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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 […]
Ring Rome font Ring Rome is a Romanesque serif font designed by Dmitry Ochakov, a type designer based in Bergamo, Italy, who works under both the ochakov and ovtype Behance profiles and has steadily developed the Ring font family in a series of releases that each explore different formal territory within a shared underlying design […]
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Geological font Geologica is a sophisticated modern sans-serif text by Frode Helland that navigates the tension between geometric precision and humanistic warmth with remarkable confidence. Its wide stance, generous spacing and large openings make it truly comfortable at small formats – a quality that makes it as valuable for body text as it is for […]
Smart displays can control compatible thermostats with one touch. Google Nest/CNET When you’re looking for a traditional standard thermostat, there isn’t much to consider. What does it look like? Can you program it? Does it have that cool old-fashioned dial? When shopping for a smart thermostat there are many more options and some things one […]
So I do freelance web development and honestly the workflow is driving me crazy. Every new customer is the same: manually rebuild their site, log into millions of different WordPress dashboards, set up Google Analytics or Hubspot and the plugin or something breaks two weeks later. I’ve been thinking about building a tool to solve […]
At the recent AI summit in India, Raul said UN news what drives his passion for the technology, and why we should fully embrace it. Largely self-taught, Raul built his first robot at age 12 and has developed more than 10 AI tools. He has advised the governments of Kerala and Dubai on the integration […]
