Tag: animation

Creating a ‘Matrix-like’ movie scroll animation, from a text file

Do you remember The Matrix movies, that started coming out in 1999? Hopefully this movie franchise didn’t give you a fear of virtual reality and AI. The thing I remember most from the movie was the really cool slow-motion video effects (from multiple angles) in the fight scenes. And the […]

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Hurricane Florence: rainfall totals in the Carolinas

“We been through every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stingin’ rain, and big ol’ fat rain, rain that flew in sideways, and sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath.” Was that a quote from the Forrest Gump movie, or something …

What are the most common occupations in each US state?

When I’m at a social gathering, someone always asks what type of work I do. I like to keep my social life separate from my work, therefore I usually give a vague answer such as “software” (and quickly change the topic). How vague or specific is your re…

Where are opioids prescribed most, in North Carolina?

My buddy Rick Wicklin recently pointed me towards an animation of some opioid prescription rate data for Illinois. And, of course, I decided we needed a similar animation for North Carolina (with a few improvements…) Here’s the original, and here are…

Tracking West Nile virus mosquitos in the US

Have you ever been bitten by a mosquito? What are the odds it carried the West Nile virus? … Perhaps a lot higher than you thought! Here’s a picture of a mosquito that kept ‘bugging’ me around my computer desk at home – good riddance, I say! The West Nile […]

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Using SAS to track the spread of … Walmarts!

SAS has been used to track the spread of many things, such as wild animals, tornadoes, and money launderers — but this time I’m using it to track the spread of Walmart stores across the U.S. over time! Since its start in the 1960s, Walmart has grown …