NpptoR: R in Notepad++

For those who are scared of Emacs: http://sourceforge.net/projects/npptor/

Reproducible Research

http://reproducibleresearch.net/index.php/Main_Page

This is an important topic for scientists of all disciplines and deserves more attention among social scientists.

GTD: getting things done

• http://cnlox.is-programmer.com/posts/10354.html
• http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/28/emacs-getting-things-done-with-org-basic/
• http://sachachua.com/wp/2008/01/18/outlining-your-notes-with-org/
  

Ubuntuzilla

Ubuntuzilla, works like a charm: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ubuntuzilla/

Latex for Undergraduates

Useful web site: http://tomschenkjr.net/latex-tutorial/

High tech, low tech?

Interesting article: http://www.iq.harvard.edu/blog/sss/archives/2006/01/tools_for_resea.shtml

Workflow applications

• http://www.kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2004/12/11/indispensible-applications/
• http://obsidianrook.com/devnotes/joys-of-rcs.html
• http://www.madboa.com/geek/rcs/
• http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/publ-tips/
  

Git + Emacs

http://mirror.nirv.net/emacs-git/

CacheSweave

I finally figured out how to use the R package "cachesweave". The trick is that the code chunks must follow some order, like the following:
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<setup>=
setCacheDir("testcache")
@

<first>=
library(Zelig)
library(memisc)
@
...
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