Timelines are a great way to present events in a chronological order. Timelines can be elaborate, bespoke graphics, but I wanted to see how to make a python timeline plot rather than making one by hand. The key benefit of creating the timeline in python rather than creating it by hand in a graphics tool… Read More »
The Lorentz cipher was a code used by Germany in the second world war. In this post I wanted to explore the general ideas behind it and see if I could implement a simple Python Lorentz Cipher. I’m not trying to create an exact simulation of the Lorentz cipher here. For a python lorentz cipher… Read More »
Historic UK Rainfall Data The Met Office Hadley Centre holds (Met Office Hadley Centre observations datasets HadUKP) UK Rainfall Data going back to the 1800s. It records the daily average rain fall for 9 regions around England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. You can download the data from here: Met Office Hadley Centre HadUKP Data… Read More »
Within WordPress it is possible to export all historic posts as an XML file. This XML file is a little unwieldy, but it is possible to parse the WordPress post export with python. This post shows how you can use the python feedparser library to easily access the export elements. When you do this WordPress… Read More »
This post shows you how to make a python dashboard using dash. Dash combines the plotly plotting library with the flask server to host the dashboard. Python Dashboard with Dash Dash is a powerful, flexible package and this short guide only scratches its surface. It will show how to make simple python dashboard consisting of… Read More »