The blog has moved
This blog has now moved to rostrum.blog This blog has moved to https://www.rostrum.blog and the focus has shifted more to posts about R and coding. The new site was created […]
Answering minibeast questions with the help of Twitter
Each year I get sent questions about minibeasts from my sister’s class of four- and five-year-olds. You can see answers to a previous set of questions here (including the tricky existential issue […]
Lessons from my PhD viva: don’t be defensive about your defense and have a biscuit close by
When you’re approaching your viva, all those who have gone before you will give you advice. And the majority of it is gold. Here’s just some of the advice I […]
Want Some Data With Those Oysters?
[Note that this blog has now moved to rostrum.blog where you’ll find a lot more R content.] Nicholas ‘Feltron’ Felton recently released his tenth and final annual report. The subject? […]
Soccer rankings: farewell FIFA, hello Elo?
[Note that this blog has now moved to rostrum.blog where you’ll find a lot more R content.] Wales are the eighth best men’s football team in the world – one […]
A state of EcoFluxx
[Note that this blog has now moved to rostrum.blog where you’ll find a lot more R content.] Update: EcoFluxx has now been repackaged as Nature Fluxx Ecologist? Check. Enjoy card […]
Sweaving through your PhD: learning LaTeX in RStudio
I’m approaching thesis write-up mania. Actually, I’ve been approaching it for a while, but with the mania also comes self-delusion. I figured that a very productive way to put off […]
Why all PhD students should do a policy placement
I recently did a three month placement at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) and thoroughly enjoyed myself. But when I talk to other students, many seem somewhat disinterested […]
Why do moths die? and other questions from five-year-olds
For the past few years, I have been sent questions about ‘minibeasts’ (small invertebrates and vertebrates) from a class of four- and five-year-olds. Some questions are simple, some are surprisingly developed. […]
Basic data-frame manipulations in R
[Note that this blog has now moved to rostrum.blog where you’ll find a lot more R content.] Many people use spreadsheets for data entry. This is no surprise. But some […]
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