blog posts on python, data science, and interesting things

How to set up a python Cron job

Date Published: 2015-03-11
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I recently wanted to set up a couple of python scripts that would run regularly and pull down data via APIs and web scraping. This post walks you through the process of setting that up for yourself.


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Visualizing Diabetes risk with d3.js

Date Published: 2015-02-23
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Visualizing Type 2 Diabetes risk with a multivariate logistic regression using d3.js


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Scraping and searching for undervalued movie stars (and fun with plotly)

Date Published: 2015-02-01
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Using the popular Beautiful Soup python package for web scraping, I pulled down data on thousands of movies and looked for actors, directors, and writers that have significantly impacted box office revenues during their careers.


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