Samsung galaxy ring is steering the customer impression of a smart ring in the direction of “a small information gethering device on your finger”. But smart rings should be more. Information is flooded nowadays, we don’t need more information, we need more control, more clarity, more focus. Looking forward to Google realizing their vision on… Continue reading Smart rings, got be more, go do more.
Category: Technology
Here I will publish any technical insight I accumulated all along these wild years, periodically.
What next with smart rings
Oura Ring is getting a new feature called “heart rate zones”, adapting from smart watches like Garmin and Fitbit. It is playing the card of “The replacement of a smart watch”, but is competing further away with smart watches using its own weaknesses. Without a screen, any insight a smart ring gathered about our body… Continue reading What next with smart rings
Git Meets Docker: Turbocharge Your Local Web Dev Workflow
Git Meets Docker: Turbocharge Your Local Web Dev Workflow When building a web app with Docker on a local server (e.g., a Raspberry Pi or your dev machine), integrating Git version control streamlines development, tracks changes, and ensures smooth deployment. This guide shows how to combine Git and Docker effectively, using a Node.js web app… Continue reading Git Meets Docker: Turbocharge Your Local Web Dev Workflow
How to Set Up a Local Backup System Using Ubuntu on Raspberry Pi with a portable disk
In this guide, we’ll walk through the process of setting up a local backup system on a Raspberry Pi running Ubuntu, using an external NTFS-formatted drive. The backup system will be accessible via Samba from devices on your local network, ensuring that you can back up files securely across your devices. Prerequisites Step 1: Install… Continue reading How to Set Up a Local Backup System Using Ubuntu on Raspberry Pi with a portable disk
How I Resolved the Issue of self-hosting Websites Going Offline After a Raspberry Pi Reboot
Recently, I encountered an issue with my Raspberry Pi-hosted websites that would go offline every time the Pi was rebooted. After several troubleshooting steps and some trial and error, I was able to bring my websites back online and set up Docker to automatically restart the containers after each reboot. Here’s the debugging process and… Continue reading How I Resolved the Issue of self-hosting Websites Going Offline After a Raspberry Pi Reboot
Making PCB with incomplete design files, Must learn lessons for beginners
This article is not about the making of PCBs, that’s PCB manufacturers’ job. It’s about how to avoid pitfalls and across barriers associated with incomplete designs files, and finally make PCBs that work. If you are a pro, this article is of little help for you, but if you are a beginner, like I was,… Continue reading Making PCB with incomplete design files, Must learn lessons for beginners
Add custom shortcut to Onenote
Onenote is wonderful on tablet with a pen, but I miss the feature in office word that one can make a Macro and trigger it with a custom hotkey. In this blog, I explore a method that actually can do more or less that. As an example, when I am zoom in and out freely… Continue reading Add custom shortcut to Onenote
Single click Google Translate
If you live in a multi-culture environment, you likely need to use Google Translate almost eveyday. This could be the workflow you go through again and again:copy the text to be translated>>open google translate>>paste the text on the left side>>choose the input language>>choose the output language With the help of CHATGPT, I made bookmarks that… Continue reading Single click Google Translate
Tidy paste texts from PDF files
PDF files are not made to be copy-pasted, but a lot of times we need to copy-paste text from a PDF file to another text editor. Then we get text pasted in this fashion:The wearable device of claim 4 , further comprising acover mounted over an open end of the cavity to enclose thewearable antenna… Continue reading Tidy paste texts from PDF files