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Fun with OpenDataSoft – Mapping Calgary City Amenities
Earlier this month I happened across a blog post from a company called OpenDataSoft (ODS) in which they described how they put together and mapped a list of over 1,600 Open Data portals around the world. I thought that was pretty cool, and did a little exploration of their web-based platform and decided to try my
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How to Extract Data from Tables in PDFs with Tabula and OpenRefine
Rahul Saigal has an excellent step-by-step post on how to extract data from tables in PDFS with Tabula and OpenRefine. I've had great success with Tabula, and am really starting to get excited about OpenRefine as well, having just completed this free online course, which I highly recommend: Introduction to OpenRefine. From the introduction to Rahul's
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New Zealand comes to its senses
Last month I posted about how Into The River had been banned in New Zealand; it was "illegal to supply the book to anyone or to display the book in or within view of a public place." As of October 14, this ban has been lifted, and the book is once again classified as "unrestricted".
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Calgary Public Library IdeaLab on Kickstarter
I picked up a bookmark at my local branch the other day, and just now followed the URL to a new Kickstarter project by the Calgary Public Library Foundation for IdeaLab. They're looking for $100,000 to help fund a makerspace-type area in the new Central Library currently being built. Kicktraq thinks they're only going to
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Are you in NZ? Want a free book? NZ bans award-winning YA novel after complaints from conservative Christian group
I first heard about this on BoingBoing, and followed up with several other articles: Book case study – Into the River New Zealand bans award-winning teenage novel after outcry from Christian group Censorship is alive in New Zealand. I should know: my book was banned We read the novel New Zealand just banned for sex