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May 18, 2021
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…
May 15, 2021
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…
May 12, 2019
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…
May 21, 2018
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…
May 13, 2018
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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Only sound on left channel from microphone connected to USB audio interface