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Peter Weir's GitHub Projects

Side projects

• DetecTrend is a consulting project for GoGuardian to predict popular YouTube videos.

• SellinMay is a report examining the "Sell in May and Go Away" stock market timing strategy based on historical data.

• senateMap uses interactive svg files to visualize Senate data.

• mortgageMap uses interactive svg files to visualize mortgage data by county.

• PlayazClub is a virtual tour of the shortest path connecting locations mentioned in Rappin' 4-Tay's 1994 hit.

• RetirementSaving presents a simple and conservative way to calculate the working time required to retire.

• PyResampling contains some scripts for resampling statistics in Python.

• ABTesting is a jupyter notebook demonstrating a basic power analysis for A/B tests.

• Simpson is a jupyter notebook demonstrating Simpson's Paradox.

• SFBayReliefModel describes using a laser cutter to create a relief map of the San Francisco Bay Area.

• Ebb is a repo for creating a simple tide chart using a Raspberry Pi and an E-Ink display.

• python-string-sql is an extension for VS code that adds syntax highlighting to multiline strings in python files.

Neuroscience

• flyHolder describes how to fabricate stages for simultaneously recording neural activity and behavioral data in fruit flies.

• flyBridge describes how to fabricate rigs for attaching flies to flyHolders.

• ThorViewer is a lightweight Python GUI for visualizing imaging and analog voltage data acquired using ThorImage and ThorSync software.

• rowAlign fixes row offsets in data acquired using two-way scanning microscopes.

Collaborations

• FigureFirst is a layout-first approach to designing figures.

Author

Peter Weir (@ptweir) is the author of these pages.

Other web locations:

Academic website: dickinsonlab.caltech.edu/people/peter-weir

Science and technology blog: peterthomasweir.blogspot.com

Google Scholar: my profile

LinkedIn: View Peter Weir's LinkedIn profile View Peter Weir's profile

Stack overflow: profile for Peter at Stack Overflow, Q&A for professional and enthusiast programmers