Down with the static
After six years of static HTML, it finally became apparent that this site needed a real CMS. Please excuse the construction while
Generating AWS CloudSearch SDF for Emails
In my last post on CloudSearch and eDiscovery, I described something like “Google” for eDiscovery emails. FedEx or DropBox your data
“Google” for subpoenaed emails: AWS CloudSearch for eDiscovery
In the last post on AWS CloudSearch, I provided a tutorial on the creation of a simple CloudSearch domain for Supreme Court
21st Century Legal Informatics: Part 1, Introduction
Dan and I have written and spoken on legal informatics many times. Inevitably these conversations come to the same
Single HTML File of the Michigan Compiled Law (MCL)
Last night, I posted a copy of the Michigan Compiled Law (MCL) as an improved and structured XML document. As
XML Copy of the Michigan Compiled Law (MCL)
A few weeks ago, Ari Hershowitz posted on Quroa calling for a Californa code hackathon. Since Ari was drumming up support
Building igraph’s Python bindings with plotting support on Ubuntu
igraph is my preferred library for graph manipulation. The core library is written in C and is easy to extend,
DNS-Based Internet Censorship and IPv6
I've been watching the #feb12 tweets on the movements in Algeria and Yemen. One of the most common types of tweets explains how to avoid
Paper: Quantifying and Modeling Long-Range Cross-Correlations in Multiple Time Series with Applications to World Stock Indices
Here's another econophysics paper from H. Eugene Stanley and crew: D. Wang, B. Podobnik, D. Horvatić, H. E. Stanley. Quantifying and Modeling Long-Range Cross-Correlations in
Twitter Hashtag Battle Royale – #(feb|fev)12 vs. #12(feb|fev)
Algeria and Yemen seem to be pushing a #feb12 revolution hashtag like Egypt's #jan25 tag. In the Egyptian case, the French abbreviation of January didn't
Nixon in China and reusable phrases
I'm not really big on modern opera, but I just caught the first act of Nixon in China on Sirius/XM. According to Wikipedia, the opera's
What’s an instruction anyway?
I really like this Wired article and the underlying study in Science because the research brings computing and storage into context, both historically and with
First Post
Last month, I decided to take a leave of absence from my Ph.D. program at Michigan. I'll be pursuing opportunities in the private sector, and