Ep 469 Mike Thomas "You Will Remember Him, Author Phil Hartman Bio"
Mike Thomas, NY Times Best Selling Author and Journalist, is our guest in the Acement for this episode. Good friend, Brian Mulhern, joins as our co-host. Brian introduced Mike to us. We talk to Mike about his amazing career and his best selling books; The Second City Unscripted , Carson the Magni...
Issue 2026-W36 Highlights
The newest linter on the R block gains a bold new feature in version 0.6.0, and a new package documentation framework altdown enters the world. Episode Links
This week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter)
Jarl 0.6.0: A fast R linter
A new take o...
Issue 2026-W37 Highlights
A data-driven investigation on how September is a dangerous month for bikers in Wisconsin, a novel look at the distribution of castles across the globe, and the fundamentals behind an influential analysis method commonly used in experimental designs.Episode Links
This week's curator: Jonathan K...
Mike Thomas
In this episode, Mike Thomas shares his journey through music, from childhood influences to his viral hit 'Hell in High Water,' and discusses the evolving landscape of the music industry, including radio, streaming, and social media. Discover how authenticity and perseverance shape a successful i...
Mike Thomas Interview + Country Music News 9/21
Your weekly country news update for the week of 9/21 featuring an interview with Mike Thomas!
Issue 2026-W39 Highlights
Have you found a rogue line of rm(list=ls()) in your R scripts? Then we have a terrific update to a package to find those environment issues and much more. Plus a candid take on the lifecycle of spreadsheet-creating packages, and how to take matters to your "R" hands when faced with a perplexing ...
Issue 2026-W40 Highlights
After a massive backlog issue sprint, the foundational {knitr} gains terrific updates to supercharge SQL code chunks. The R Project moves to an open source platform for asynchronous communication, and a key technique for bringing the user's perspective on error messages when you test your R packa...
Ep 469 Mike Thomas "You Will Remember Him, Author Phil Hartman Bio"
Mike Thomas, NY Times Best Selling Author and Journalist, is our guest in the Acement for this episode. Good friend, Brian Mulhern, joins as our co-host. Brian introduced Mike to us. We talk to Mike about his amazing career and his best selling books; The Second City Unscripted , Carson the Magni...
Issue 2026-W41 Highlights
A roundtrip between formatted tables and spreadsheets is now very much possible, how {shinyreact} represents a new path for user interface development in Shiny, and a candid take on ownership of code and the products we build from it (including very awesome art).Episode Links
This week's curato...
The Extra Legendary Bit: Weaponised slurry, police hoodwinking & generational Scouse blaggers
Welcome back to Bloomin' Legends!
The Extra Legendary Bit is the bonus episode where Johnny Vaughan and Gavin "The Woodman" Woods leave the history books behind and dive into the gloriously unhinged stories sent in by you, the listeners.
This week it's a masterclass in bullshido — "people who swe...
