2014-04-29 (Tuesday)

@genmon Were you using Dreamweaver?

@ultrazool I *wish* it was Austin. Houston’s suburbs were less fun.

@mrstth Ooh, fun! I SAID, FUN!! CAN YOU HEAR ME? STOP FOR A MOMENT… oh never mind.

@johndodds I’m (stupidly) the kind of person who spends a day swearing at the internet rather than making one phone call.

Also, via @johndodds: data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=WD… and datamarket.com/data/set/12o6/… Thanks!

@johndodds Ooh, both good, thanks! I think I’m going to be doing some data munging whatever source I use.

@ultrazool I’m not convinced about my own definition to be honest.

Re previous request @danjwilson suggested research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/search?s… Has (copyright) OECD data (that I can’t find on the OECD site itself).

@danjwilson Good work! Looks like that might be it. The deflator data leads to a bit of OECD I hadn’t come across. Ta!

@johndodds I have, thanks - almost but not quite, from what I can tell.

@johndodds Ta, yes I was hoping for more countries, and also not to have to find all the datasets individually. Plus a unicorn.

@Andrew_S_Hatton It was in there somewhere :)

@Andrew_S_Hatton Gross Domestic Product.

This is me having fun. What’s wrong with me?

Long shot: Anyone know where to get GDP deflator data for many countries from 1955ish to now?

WAKE UP!

@antimega This is a couple of years old but a quick glance suggests it’s still useful: jtaby.com/blog/2012/04/2…

@0898CHEATHCO @jamesweiner How come I’d never seen that before?! Ta!

@holgate @awbalfour @chrislunch The company name on this job ad seemed a good clue: twitter.com/awbalfour/stat…

Alex Balfour @awbalfour • 2014-04-07 22:49 • #

I'm looking for a brilliant Head of Content for a new sports startup, Las Vegas: hirevegastech.com/job/ko-sports/… #vegastech #Vegas #jobs

I suppose it's typical of the generation of startups it represents that Hacker News lacks an API