# holidays

Published articles for holidays.

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## Counting sheep

DevFeed: [Counting sheep](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/counting-sheep-37250.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://muffinman.io/blog/counting-sheep/>)

Author: Stanko

Published: 2016-12-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Stanko Tadić](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/stanko-tadic.md>)

Topics: [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [holidays](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/holidays.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [new-year](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/new-year.md>)

### AI overview

A holiday-themed creative coding piece titled "Counting sheep," made with pure CSS and no JavaScript. The author shares the idea, links to the code on CodePen, and says more details may be added.

### Source excerpt

Just something to cheer you up for the holidays :) I got this idea while I was sick in bed, and had nothing smarter to do. Pure CSS, no JavaScript at all. Hope you like it, I may add some more details. Check the code on codepen. Happy new year!

## Holidays and Homicide

DevFeed: [Holidays and Homicide](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/holidays-and-homicide-40249.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.jeremykun.com/2011/11/25/holidays-and-homicide/>)

Published: 2011-11-25T16:33:21Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Jeremy Kun](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeremy-kun.md>)

Topics: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [datasets](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/datasets.md>), [Statistics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/statistics.md>), [math](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/math.md>)

Tags: [crime](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/crime.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-visualization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-visualization.md>), [holidays](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/holidays.md>), [homicide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/homicide.md>), [math](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/math.md>), [mathematics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mathematics.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [statistics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/statistics.md>), [thanksgiving](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/thanksgiving.md>)

### AI overview

The article examines homicide counts by calendar day using a dataset of known San Francisco homicides from 1849 to 2003. It compares holidays and other dates with the median count, while cautioning that the dataset should not support broad conclusions about human behavior.

### Source excerpt

A Study In Data Just before midnight on Thanksgiving, there was a murder by gunshot about four blocks from my home. Luckily I was in bed by then, but all of the commotion over the incident got me thinking: is murder disproportionately more common on Thanksgiving? What about Christmas, Valentine's Day, or Saint Patrick's Day? Of course, with the right data set these are the kinds of questions one can answer!