Category Archives: Projects

2022 Holland Ridge Tulip Tour

Posted on April 22, 2022 by timlyg

Went in the morning 9am-1pm ticket, $13/person, Nadia and I. Huge properties, cars parking in the hundreds if not thousands. But other than color varieties, the beds are basically the same, just many of them. There was a smaller food … Continue reading →

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Carport Project

Posted on April 13, 2022 by timlyg

Since Nadia keeps talking about it, to put a roof above our car when parked in our driveway, I figure this is a good project to look into and build it myself. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=build+carport Youtube has many good resources above. Considerations: … Continue reading →

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Bach's St. Matthew's Passion BWV 244

Posted on April 4, 2022 by timlyg

Not long ago, thanks to Alex, I joined the virtual workshop presented by David Chin, a Malaysian, who is a conductor, on St. Matthew's Passion by Bach. It's a great introductory into this fantastic work of Bach. Good thing I … Continue reading →

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Thoughts

Posted on December 28, 2021 by timlyg

China against Chinese abroad - I thought to myself after watching this very briefly: that the 七步诗 at the end is rather motivating, though I care not much about the main content of it. I believe it can be a … Continue reading →

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Freshwater Fishing

Posted on December 23, 2021 by timlyg

Perhaps I should try it, with the nearest beach near us being known to be contaminated with Vibriosis. I have a foldable kayak that has not been tried. Time to look up those freshwater fishing spots. But unlike saltwater fishing, … Continue reading →

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Thoughts

Posted on December 20, 2021 by timlyg

Fascia wind damage, huge storm the night before we went for vacation in the West Coast (Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Grand Canyons). I heard window banging sounds by the broken hanging pieces, but couldn't do anything about it, disturbed my … Continue reading →

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Astronomy: Why do the times of sunrise and sunset change at different rates?

Posted on December 6, 2021 by timlyg

I should make a youtube video on this once I understood it. Need to boost my Youtube subscriber number for $. I noticed in Nov/Dec the Sunset time reverses sooner than the Sunrise time. Here's the answer. Source: Steve Ford: … Continue reading →

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Human Calculator - Scott Flansburg

Posted on October 19, 2021 by timlyg

Proposing a new calendar. I haven't gotten a chance to check it out but he seems legit with his math skills.

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Speaker Diarization

Posted on September 11, 2021 by timlyg

In my research for removing translator's audio parts in a lecture, I've come across this term: Speaker diarization. It's the method to distinguish different speaker voices. It was cute at first, but after listening to many of Stephen Tong's videos, … Continue reading →

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Search for most reviewed sites on Google Map for a Specific Area

Posted on July 31, 2021 by timlyg

So far, the best source for this is https://www.top-rated.online/ but the only problem is it doesn't show a map so there's no control over the radius of the search area. And the towns you can search for maybe rather limited. … Continue reading →

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