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The Virtual Tilt Card: Raytracing Lenticular Prints with rayrender
Note: This post is also marks the release of rayrender 0.3.0: to see what new features are included (and there are many), head to [...]
Introducing 3D ggplots with rayshader
As rayshader gracefully rotates into its second year, I’m happy to announce the release of a feature I've been teasing for a while: 3D [...]
Getting Started with Rayrender: Forging the R Sword
In mid-February, I found myself staring at the computer screen with a weekend free and a choice to make. After three months working on [...]
2018 Year in Review
2018 Year in Review What a year. In my adult life, I can look back and classify my years into two categories: “cultivating” years, [...]
Portrait Mode for Data: rayshader + rayfocus
(To see how I made the figure above, go to the end of the post. To learn how to make beautiful 3D visualizations with [...]
From R to Reality: 3D Printing Maps with Rayshader
I sometimes fall into the trap of thinking writing and the hobbies I write about as a one-way street: I do something interesting, and [...]
Slicing through Monterey Bay: Creating 3D Maps with Rayshader
(See the bottom of the page for a description on how I generated the above figure–and read the rest of the article to see [...]
Draining Lake Mead: Making Beautiful Maps with Rayshader
Making Beautiful Maps Programmatically with Rayshader (See the bottom of the page for a description on how I generated the above figure–and read the [...]
Throwing Shade at the Cartographer Illuminati: Raytracing the Washington Monument in R
Throwing Shade at the Cartographer Illuminati: Raytracing the Washington Monument in R When reading older scientific literature, I occasionally run across a statement that [...]
Learn R #1: There’s no need to apply() yourself.
Expand your analytical tool bag without throwing yourself for a loop. Do you fall into one of these categories? Programmer who wants to break [...]
Visualizing a Reddit Hug Of Death With R: How To Reddit-Proof Your Website For Pocket Change
How much traffic could a basic self-hosted WordPress site handle? Last month, a post about an experiment I wrote showing how atrocious Soma water [...]
Soma Water Filters Are Worthless: How I Used R To Win An Argument With My Wife
“Can you really tell the difference?” - My wife, expressing fighting words This experiment was inspired by an argument with my wife, a stylish [...]