http://www.jsvine.com/ Journalism, programming projects, and more. http://www.jsvine.com/favicon.jpg http://www.jsvine.com/ Wed, 26 Mar 2014 04:14:21 -0000 en-us http://notebooks.jsvine.com/reverse-engineering-xkcd-frequency/ http://notebooks.jsvine.com/reverse-engineering-xkcd-frequency/ Exploring what makes the Randall Munroe masterpiece tick. (24 February 2014 / notebooks.jsvine.com) http://projects.wsj.com/waste-lands/extras/waste-waters/ http://projects.wsj.com/waste-lands/extras/waste-waters/ An interactive graphic showing 50 nuclear dump sites in the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Gulf of Mexico. (31 December 2013 / The Wall Street Journal) http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304858104579262683319978184 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304858104579262683319978184 When Energy Department officials went hunting for radioactive contamination at shops and factories where work on the nuclear-weapons program took place, they had some trouble with Transcontinental Machine and Tool Co. As in, trouble finding it. (20 December 2013 / The Wall Street Journal) http://projects.wsj.com/waste-lands/ http://projects.wsj.com/waste-lands/ An interactive database that draws on thousands of public records and other sources to trace this historic atomic development effort and its consequences. (29 October 2013 / The Wall Street Journal) http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323342404579079483154040874 http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323342404579079483154040874 Years later, the legacy of the U.S. arms buildup remains near homes, parks and malls. (With John R. Emshwiller.) (29 October 2013 / The Wall Street Journal) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324665604579077022898322790.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324665604579077022898322790.html By Replacing Hybrids, 'Taxi of Tomorrow' Could Endanger Fuel Efficiency Gains. An analysis combining city taxi data with the EPA's fuel-efficiency data. (With Ted Mann.) (16 September 2013 / The Wall Street Journal) http://notebooks.jsvine.com/facebook-government-requests-per-user/ http://notebooks.jsvine.com/facebook-government-requests-per-user/ Running the numbers on Facebook's first Global Government Requests Report. (9 September 2013 / notebooks.jsvine.com) http://notebooks.jsvine.com/introducing-reporter/ http://notebooks.jsvine.com/introducing-reporter/ Literate data analysis with iPython notebooks and Jekyll. (ongoing / personal) http://notebooks.jsvine.com/baby-vowels/ http://notebooks.jsvine.com/baby-vowels/ What's in a name? Vowels and consonants, mostly. But in what proportion? (2 September 2013 / notebooks.jsvine.com) http://notebooks.jsvine.com/nsa-document-counts/ http://notebooks.jsvine.com/nsa-document-counts/ Analyzing the first few months' of Snowden-related documents. (28 August 2013 / notebooks.jsvine.com)