Copying R libraries to a USB
Inspiration for this post A few people in my lab are headed to a workshop in Colombia next week, and due to the possibility of …
Setting resolution and aspect ratios in R
Inspiration for this post I recently needed to make some figures to present and noticed that the ones I was importing from saved R …
Thresholding species distribution models
Inspiration for this post Conservation is often the main motivation behind studying where a species lives – having a model of a …
Python in RMarkdown
Using Python in RMarkdown In order to write blog posts using Python code, I wanted to figure out a way to include Python code chunks in …
#HackTheSolarSystem
Last weekend I had the opportunity to participate in my first ever hackathon: the #HackTheSolarSystem hackathon hosted by the American …
Grafting phylogenies
Inspiration for this post This post comes from the finishing touches I needed to put on a paper about life history evolution. The paper …
Debugging in R
PhD comics Jorge Cham (www.phdcomics.com) Recently I’ve been part of beta testing a new R package. The package allows users to apply …
Adding Google Docs to website
Given that the Academic website theme comes with a place to upload talks, I thought I might as well upload the slides for my Senior …
Ordering website components
As I continue setting up this site, one of the major things irking me was the order of content on the website. For example, I wasn’t …
Creating this website
Getting started I’ve been contemplating the idea of creating a website for sometime, but my initial (mostly half-hearted) attempts ran …