Catherine HollowayCairo Tilings with minimal mathI generate cairo tilings because I’m working on generating some custom printed fabric. Cairo tilings are an ideal pattern for clothing…Jul 7, 20181Jul 7, 20181
Catherine HollowayExtracting cut lines from Sewing Patterns with PythonThe common way to make modifications to sewing patterns is to trace out the cut lines on tracing paper, then cut and tape the pieces of…May 10, 20181May 10, 20181
Catherine Holloway3 ways to cut SVG shapesSVGs will display the last added shape on top. This means you can very easily create the Canadian flag by layering a white rectangle on top…Apr 3, 2018Apr 3, 2018
Catherine HollowayText to SVG PathsMost paper cutters, laser engravers, and 3D printers can’t handle fonts, and so ignore 〈text〉 tags in SVGs. Instead, text elements need to…Feb 1, 20181Feb 1, 20181
Catherine HollowayinFrontend WeeklyLayering SVGs in JavaScriptIf you want to create or manipulate SVGs, there several great JavaScript libraries, such as d3 or Snap.js. However, right now I just want…Jan 22, 20182Jan 22, 20182
Catherine HollowayGrabbing Large Datasets out of AppEngine Search IndexesIf you’re building a Big Data application on AppEngine, you’ll probably need to grab more than a thousand entries out of a search index. It…Jan 19, 2018Jan 19, 2018
Catherine HollowayChristmas Lights from GarbageI have a dilemma: I don’t want to buy stuff for holidays, but I also don’t want to be the only house on my street without Christmas lights…Dec 14, 2017Dec 14, 2017
Catherine HollowayinCode Like A GirlIs it better to bake cookies in a toaster oven?My husband and I disagree about whether it’s more energy efficient to use the toaster oven or regular oven for baking. He believes the…Oct 29, 20171Oct 29, 20171
Catherine HollowayEmoji data markers in matplotlibUsing matplotlib’s axes.transData and get_sample_data, it’s possible to replace data markers with images, such as the poo emoji:Oct 24, 2017Oct 24, 2017
Catherine HollowayMr Farwell, by highlighting the scoffaws you make cycling more dangerous for law-abiding bike…I know I’m late to the party, but I’d like to make a counter-intuitive argument.Aug 25, 2017Aug 25, 2017