In my recent post on the angular size of a soccer goal, I created a contour plot. Despite what you might think, I'm not a Jedi Master at python. So, here is a quick guide to contour plots and ...

When I just need to quickly take some measurements, Python lets me save them in an easy-to-read format and plot them. (see sidebar: What is Python and why use it?). To understand why, let’s look at ...

A recent reddit thread reminded us that you can generate a similar look for your own data (humorous or otherwise) in Python using Matplotlib. If you already have a plot generated with Matplotlib ...