https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/ Essays, notes and how-tos by Imtiaz Mahmud, self hosted on a Raspberry Pi in the Bronx. en-us Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/all-quiet-ashes-diamonds https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/all-quiet-ashes-diamonds Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 History After watching the film “All Quite on the Western Front” both old and the New Netflix one and this film “Ashes and Diamonds”, I think these film shows how political beliefs loyalty and the sense of duty can force people to do horrible thing even if no one… https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/john-brown https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/john-brown Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 History It is not an easy task to judge people back in the past from our comfortable present life with our morals. The same goes for the most divisive American figure, John Brown, from the most violent American era so far. When people hear the name John Brown, the… https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/nj-slavery https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/nj-slavery Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 History Slavery was able to stay in New Jersey long after it began to die down in other part of the Northern States. The combinations of gradual abolition laws and the New Jersey’s geographic and economic ties with the Southern States made it hard for the State of… https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/womens-rights https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/womens-rights Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 History The Antebellum period was a very big transformative period in American History. The nation was expanding to the West, and at the same time many social movements were tacking place in different parts of the country. The abolitionist and the anti-slavery… https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/true-size-of-the-map https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/true-size-of-the-map Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Life The Mercator map projection greatly distorts the true size of many countries. The problem is more complicated than simply saying that this map was designed to make certain countries look powerful. The Mercator projection was created for sea navigation purposes, but people often see this map as a true representation of the Earth. https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/aws-cli-noaa-mrms-rain-lab-python https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/aws-cli-noaa-mrms-rain-lab-python Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tech How to download NOAA MRMS from Amazon AWS Using CLI on Windows, Mac and Linux system. Then use python to extract rain MM CSV from GRIB2.gz Files for your location. https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/north-cape-formal-analysis https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/north-cape-formal-analysis Mon, 18 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Art Just looking at the picture, it has three horizontal zones. The light and dark foreground with human activity, the giant cliffs and the dramatic sky. This layering and the use of advanced perspective gives this painting a 3D pop. https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/hustle-culture-essay https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/hustle-culture-essay Fri, 19 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Life Hustle culture does not benefit workers. All this system is doing is extracting wealth, health and time from the working class while paving the road to more of an authoritarian society. https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/cold-war-was-for-capitalism-forever https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/cold-war-was-for-capitalism-forever Fri, 23 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 History The Cold War was not about bringing world peace by dismantling of the Soviet Union, and it’s reach around the Third World’s countries. It was all about making sure the rich gets richer and capitalism stays as only economical way of living all over the world. https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/noise-pollution-Env-235_lehman https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/noise-pollution-Env-235_lehman Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Science Noise Pollution Research Project Around My Neighborhood in Bronx, New York. The Pelham Bay Park has a very high amount of Noise Pollution. For ENV 235 in Lehman College (CUNY) https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/air-pollution-essay https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/air-pollution-essay Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Science Obesity has been increasing all around the world in recent years. Especially young adults living in dense cities. Most people blame this on personal habit and being lazy all around. But living in a air polluted area can also make you FAT. https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/my-bearfoor-sneakers-essay https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/my-bearfoor-sneakers-essay Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Personal I’m going to say what I’ve said before: I find branded shoes like Nike and Adidas to be ridiculous. I think they are unhealthy and unnecessarily expensive. People should wear shoes that fit naturally on our feet, not ones that change the shape of them. https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/injury-recovery-essay https://imtiazmahmud.com/blog/posts/injury-recovery-essay Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Personal Recovery from ACL surgery is very slow and non-linear, unlike normal injury recovery. There is no blood bringing nutrients to the tendon graft that is becoming a ligament inside my knee.