Labor Day 2016

Its that time of year again... the "unofficial" end of summer. I'm not sure how it started, but in the United States, summer unofficially starts with Memorial Day and ends with Labor Day. I'm fairly certain that its not meterologically or astronomically accurate, but it certainly is convenient.

I'm not concerned with the calendar- I'm just waiting for the cooler temperatures!

Speaking of cool, Mr. T and I spent a good part of last Sunday working on organizing the Dungeon, which naturally spilled over to the SUL. Well, it wasn't really cool, but it was necessary... and months in the making! I'm not certain we gained any space, but the space we have is now much better organized.

Speaking of space, I've decided to fill a bit of the empty space between my ears with... wait for it..., R! Yes, it’s R, strange programming language from another planet that came to earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of other languages. R, which can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in a few lines of code. And that, disguised as a mere programming language, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice and the American way. And now another exciting episode in the adventures of Superman..., er, R (Sorry, I was thinking of Superman and the never-ending "battles" between programming languages.)

So, yeah, I'm taking a stab at R. There's a pretty neat tutorial that's been developed called "swirl" that's callable within the  R IDE. I haven't gotten very far, but I think I'll pop back to the beginning for a bit of a refresher.

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For those familiar with this blog, you should not be surprised surprised that I started writing this particular entry a week ago. Here in the United States, this past Monday was Labor Day, and also my birthday. Having a Monday holiday is always a nice thing- especially when it's one's birthday! Now, to set the record straight, at our house we don't do much for birthdays more than acknowledging that someone is a year older! Still, it's nice to have the day off. 

However, press schedules are relentless....

I worked four days this week, but I put in hours for almost six days. So, for once I have a fairly legitimate excuse for a delayed blog entry.

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Software and stuff- 

Not much to report, unfortunately.  I'm schlepping along in R... weeks like this are not conducive to learning! 

As always, I am hochspeyer, blogging data analysis and management so you don't have to.