Coding Annoyances

This is a repository of coding annoyances I have had to deal with in my research.

Jan 31, 2019 Docker for reproducible research on Android

While researching about docker I came across this reddit post on how to install anyfed in Termux on Android to run a Fedora linux image as a chroot on an Android phone.
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Jan 12, 2019 Docker on Windows 10 Home edition and WSL

Recently I started learning about Docker for reproducible research. I also wanted to try the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) in Windows 10.
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Mar 30, 2018 Fed Districts Map with D3

The goal is to generate a map of the 12 Federal Reserve Districts using d3.js.
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Jan 3, 2017 FOMC dotplot with D3 and Python

The FOMC's dotplot is part of the Summary of Economic Projections (SEPs) released 4 times per year along with the policy decision statement on the 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th meetings of the FOMC. It shows the views of each of the FOMC's participants regarding the end-of-year level of the fed funds rate over the next few years and in the longer run.
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Jul 6, 2016 Choropleth maps with D3, Python, and data from FRED

I often need to create simple thematic maps of the Fourth Federal Reserve District, for example of the unemployment rate by county. The data are readily available from FRED, but using ArcView is no fun.
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Sep 25, 2014 Export PNG charts from Excel

Excel cannot directly export charts or Save As in other image formats, but with a simple macro one can export charts in PNG format. This format is great for including charts in LaTeX documents with \includegraphics{chart.png}.
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Aug 1, 2014 Pandoc, beamer, MAKE workflow

The goal is to produce a nicely formatted beamer presentation in pdf format without losing focus away from the slides content by constantly meddling with the latex styles.
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Apr 1, 2014 How to collaborate with Scientific Workplace users

When writing papers in latex, I usually use WinEdt and MikTeX (more recently, I started using SublimeText with TexLive), but most of my co-authors only use ScientificWorkplace with the dated TrueTeX latex engine.
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