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Where are my followers?
My Facebook page has recently surpassed 20,000 likes. Of course, being a map maker, I wanted to see where my fans come from. Without (...)
August 23, 2018 – Jakub MarianBlog
Europe at night generated from urban areas
Europe at night in false colour
You have probably seen many of those stunning pictures of continents at night taken by a satellite or an astronaut. I wanted to create my (...)
December 15, 2017 – Jakub MarianBlog
“Sort by date” slow in Windows 8 and 10 – solution
There’s one “feature” in Windows 8 and 10 that’s been really annoying me lately: sorting by date. When you select Sort by → Date in view (...)
July 23, 2017 – Jakub MarianBlog
Why I stopped “speed-typing” with abbreviations
Until recently, whenever I was writing anything on my computer, instead of doing what most people dothat is, type every letter of every (...)
March 29, 2017 – Jakub MarianBlog
How I cured my chronic headaches and dizziness
First, I should note that I am not a doctor, and nothing written in this article should be understood as medical advice. The article is (...)
March 10, 2017 – Jakub MarianBlog

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Why the “vegetarianism is unnatural” argument is nonsense
I had a heated discussion recently in the comment section under my article about the worst arguments against vegetarian nutrition (which (...)
December 8, 2016 – Jakub MarianBlog
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Interview about my map of the most common surnames
Jaime Rubio Hancock from El País, the biggest newspaper in Spain, recently interviewed me about my map of the most common surnames in (...)
August 9, 2016 – Jakub MarianBlog
Should you eat red and processed meat? The WHO report is just the tip of the iceberg
The World Health Organization recently reported that “processed meat is carcinogenic to humans” and “red meat is probably carcinogenic to (...)
October 28, 2015 – Jakub MarianBlog
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Why buying Facebook ads for page likes is a complete waste of money
My Facebook page recently got close to about 5,800 followers, and I thought it would be nice to help it reach 6,000 with the help of (...)
June 23, 2015 – Jakub MarianBlog
How to write and publish a non-fiction book
I have recently published my fourth book, and I thought it would be interesting to let my readers know what it takes to self-publish a (...)
February 18, 2015 – Jakub MarianBlog