January 2012
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Rook 1.0-3 updated to run on rApache
So if you’re in need of deploying that nifty Rook app you made, download the latest release 0.1-3 on my github account or wait for it to appear on CRAN.
That is all.
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Another Year, Another rApache Release
I’m feeling chancy, just like those two angels who took a chance on me so many years ago…
So I decided to release rApache 1.1.15. You can grab the source from rapache.net. Notable change includes support for deploying Rook applications, which you’ll be able to do once I release the next version of Rook. Due out shortly.
Cheers!
October 2011
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September 2011
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Before I wore Mizuno's
Running was painful, especially on the track with Brooks cross country spikes. That I was wearing cross country rather than real track spikes was pointed out to me only this year by an astute local runner (I still have a better 400M PR than he does). There’s no telling how many laps I ran in those cushy things, but I’ll remedy that next year by the time our local track meets role...
Dear Mizuno
I was looking through my closet the other day and decided to pull out all of my running shoes. Guess what? They were all made by you! I fell in love with your line of shoes because of the awesome orange and black Wave Ronin 2’s, and because of their wide foot bed. Loved them so much that I bought another pair, and when those wore out, I bout the Wave Ronin 3’s. Didn’t like the...
July 2011
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June 2011
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April 2011
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Let's try this again: Introducing Rook for...
Well I totally botched my launch last week. Thankfully, my wife straightened me out: I decided to change the name of Rack to Rook so there won’t be any future confusion. And instead of rewriting all my posts last week, just read them again and every time you read “Rack”, think “Rook” (and then take a swig of your favorite beverage).
Here’s the email I just sent...
Did I Say Rack?
I can tolerate a lot of things, like the haters on reddit, even a colleague calling me out to be a jerk. But when my wife starts talking to me really fast and using herhands, then I need to rethink my position:
Me: “Hey come here and look at these comments I’m getting on my blog! someone says I need to change the name of my software before it’s TOO LATE!”
Wife: “Why...
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Whither rApache and Rook (for R)
The above picture shows what an apache child process will look like once I add Rook support to rApache. An explanation of the above:
1) The light-orange colored box describes the apache process space.
2) Everything in blue, whether light-blue or cyan, is part of the R process space.
3) mod_R is the rApache portion: it glues together Apache to R.
4) The smaller rectangles (containing the text...
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Introducing Rook
Rook is a web server interface and software package for R. It is very much like Ruby’s Rack. In fact it is so much like Ruby’s Rack that I decided to use the same name and basic class hierarchy. You could say I “borrowed heavliy” from Ruby’s Rack, and you wouldn’t be far from the truth. In fact, you could say “I stole their idea” and re-purposed it...
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Rook shipped to CRAN
I sometimes feel like this picture: alone, left with just my thoughts and a little light to illuminate my work. For my daughter pictured above on the stool, her work is a pen and ink drawing. For me, it’s a finished piece of software to share with the world. There’s always a bit of melancholy felt at the end of a long project, and I guess it fits with today’s 100% chance of...
Using rApache for Web Services
Ran across a technical report I wrote in April 2009 regarding my work linking REDCap with rApache. Here’s the introductory text and a link to the original report (note that way back then I was calling it Rapache - now it’s rApache - don’t ask):
“R is fast becoming the language of choice for statistical computing, and researchers are quickly transferring their cutting edge...
March 2011
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R Still On Top
According to the Google Ngram corpus, R is still the top rated statistical software package.
Ok, I’m just kidding. That plot is worthless. All the data are from books published between the years 1890 and 2008, and none of those software packages would show up in books until possibly the mid to late 1990’s.
For a serious comparison of statistical software packages, scope out Robert...
February 2011
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January 2011
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In The Wild: rApache 1.1.14 Released
Don’t be scared. Really. It’s just another minor release.
After working with one of the venerable developers at metamx, it was discovered that rApache would crash when invoking the .Call functions outside the context of a web request. Get the source here and Ubuntu Lucid binaries here.
Also updated the rApache website.
December 2010
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In The Wild: rApache 1.1.13 in Ubuntu and Source
I rolled a new released eight days ago, but tumblr was down and I forgot to post. Then yesterday I remembered again, but then tumblr was down again. Doh!
You can get rApache 1.1.13 from here in source form or learn about how to get it here in binary form for Ubuntu lucid. For those of you who have previously installed the binary package, note that the name has changed to libapache2-mod-r-base,...
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Google, The Brew's On Me
While drinking these fine liquids may up your trip count to the john, they can also make your R reports better. Not because they allow you to reach your Ballmer Peak… but because each of these elixers is the direct result of brewing.
Okay, I’m reaching. Brew is my own clever name for my very own clever R package that allows the lucky user to use common template processing techniques...
August 2010
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Almost There
!!!! UPDATE: The new name for the package is libapache2-mod-r-base !!!!
It’s been a long wait, but it’s almost over… Ever felt like you started a term paper over and over? Never really getting the mojo to finish it? That’s how I felt creating an ubuntu package for rApache. They should be available in a few hours on launchpad.net, i386 and amd64 at least. Here’s...