195 Stories by Mark Stephens
We converted 726 public PDFs to HTML and compared the sizes. Gzipped, the HTML came out level with the PDF. Here’s where it wins and loses.
We saved 726 public PDFs as PNG at 72, 150 and 300dpi. The PNGs were a median 5.7 to 40 times bigger. Here’s the data by content type.
The PDF file format is a very big and complex standard so several more limited subsets have been created for specific purposes, of which...
After yesterday’s Bulgarian marathon, today is a much gentler last stage. The overnight sleep was the most comfortable yet with a spacious 4 bed...
After the (now unusual) experience of a night in one place, we were in Ted’s Coffee for 9.30am to collect our tickets for tonight’s...
After enjoying our free drink in the Premium lounge at Budapest, we boarded the 7.05pm overnight train to Bucharest. Through Transylvania and the Carpathians...
