Experimenting Bugs at Home

As kids we all may remember the good times we had studying about insects, watching them, chasing them and playing with them. I remember a school activity where I once created a bug identifier, a wooden box filled with a bunch of bugs-(mostly pests)- and their names labelled along with a small description about the...

Can Thoughts Trigger Brainwaves?

Years ago I had the chance to experiment on how our brains react to our thoughts. In fact this was one of my research areas into human-computer-interfaces (HCI). This is not a comprehensive article about the brain's anatomy and cognitive aspects of HCI. But I believe it will be as important as breathing oxygen to...

Custom Authentication in .NET 6

Often when we create api's, security is considered paramount. I'm not intending to go in detail about implementing authentication here, and there are a plethora of articles under this topic. I'm just going to highlight a convenient way to implement custom authentication in NET6. As for this article it will be a custom basic authentication...

D.I.Y Laptop Workbench

Let me explain the context! I sort of started my new year (2022) by tidying up the study room which also serves as a toy room. It's hardly ever my room but mostly occupied by my kids, not to mention the amount of mess gathered at the end of the day. It is meant for...