Using R to access Parse.com Data

R and Parse.com, a match made in Heaven.  R is a great data mining tool and Parse.com is an exceptional cloud-based data service.

So I sat down to use R to access Parse.com:

Understanding forex trading

OK, so I jumped into forex a bit as my application area new hobby.

Keyword Affinity Diagramming Tools

Looking for some easy solutions to do affinity text mining:

Going to try this:  http://www.alchemyapi.com/alchemycmd/

A Gist Search Workaround

OK I'm loving gist, but tis annoying that their own search engine won't let a user search among their own gists.

For example, if I want to search my own gists for a VBA script that helps find the last used row of a spreadsheet, I have to go through gust by gist.

Luckily, google indexes my gists...so I can do this:

VBA last row site:https://gist.github.com/stevehenderson

Code Snippet Resources

Here is a nice run down of code snippets from Cameron at SmashingMagazine:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/21/45-excellent-code-snippet-resources-and-repositories/

Gist Rocks!

I'm using gist as my main code snippet repos:

https://gist.github.com/stevehenderson

Pages Gadget added but not visible

I tried to add the pages gadget, but it wasn't visible.

Here's the fix:

On the blogger control panel, click the Pages button on the left, then look for the Show Page As option..change it to something other than Do Not Show:

Thanks to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgBez2wKVTU