Ivan Idris's Blog, page 6
March 1, 2014
Sharpe and Calmar Ratio
This entry is part 18 of 18 in the series Numpy StrategiesMy publisher and others frown upon my tendency to write dirty finance examples. Of course, we wouldn’t want to corrupt young minds under any circumstance. So to satisfy my … Continue reading →
February 16, 2014
Review of Network Analysis using Wireshark Cookbook
Network Analysis using Wireshark Cookbook is a troubleshooting guide for beginning to intermediate network admins containing detailed step-by-step recipes, many real life war stories (add a lot of entertainment value) and many tips and tricks of the trade. The author … Continue reading →
February 12, 2014
Preview of Network Analysis using Wireshark Cookbook
The marketer of Network Analysis using Wireshark Cookbook asked me to write a preview before writing the final review. The preview should give my first impression about the cover and a chapter or two. If first impressions don’t change 90 … Continue reading →
February 11, 2014
Review of Xcode 4 Cookbook
Xcode 4 Cookbook is about iPhone and iPad application development. The book goes over all the aspects of the iOs development cycle with Xcode from installing the necessary software to debugging, profiling and finally submitting the final product into the … Continue reading →
January 12, 2014
Review of Groovy 2 Cookbook
Groovy Cookbook is an excellent example based book about Groovy – the young dynamic programming language that can run on the Java Virtual Machine. In the past I have read the also brilliant Groovy in Action, which is by now … Continue reading →
January 4, 2014
Learning Cython Programming
Learning Cython Programming is a short book about Cython – a new programming language, which tries to bridge the gap between Python and C(++). I myself dedicated chapter 9 of NumPy Cookbook to Cython. Cython allows you to call Python … Continue reading →
December 29, 2013
Review of HTML5 Data and Services Cookbook
HTML5 Data and Services Cookbook contains a variety of cutting edge HTML 5 recipes. The examples are so cutting edge in fact that some of the HTML 5 features might not be supported by more than a handful of browsers … Continue reading →
December 21, 2013
eBook Bonanza 2013
Packt asked me to announce the following: Press release Packt’s $5 eBook Bonanza is back! Following on from the success of last year’s festive offer, the publisher will be celebrating the holiday season with an even bigger $5 Bonanza. From … Continue reading →
October 16, 2013
Columbus Day 2013
Kenny D. from Packt asked me to mention their Columbus week campaign: Packt is giving everyone the chance to explore its entire catalog of eBooks and videos at 50% off in its biggest ever sale. During the event, anyone will … Continue reading →
June 26, 2013
Coursera Machine Learning Weeks 9 and 10
I am still in catch-up mode, but fortunately these seem to be the last lectures. Anomaly Detection Problem Motivation – anomaly here means the same as outlier, I think. Or in certain contexts error or defect. Gaussian Distribution – a.k.a … Continue reading →
