Category Archives: Projects

The Calculating of the Solar System

Posted on January 17, 2015 by timlyg

It always fascinates me what Kepler came up. The challenge now is to figure a way to put this on Pebble, a watch that my wife gifted me on last Christmas.

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Coursera: 史記（一）（Shi-ji (1) ）

Posted on January 9, 2015 by timlyg

By 呂世浩 Shih-Hao Lu Course Syllabus 第一講    導論&太史公自序（一）（主題：什麼是責任？） 第二講    太史公自序（二）（主題：以俟後世聖人君子） 第三講    報任少卿書（主題：誰為為之？孰令聽之？） 第四講    報任少卿書（主題：太史公牛馬走司馬遷） 第五講    五帝本紀（主題：好學深思，心知其意） 第六講    吳太伯世家（主題：道德與成敗） 第七講    伯夷列傳（主題：儻所謂天道，是邪非邪？） 史記: 一共 130 篇 （白話解釋 1， 2）

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Coursera: Computational Investing, Part I

Posted on December 26, 2014 by timlyg

By Tucker Bulch from Georgia Tech. I do not understand all those hedge, mutual funds stuff. But I will take away with me some important terms. Risk 1: Standard deviation of return (volatility) Risk 2: Draw Down (size of drop) … Continue reading →

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On Ethics: Disproving Gay Marriage

Posted on December 8, 2014 by timlyg

This will be an ongoing work. Perhaps I need to take the Ethics course in philosophy. The basis of my thesis is this: A (male-only?) gay marriage family world inevitably expects some mothers to give up their babies. A heterosexual … Continue reading →

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Redeemer Sunday Service W83 11:30AM Service 2014-11-16 Sermon by Rev. Abraham Cho

Posted on November 17, 2014 by timlyg

This time, pastor Cho was doing expository preaching on Psalm 27. With some thoughts and study on my phone, I was trying to keep up, I barely finish studying the Psalm when the sermon ended, but loved it! Ernest Becker … Continue reading →

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Kuha'o

Posted on November 13, 2014 by timlyg

Every so often, one wonders if there really was such genius who could pick up complicated tunes by heart. They were seen in made up movies, but rarely mentioned in real life. One would assume, they have perfect pitch, being … Continue reading →

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8 cool alternate uses for an Android smart phone!

Posted on November 3, 2014 by timlyg

Some ideas are not bad. Hints on what apps to use for smart phone as webcam or GPS locator. Though I have not tried them to evaluate it. Thus, categorized as project.

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Shia LaBeouf Becomes Christian

Posted on October 21, 2014 by timlyg

Due to Brad Pitt's film "Fury (2014)". Now I'll just have to watch the film to determine what's really going on. LaBeouf's role appears to be a Christian Soldier. LaBeouf's mother was Jewish and his father was pentecostal. They were … Continue reading →

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The City College Class: ECO 102500 Principles of Microeconomics

Posted on October 9, 2014 by timlyg

The key lesson here is to understand terminologies more than the math. Prof. Jonatan Jelen was rated funny online. That his teaching is more on jokes than content. Nothing about his assistance, "Don", who substitutes Jelen from time to time. … Continue reading →

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The City College CUNY Class: CSC 10400 Discrete Mathematical Structures

Posted on October 8, 2014 by timlyg

Professor Octavio Betancourt T.A. Mohammed Shibli Saadi Text: Grimaldi, Ralph P. Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics, An Applied Introduction, 5th Edition, Addison-Wesley. Downloaded online, free. Looks like the professor had the same version for his projector use. The syllabus covers only … Continue reading →

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