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Veusz: A Python-Based Interactive Plotting Package

by Kelle July 26, 2010

This is a guest post by Jeremy Sanders about the plotting package he’s developed. Jeremy is a postdoc working in the X-Ray Group at the Institute of Astronomy in the University of Cambridge in the UK.

Veusz (pronounced “views”) is a python-based GUI plotting package that I (Jeremy Sanders) have developed. As an astronomer, I was [...]

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Manipulating and Viewing FITS Files in Python with pyds9

by Jessica July 14, 2010

For anyone who uses python and ds9 to visualize their FITS files, I think pyds9 is now a must-have. It is officially written and developed through SAOImage ds9 so it will be supported for the long haul. Here are the primary links to get going:

TARball for installation: Source
Documentation for installation and use: Docs

The documentation is [...]

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Links: Google is the New Sys Admin, Firefox Sync, Chart Makeovers, and More.

by Kelle June 4, 2010

Best Computer Diagnostic Tool: Google | Lifehacker Whenever anybody asks me to help them solve a computer problem, I always ask if they’ve Googled it yet…cause that’s just what I’m going to do.
Firefox Sync to Incorporate Bookmark, Password, Preference, History, and Tab Sync Directly in Firefox | Lifehacker I’ve been using this add-on, previously know [...]

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Links: Two weeks worth of links covering pretty much everything

by Kelle April 30, 2010

Two weeks worth of links from both myself and Jane Rigby.
Mac Apps and iPad

XQuartz updated | MacResearch Is it really called X11 in 10.5 but XQuartz in 10.6? Either way, it’s updated to version 2.5. And while we’re on the topic, has anyone gotten their middle-click to work in 10.6? Cause I still [...]

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3D Plotting in Python with matplotlib mplot3d

by Jessica February 1, 2010

I recently needed to do some simple 3D plotting in python. The strongest choice as discussed on the web is Mayavi, which is part of the Enthought Python distribution. However, I have a previous python distribution already installed (via scisoft) with all of my favorite packages updated to the latest and greatest versions (e.g. matplotlib, [...]

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Beautiful illustration of risk analysis

by Jane Rigby November 18, 2009

I’m always on the lookout for beautiful illustrations of scientific data.  This one weights the tremendous benefits of the vaccine for HPV (the virus that causes cervical cancer), against the tiny risk.
This chart of flu death rates isn’t as pretty, but makes its point.  More at the CDC’s FluView.  Via the blog Science-Based Medicine.

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Making Fonts Better in IDL Postscript Output

by Kelle April 23, 2009

We’ve all seen it before, illegible labels on a figure in a paper or talk. I don’t know how to remedy this problem in SuperMongo or other popular plotting programs, but I do in IDL. I’ve addressed the topic of postscript output on my IDL figures page but in this post I’m just going to [...]

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