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- Big Inaccessible Data from Language Log
- Chrome Networking: DNS Prefetch & TCP Preconnect from igvita.com
- Graph Theory and Finance in Mathematica from Wolfram Blog
- Research at Google on G+: Featuring Excellent Papers for 2011 from Google Research Blog
- Resources for Getting Started with R from FlowingData
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- Applications of R in Government from Revolutions
- Automated Word Puzzle Generation via Topic Dictionaries from Nuit Blanche
- Freeman Dyson on academic snobbery from Rod Carvalho
- How big is R on CRAN #rstats from DecisionStats
- Massive confusion about a study that purports to show that exercise may increase heart risk from Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
- Post-processing graphics in Adobe Illustrator from Social Science Statistics Blog
- Presentations: iTWIST: international - Traveling Workshop for Interacting Sparse models and Technology from Nuit Blanche
- Question 25 of my final exam for Design and Analysis of Sample Surveys from Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
- Simple Panoramas with OpenCV from solem's vision blog
- State of Trend Following in May from Au.Tra.Sy blog - Automated trading System
- The Shortest TED Talk Ever from Infochimps Blog
- When Big Data leads to Big Errors from IR Thoughts
- Which Books to Keep? from Computational Complexity