Natural selection is still with us

This looks very interesting. I cannot wait to get hold of the paper.

mintBox

Looks very nice, but I have not figured out what it can do to help with my current computing tasks.

Drawing a map

This post explains how to draw a China map using ggplot2 and online data sources. The blog is generally interesting.

This one is based on OpenStreetMap. Very helpful.

Mint Debian

After about eight months, my Mint Debian has been broken beyond reparation. So I decided to wipe it out and do a fresh installation. This time I am not pointing directly to the Debian repository but to the Mint repository.

I like Mint Debian better than Mint main edition. I have come to the conclusion that as long as I am not directly pointing to the Debian repository (or at least not taking every single update everyday), the installation should be stable enough as my main workstation OS.

Free statistics text

OpenIntro.org provides a free statistical textbook, along with data sets and supplementary materials.

Ipsur.org is another one.

Simple rcpp examples

Here are some nice examples for Rcpp package.

Compiling Emacs, again

This post shows how to get Emacs compiled on Debian/Ubuntu platform.

BayesX

With the new "R2BayesX" package, now it looks like the BayesX software has been fully integrated into the R environment.

The R2BayesX provides a powerful general purpose package with simple and easy to learn syntax (compared to BUGS or ADMB). Now BayesX is under GPL, it will probably be embraced by the free software community wholeheartedly.

Nine reasons for C++ 11

Can be found in this post.