Trivial "tea timer" :-)

 

I've gotten fond of tea these days .. especially  "Twinnigs earl grey" .. I prefer it seeped for 2.5 minutes .. so I wrote a trivial tea timer to time my teas . The default is 3 minutes . It's convenient as the image chosen gets displayed over screen even if mplayer is playing a movie in full screen. 

                                            I'm using Feh which is a fine image viewer. .. cheers.

 

 t=180
if [ $1 ] ; then  t=$(echo "$1*60" | bc ) ; fi
t=$(echo $t | awk -F "." '{print $1}')
i=0
echo "$i"
while [ $i -lt $t  ] ; do let  i=$i+1 ; echo $i ; sleep 1; clear;   done
echo " $i seconds"  
feh -F ~/tea.jpg

DIY hand sanitizer

Hand sanitizers have become the talk of the day as the world fights the covid-19 pandemic. Its is possible to make your own , here's how :

Ingredients :

1) isopropanol (rubbing alcohol)  atleast 70% v/v
2) Aloe vera gel
3) fragrance (optional)
4) spray bottle or dispencer



Method :

take a clean vessel and mix 1 part aloe vera gel to 3 parts isopropanol . add few drops of fragrance and mix well. Fill the spray bottle . done.

note: gel is used for ease of spreading (over hands) and as a moisturizer since alcohol dries the skin.

Be safe and stay at home. These bugs are dangerous