Welcome to the personal blog of Tobias Brink. I write mostly about computational materials science and related topics, such as programming and the software we use. This includes Python, LAMMPS, Ovito, LaTeX, C++, ASE, and whatever else helps in our research. This site also contains links to publications I (co-)authored and some code I wrote.
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Only sound on left channel from microphone connected to USB audio interface
If you record sound from a microphone connected to a USB audio interface, it might be that you only get an input signal on the left stereo channel. This is… -
Recording audio and video for amateurs
During the pandemic, conferences and meetings had to move online. As scientists, we are increasingly asked to pre-record presentations ourselves. This is new ground for many of us. Recently, I… -
Adhesive wear mechanisms in the presence of weak interfaces: Insights from an amorphous model system
Whenever surfaces in contact slide relative to each other, they wear and emit particles. Understanding this process at the microscopic scale is an important piece of the puzzle to figuring…
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Creating sitemap.xml with Jekyll using git data
The sitemap.xml file is used to let search engines know the content of your website for indexing. You can create a sitemap automatically using the official Jekyll sitemap plugin. I… -
Lossy compression for PDFs
Sometimes you need to make an existing PDF smaller quickly. Either you miss the source for the file, or it is a lot of hassle to find the offending large… -
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ORCID:
0000-0002-2072-1169- Google Scholar
- ResearcherID:
D-2746-2015 - ResearchGate
- github.com/t-brink/