Writing / Curiosities
Curiosities
Rabbit holes worth sharing: language, barcodes, 3D printing, and more.
- Why America Has Six Million Surnames and Vietnam Runs on a Handful Jones is the fifth most common surname in the United States, which I notice more than most people because it is mine. About 1.4 million Americans share it. That…
- The Barcode That Brews Your Coffee Working in supply chain, I probably think about barcodes more than the average person. So when I spotted something unusual on a Nespresso pod during a recent trip…
- From Royalty to Obscurity: Europe's Last Monarchs After the Throne When we think about monarchies coming to an end, our minds often jump to dramatic, violent events. Most notably, popular culture has fixated on the tragic ends of…
- The Case for Ranked Choice Voting in 2024 (Opinion) The 2024 elections showcased the importance of strategic voting , where voters often prioritize a candidate’s electability over their own preferences. A prominent…
- Pinnacle Mountain: 3D Printing Topographical Features Following up from my previous post about making a stl file from a geographical feature, I wanted to give an update on the project. See the final result and the…
- Heads or Tails Game I wanted to find out if it was possible to make a browser-based game hosted on this site, so I decided to make a proof of concept. To keep it simple, I decided the…
- Merry Isthmus! While we all know and love islands and peninsulas, there’s one unique geographical feature that is rarely discussed… the isthmus! To celebrate this unique feature,…
- Pinnacle Mountain: Creating 3D Models from Topographical Data Introduction I've always had an interest in geography, so I thought it'd be fun to generate a 3D model of a geographic feature. Pinnacle Mountain) is a prominent…
- George Birge Tour Map: A Web Scraping Exercise Inspiration I wanted to learn how to create a dynamic map , as well as scrape and format data from the web … so why not do both in one project! George Birge is a…
- GS1-128: The Universal Barcode These days, almost everyone has experience with simple barcodes. Whether for labelling items at a grocery store or identifying the tracking number on packages, you…
- Setting Up This Site I wanted to use the first post as a way to share how I set up this site. I was able to host this static site for an average cost less than $1/month . Choosing a…