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ACTS7: Loved Ones, Nature and Petrichor

  • Tern GSD, the King of electric cargo bike.

    Tern GSD, the King of electric cargo bike.

    Tern Bikes is the king of 20 inch folding bikes and their bikes are functional and have rather attractive looks. The recent adaptation of Tern Bikes are electric cargo bikes and they has almost too many cargo bike lines right now including GSD. To list some, HSD is a small brother of GSD. Orox is…

  • Dutch Bicycle and Cycling Culture In North America

    Dutch Bicycle and Cycling Culture In North America

    As I get older, I find myself looking for a simpler and safer bicycle for commuting. I’ve been searching for a 26-inch, single-speed, step-through bicycle, but haven’t had any luck. It seems like no bicycle manufacturers are making this type of bike anymore. The closest option I can think of is a Dutch bicycle, but…

  • [Moodle] How to add LTI tools with example of Crowdmark

    [Moodle] How to add LTI tools with example of Crowdmark

    LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) is defined as below by IMSglobal formally known as 1EdTech. 1EdTech’s LTI standard is a technical standard (not a product) used to connect learning tools with an institution’s learning environment without logging into each tool. LTI supports a high level of security for passing data about the users, their institutional enrollment, and…

  • [FFmpeg] How to speed up some segments in your video

    [FFmpeg] How to speed up some segments in your video

    I am making scenic trail ride videos. Those videos have some repetitive segments in them. It can be very boring to viewers. So, I wanted to speed up those segments with FFmpeg. I’ve given requirements to ChatGPT to create one Bash script for it. Since ChatGPT does not know the environments of my machine, it…

  • 20 inch Brompton is coming as G Line

    20 inch Brompton is coming as G Line

    It is rather surprise and historic moment to see Brompton manufacturing non 16 inch foldable bicycle. It has been over 50 years for this British foldable urban bicycle manufacturer to build only 16 inch bicycle. So, what changed for them. The king of 20 inch urban bicycle is Tern Bikes. There was another player in…

  • [Moodle] How to enable LaTeX single dollar sign delimiter in Moodle

    [Moodle] How to enable LaTeX single dollar sign delimiter in Moodle

    Single dollar sign delimiter is not a standard notation in LaTeX. However, most of mathematicians are using single dollar sing delimiter due to its convenience. So, it is crucial to enable it in your LMS. This article shows how to enable it in Moodle LMS. First, navigate to Site administration -> Plugins -> Filters ->…

  • Video Editing Bash scripts with FFmpeg

    Video Editing Bash scripts with FFmpeg

    I asked ChatGPT to create some Bash scripts that encapsulate FFmpeq commands to make my video editing easier. I do not do much craze editing but just trimming, cutting-off and so on. Here are mostly used my scripts. 1. Thumbnail creation I try to create thumbnail out of my video. The script below captures the…

  • Hugh Double Rainbow in Laurel Creek Conservation Area 

    Hugh Double Rainbow in Laurel Creek Conservation Area 

    I was checking the weather to see if I can go riding or not. Then.. This happened.

  • Halfbike

    Halfbike

    Two minimalistic architects started this project, Halfbike, and it built huge fan base and stories. It is mentioned that it has a slight learning curve against your normal bike. It looks to take around a half of hour or so to get used to this new machine. OR?? it might take a week to feel…

  • [Story] Janitor’s Key Box III – Reincarnation

    [Story] Janitor’s Key Box III – Reincarnation

    Previously… I have been working with Moses’ big sister, Miriam, for a long time. She is one of the wisest creatures I have ever known or at least time patrollers I have ever known. I couldn’t see her for a while since her last duty to check the incident I caused. That incident is coded…