In a nutshell, alkasir is a program that works together with its website (https://alkasir.com) and proxy servers to allow users to circumvent (bypass) censorship of URLs. It is predominantly used by persons in countries where there is censorship of political content such as news, opinion articles, blog entries, forum discussions, political videos, etc.

Its initial pricing — and it’s worth noting that all of this is initial; the FT, for example, has been tweaking pricing and access rules for nine years — is $15 per four weeks (now that’s a newspaper model, eschewing what most humans call “months,” to revenue advantage) month for a desktop/laptop + smartphone bundle, or $20 per four weeks for desktop + laptop + tablet or, finally, $35 per four weeks for “all digital access.” Print subscribers of any kind get digital access newly included at no extra cost.

In many ways it is no different to traditional subscriptions: it is the difference between paying for regular deliveries of the whole paper package, and picking up a newspaper that someone has left on the bus or the staff canteen, or borrowing one from a friend, for free.

A basic step-by-step process on how to use Twitter hash tags for beginners would be great. Please include any resources or tools that would be helpful.

Typogami is an animated typeface created in Adobe After Effects. The characters are inspired by origami and kirigami, Japanese artforms of folding paper.

Turn your Phones into Wireless Controllers

manda’s talk was great, however, and I highly recommend it to anyone thinking of using R as an exploratory tool for professional data visualization.