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Two Omnium Cargo Bikes Meet in NYC

When two Omnium’s meet on the street…

Omnium Cargo Bikes aren’t necessarily rare in NYC but I rarely see them parked like this. So when I saw this full-sized Omnium cargo bike parked on Madison Avenue I knew I had to take the opportunity to get a duo shot. My Mini Max is on the right.

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Two Omnium Cargo Bikes Meet in NYC
Two Omnium Cargo Bikes Meet in NYC
Omnium Mini Max at the Denny Farrell Greenway Bridge
Omnium Mini Max at the Denny Farrell Greenway Bridge
Omnium Mini Max cargo bike under the Riverside Drive Viaduct
Omnium Mini Max cargo bike under the Riverside Drive Viaduct
A hot dog shaped food cart as a cargo bike
A hot dog shaped food cart as a cargo bike
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Images from ‘Super Saturday’ in NYC Chinatown

A few personal photos from Lunar New Year celebrations on Super Saturday.

It was a fun and chaotic day this past Saturday in NYC Chinatown as many came out to celebrate “Super Saturday” for Lunar New Year. I’ve missed this particular day the past few years due to travel so I was glad to be home for it this year. Super Saturday is always just a fun and free way to enjoy NYC as the entire city descends upon Chinatown to launch confetti, mini firecrackers, and noise makers in an unofficial Open Streets way (no vehicular traffic is allowed in Chinatown during this day).

Cars were gone and people filled nearly every inch of public space at times, especially on Mott St near Pell. I even bumped into some family and friends!

Check out some photos of a special actor filming one of the premiere lion dance groups in Chinatown.

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Snow days in Washington Heights

A few shots I took in Washington Heights.

It finally snowed a significant amount this past week in NYC and I went out to give you all the photo report: IT STUCK!

Here’s a few scenes from the neighborhood as the white fluff came down. DSNY snow plows were out and scraping the streets every few minutes.

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Namecheap domain forwarding with TLS/SSL and HTTPS support, via Cloudflare

How to forward your domain with a secure certificate for free.

Apologies for the super long title, but I just wanted to do a quick write-up for anybody that might be in the same situation as I was just a few days ago trying to wrap my brain around why basic domain forwarding via Namecheap wasn’t working correctly.

I use Namecheap as a domain registrar and don’t really use it for anything else like hosting services. When I have an idea for something, I generally buy the domain and forward it here if I haven’t exactly flushed out the idea yet. I know I don’t need to forward it anywhere, but I like doing it. But lately Namecheap has been having some forwarding issues because their basic forwarding service does not include a security certificate, which means forwarding to an HTTPS domain (as is common now) creates a huge lag and hang-up in the forwarding process.

I solved this by using Cloudflare’s free DNS service which includes a free SSL/TLS certificate.

Essentially, I removed Namecheap’s DNS servers entirely from the equation since their free service was not using a secure certificate and moved domain forwarding and email forwarding over to Cloudflare, all at no additional cost. I had no idea this was even a thing.

No transfer of domain registrar needed to take place. You just tell Cloudflare to assume handling of the DNS records and Cloudflare basically does the rest. After you add a domain, you get pretty in-depth analytics about your domain being forwarded. The same applies to emails and catch-all email accounts to with that domain.

Cloudflare’s options are quite extensive, but if you’re like me and just need a domain forwarding service WITH a SSL/TLS certificate at no charge, this is a perfect solution.

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