The more I look at it, the more it seems drawing graphs in javascript+html is the only viable option to get anything decent and useful. Gnuplot‘s graphs work, but they’re not all that pleasant to look at. Same goes for the graphing tools I’ve seen in python. Mathematica, I’m told, does a very decent job, [...]

This is a debate I keep getting into with all sorts of people. No matter how well I try explaining it people simply do not want to believe me they’re thinking about distance all wrong. After last weekend’s trek around a very sunny city where I was forced to keep walking in the blistering noon [...]