhartnett\&max_id=200303011078213633\&count=1 | grep '<description>.*</description>' | sed -e 's/<\/*description>//g' -e 's/ \/ wmhartnett//g' -e 's/Twitter updates from William M. Hartnett//g' -e 's/wmhartnett: //g' | sed 's/.*://g' | say -v $voice; sleep 1; done

ryanpitts / gist:3744662

Created September 18, 2012 17:57

SpoBeerFriends July 2012

	Rogue Voodoo Doughnut Bacon Maple
	Stone Double Bastard (2011)
	Epic Brewing Brainless on Peaches
	Epic Brewing Utah Sage Saison
	Maui Sobrehumano Palena ‘ole
	Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barlyewine (2010)
	Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Grand Cru
	Sierra Nevada Hoptimum
	North Coast Brother Thelonious
	Lagunitas IPA (with whiskey wash)

ryanpitts / ZenOfNewsApps

Last active October 12, 2015 20:18

Quotes to inspire news nerds.

	#ADRIA, F.
	"We didn't create dishes. We create preparations to create many dishes." - Ferran Adria

	#BOURDAIN, A.
	"This bus makes many stops. I have no expectation that you will like all of them." - @Bourdain

	#BOYER, B.
	"Election maps lie." - @brianboyer
	"Who are our users? What do they need?" - @brianboyer

ryanpitts / fuzzyboyle.py

Created November 21, 2012 18:20

A Python script using FuzzyWuzzy to find the recent @andymboyle tweet that most resembles random mashing on a keyboard.

	#!/usr/bin/python
	import random
	import string
	import twitter

	from fuzzywuzzy import process

	api = twitter.Api()
	recent_tweets = api.GetUserTimeline('andymboyle')
	tweet_list = [tweet.text for tweet in recent_tweets]

ryanpitts / scotchy.txt

Created November 29, 2012 00:45

Scotch tour (from what I have on hand, at least)

	SPEYSIDE
	- Macallan 12

	LOWLAND
	- Glenkinchie Distiller's Edition

	HIGHLAND
	- Glenmorangie Cellar 13

	SPEYSIDE (compare regular bottling vs. cask strength)

ryanpitts / summary_level_dict

Last active April 6, 2021 15:24

Summary level codes for Census and ACS

	# Sources:
	# http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/pub/data/sf32000/Techdoc/ch4_summary_level_seq_chart.pdf
	# http://www2.census.gov/acs2011_1yr/summaryfile/ACS_2011_SF_Tech_Doc.pdf
	SUMMARY_LEVEL_DICT = {
	"010","United States",
	"020","Region",
	"030","Division",
	"040","State",
	"050","State-County",
	"060","State-County-County Subdivision",

ryanpitts / gist:5348891

Last active December 16, 2015 00:38

	BROKEN INTO FOUR THEMES

	Demographic characteristics
	- age
	- gender
	- race

	Economic characteristics
	- employment
	- income

ryanpitts / gist:5390436

Created April 15, 2013 18:58

	Things we might highlight on the analysis view page for a given geography.


	DEMOGRAPHICS

	Age
	- population chart (split histogram) of male/female population by decade (0-9, 10-19, 20-29, etc.)
	- % male population, % female population, male/female ratio
	- median age, % population under 18, % population under 21, % population over 65
	- narrative graf describing how this geography fits into context with parent geography, state, nation

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