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Prius at 10,000
Our 2005 Prius has just passed 10,000 miles, and we’re generally very happy with it. We made it to 5000 in only 3 months, but 10,000 took another 5 months thanks to our use of the vanpool to work. Mileage … Continue reading
Neighborhood of No Return
Seen in Cary, NC off of Harrison Ave.
Math Challenges Done
I finished the last of the mathschallenge.net math programming problems. Actually, it’s a temporary milestone since new problems are added every few weeks. At right is a graph of problems started per day with a LOESS smoother applied. The data … Continue reading
Innoculous Misspelling
As I was documenting something as innoculous today, I thought I better double-check my spelling. Google works well as a spell-checker, either giving you a definition link or suggesting the correct spelling if it’s not a word. For once, Google … Continue reading
More Election Graphs
Following up on my instant fame as an OrangePolitics.org guest author, here are two more graphs from the Chapel Hill Town Council election results. The first is a mosaic plot, which is close to what Mark Chilton was suggesting, I … Continue reading
Election Results Graph
Orange Country provides timely online election results, and their HTML is friendly enough that is can be imported into JMP. Below is a graph I came up to show the Chapel Hill town council results by precinct. Precincts, along the … Continue reading
Election Day
Everybody votes for Will Raymond for Chapel Hill town council!