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Today, the longest cross-country skiing race in the world takes place in Sweden. It’s called Vasaloppet and involves participants skiing 90 kilometers from start to finish. It is an extremely popular international race, which can last up to twelve hours and is broadcast live on television. When participation tickets become available, they sell out within […]
We all have different preferences when it comes to hotel bookings. Some want the best breakfast, some consider location the absolute most important, while others prioritize different types of facilities. This post is for anyone looking for tips on hotels with a pool in Stockholm city. I have a number of recurring searches (and answers!) […]
This post is the fifth of a series of seven on population issues in the Pacific, regenerating the graphs I used in a keynote speech before the November 2025 meeting of the Pacific Heads of Planning and Statistics in Wellington, New Zealand. The seven pieces of the puzzle are: Today’s post is about population pyramids […]
A while ago I decided to learn some Rust. I bought a book, opened it months later and started a little side project: porting my R package saperlipopette to the terminal by writing a CLI with Rust. I then lost steam and threw the project away. Now I’m learning more Git with saperlipopette It makes […]
Advertisement Writer: Helena Bergström Do you like flying? Or do you mainly think that it is a necessary evil to travel long distances? Either way, you want the flight to go smoothly and without unexpected disruptions. We will tell you about a number of flights where things went slightly differently than planned… 1. Greece: Emergency […]
Dubai has tight timing and freelance work rarely remains tidy. A phone call turns a meeting, a shoot takes a long time and the day turns into a loop of short drives and parking. Transport can support or sabotage that rhythm. This article explains when an electric rental helps freelancers in Dubai and the UAE, […]
Printing blog posts right and left takes time. Lots of time! Images must be edited, texts written and adapted, thoughts marinated and then all credit must be published. Some headlines have been among my drafts for almost a decade (and that’s not even a joke). It is certainly no coincidence that my word of the […]
