I’m a data journalist working for The News Journal in Delaware. You’ll probably find a lot of stuff about journalism, data and data visualization (nerd alert) and other random musings.Tumblr (3.0; @patricksweet)http://patmsweet.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/983862d23c6a11c481d5d35ff25b6781/tumblr_mmeitthx4A1qfxwbko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Arugula, prosciutto, tomato, goat cheese, mozzarella pizza. #netde #foodporn</p>http://patmsweet.com/post/49812731019http://patmsweet.com/post/49812731019Mon, 06 May 2013 20:03:29 -0400netdefoodporn<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4754cada726fc499889a3262c414ab63/tumblr_mmdsy95IDF1qfxwbko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Double meanings can be dangerous. #netde</p>http://patmsweet.com/post/49776066147http://patmsweet.com/post/49776066147Mon, 06 May 2013 10:44:33 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9e5b2b6fee8853bd267e98b2331c5e67/tumblr_mj76hluVNZ1qfxwbko1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>#NICAR13 is already paying off. Thanks to a few sessions from a few brilliant people, I decided to try using R to evaluate bail data. Unfortunately, all these boxplots show me is that our data was screwed up when they changed the field type in 2004, which is just another fun problem to solve…</p>http://patmsweet.com/post/44635536461http://patmsweet.com/post/44635536461Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:12:57 -0500NICAR13journalismdataComputer-assisted Reporting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8f34b4ec19811263d0d70709ebb3b3d8/tumblr_mhtoyf3kqf1qfxwbko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Salmon about to hit the oven. It’s spiced up with whole grain Dijon mustard, sliced tomato and capers.</p>http://patmsweet.com/post/42462178382http://patmsweet.com/post/42462178382Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:51:00 -0500I&#8217;ve been meaning to post this for a while and was reminded when I saw a post from Anthony...http://patmsweet.com/post/42358106554http://patmsweet.com/post/42358106554Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:20:00 -0500DataComputer-assisted ReportingjournalismThe News Journal<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ae39269662c7badde85cf6d8e2224b73/tumblr_mhq0ywXVmx1qfxwbko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Homemade (giant) pigs in a blanket. Add sweet potato bisque and you have an awesome meal.</p>http://patmsweet.com/post/42312327391http://patmsweet.com/post/42312327391Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:20:56 -0500“In God we trust, all others bring data.” - William Edwards Deming (via an awesome free...http://patmsweet.com/post/40521046129http://patmsweet.com/post/40521046129Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:26:14 -0500StatisticsData<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/76ca6f270371b271d21ff56978a5db8c/tumblr_mg8cwes57f1qfxwbko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We created a monster!</p>http://patmsweet.com/post/39884573668http://patmsweet.com/post/39884573668Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:48:13 -0500 Election Day at The News Journal was a pretty solid success. We used PHP and internet duct tape...http://patmsweet.com/post/35295683138http://patmsweet.com/post/35295683138Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:34:00 -0500PHPPythonThe News JournalElection Dayweb scrapingAlong with likely every other newsroom in the country, we&#8217;ve been having a lot of fun with...http://patmsweet.com/post/33647369952http://patmsweet.com/post/33647369952Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:07:41 -0400The News JournalComputer-assisted ReportingLeafletjQuery<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb83swDiWH1qz581wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://buzzfeed.tumblr.com/post/32697228715/every-once-in-a-while-you-see-something-that" target="_blank">buzzfeed</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Every once in a while you see something that changes your entire life.</p> </blockquote>http://patmsweet.com/post/32719977920http://patmsweet.com/post/32719977920Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:13:23 -0400 The News Journal now has a PANDA, a &#8220;newsroom data appliance&#8221; that will help fuel our...http://patmsweet.com/post/32003819183http://patmsweet.com/post/32003819183Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:20:59 -0400PANDAJournalismThe News JournaldataComputer-assisted Reporting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_manwm37q761qfxwbko1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><snark>The most helpful design element on the state’s elections website.</snark></p>http://patmsweet.com/post/31932600910http://patmsweet.com/post/31932600910Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:56:27 -0400DelawareOh IE, how the world hates you. &lt;HTML&gt; &lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH"...http://patmsweet.com/post/31525155250http://patmsweet.com/post/31525155250Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:37:40 -0400Internet ExplorerDelaware<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8dwhgc9Su1qfxwbko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Breakfast of champions. (Taken with <a href="http://instagram.com" target="_blank">Instagram</a>)</p>http://patmsweet.com/post/28904706940http://patmsweet.com/post/28904706940Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:10:27 -0400I&#8217;m cleaning and preparing school test score data for later this week. We are ranking schools...http://patmsweet.com/post/27445038784http://patmsweet.com/post/27445038784Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:29:04 -0400Computer-assisted ReportingexcelTwo very smart and generally awesome students at MIT created an Excel plug-in called IronSpread that...http://patmsweet.com/post/25164394126http://patmsweet.com/post/25164394126Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:31:00 -0400PythonComputer-assisted ReportingawesomenessExcelhowdoiputthisgently: http://patmsweet.com/post/25091430081http://patmsweet.com/post/25091430081Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:39:54 -0400awesomenessAfter hearing about LinkedIn being hacked, I dug around a little to find out how to check if your...http://patmsweet.com/post/24553171512http://patmsweet.com/post/24553171512Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:24:00 -0400python<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4y213pGlc1qa0uujo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://npr.tumblr.com/post/24470023053/ilovecharts-wibbly-wobblytimey-wimey-i-make" target="_blank">npr</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ilovecharts.tumblr.com/post/24468478643/wibbly-wobblytimey-wimey-i-make-my-living-in-the" target="_blank">ilovecharts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>-<a href="http://wibbly-wobblytimey-wimey.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">wibbly-wobblytimey-wimey</a></p> <p><em>I make my living in the blue part of the pie; my semicolon game is on point like a sir.</em></p> </blockquote> <p>I’m not even going to attempt to cleverly include a semicolon. —Sarah</p> </blockquote>http://patmsweet.com/post/24510294455http://patmsweet.com/post/24510294455Tue, 05 Jun 2012 21:27:45 -0400