Author Archives: timlyg

Malaysian Trip 2025 April 23 - May 13

Posted on May 15, 2025 by timlyg

To check out my father, after his stroke last year, and the rest of the family in Malaysia. As well as Nadia's parents (her father also suffered stroke) who came with Willy (first time in Penang) to Penang for the … Continue reading →

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Office 365 MFA Reset

Posted on May 15, 2025 by timlyg

It seems that the reset doesn't really work from the Admin.microsoft.com Multi-factor Authentication tab anymore. So it needs to be done in the new Entra Admin Center: Users > All users > select user > choose Authentication Methods > "Require … Continue reading →

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Rewarded Play Terminated my Account

Posted on April 30, 2025 by timlyg

After traveling to Malaysia, I was notified that Rewarded Play is not supported in foreign countries. So I contacted the support team to tell them I was traveling abroad for a few weeks, then they asked me for my personal … Continue reading →

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Journal of the a Week

Posted on April 23, 2025 by timlyg

4/23/2025 Painting of the day: The Pilgrims at Emmaus, Lithograph by Maurice Denis (1870-1943), Issued in 1895, Lithograph on paper, Alamy Fr. Patrick commented this art using Luke 24:13-35 (the supper at Emmaus): In this lithograph, Maurice Denis offers a contemporary … Continue reading →

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Meta Quest 2 VR replacing 3D Cinemas/TV

Posted on April 16, 2025 by timlyg

More and more cool features with these VR goggles. I wish I have higher resolution (i.e. Apple's Vision Pro or even Meta Quest 3). But since Nadia bought Quest 2 for my birthday, which took me about a year to … Continue reading →

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Convert Video/Movie files to MKVs with Embedded Subtitles

Posted on April 16, 2025 by timlyg

Because some of my TVs (i.e. Samsung) only plays subtitles when the file is MKV with embedded subtitles, I have to convert my mp4, etc. files into MKV and merge the srt subtitle files in MKV (My LG TV could … Continue reading →

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Origin of Chinese Dialects

Posted on April 16, 2025 by timlyg

This is interesting:

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AI, Artists, Copyright

Posted on April 16, 2025 by timlyg

They can keep trying, argument for the existence of "intellectual property", and demand AI to pay them for being artists. They can debate from various perspective relating to human rights or humanity, but bottom line, this is really just about … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Week

Posted on April 15, 2025 by timlyg

4/17/2025 Getting ready to bring SSD HDD and Windows 10/11 USB flash drives to Penang to meet TomTom's laptop for repair (Acer Aspire A515-51 n17c4). He was told the HDD was damaged. But this laptop carries both M.2 slot (from … Continue reading →

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AI Tool: Audio to Text

Posted on April 11, 2025 by timlyg

This is one important tool for me as I could convert tons of sermons, lectures into text and even subtitle (with time stamps). Not only are they good for subtitles, but they are also go for searching keywords in speeches … Continue reading →

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