Want to set up a Web site? A blog? An online store? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then the odds are good that you'll use, or at least consider, WordPress. WordPress started as a system that let you create, edit, and manage
This week, we're looking at data about the wildfires raging in and near Los Angeles, California. The fires have caused astonishing harm to both people and property, and have been described as the largest natural disaster in the US history. Our questions this week will use data about
The last week has brought unspeakable destruction and tragedy to Los Angeles, California, where wildfires continue to burn out of control. Dozens of people have died, many thousands of buildings have been destroyed or damaged. Many people are without power, or have fled their homes to safer places. The New
This week, we're looking at data about sports betting in the United States. My interest was piqued by the latest season of Michael Lewis's "Against the rules" podcast (https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/against-the-rules), where he's discussing the changes that happened in
First and foremost: As you can see, this is Bamboo Weekly issue 100. I'm delighted to have reached this milestone, and appreciate everyone who has joined me over these first 100 weeks. I'm having a great time researching and writing this newsletter, and hope that you&
[ Still didn't get a chance to read my 2024 year in review? Check it out at https://www.bambooweekly.com/my-2024-in-review/ ] This week, we're looking at the "Survey of Adult Skills" run by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, https://oecd.org/
First and foremost: Happy New Year! I hope that 2025 proves to be a good one for you and those close to you. Second: Earlier this week, I sent a wrap-up of what I had done during 2024. However, I accidentally set it such that only paid subscribers could read
Can you believe it? We're at the end of 2024. The year has gone by extremely fast, at least for me. I thought it would be fun to look back and summarize what I've done this year — and also describe my plans for 2025. LernerPython This
This week, we looked at retail sales in the United Kingdom, using a data set provided by the Office of National Statistics (ONS, https://www.ons.gov.uk). They track a wide variety of businesses, looking at how much they're selling, how that compares with the previous month,
The year is nearly over, which means that retailers are doing everything they can to push us to buy things. Whether it's Black Friday (which has spread far outside of the borders of the United States, where Thanksgiving is celebrated), Christmas, Hanukkah, or just a generic end-of-year sale,
We had a nice time at office hours today, talking about such topics as FireDucks, PyArrow, and Modin. The recording and Jupyter notebook are below. See you next month!