6/13/2026 Saturday
Finally tested this AI recommended antenna: RCA ANT705E, which I bought from Home Depot a couple days ago. Nadia wanted to watch NBA a few days ago, and the incoming FIFA hype, got me looking into the DTV antenna solution once again. I had previously given up on this project because the indoor antennas that I've experimented with weren't too great at reception, I was pointing the opposite direction, South, instead of 52 degree (North East) facing Manhattan where the sources come from. Also, I did not know how to ground an antenna should I desire to install it outdoor out on the roof. NBA's playing on ABC, FIFA's on FOX. These are live DTV for free. Without the antenna, you can only look into pay option in America. Good thing most of them offer free trial. So many have decided to just do the free trial just to watch the games and cancel them later in a few days. I'm doing this with Youtube TV, which also streams these games live.
RCA ANT705E test is a success with the TV from the Baby Room. So now I wait for my mini portable TV to arrive. It's purpose for now would be for me to test the mini TV in the attic. If attic signal is strong, then I will look into drilling a hole from the attic to where the Verizon Box on the outside wall of my house is. I've tested the previous owner's coaxial cable coming into the master bedroom, from the Verizon Panel on the outside wall of the house front, and it works great with this antenna. So the long coaxial line has no issue. The coaxial line is also split into two from the Verizon box outside. One to the master bedroom, the other into the office.
I'm thinking of getting a simpler indoor TV Antenna from TEMU (less than $5) or something, for the Baby's Room.
I plan to not cut any existing cable from previous owner as the new antenna can work with two even three of our TVs. May need to buy some kind of signal booster.
According to ChannelMaster.com, South Amboy supposed to receive up to 122 channels, but I think I can only get max of 71 channels, from the attic (I don't think it matters if the antenna goes to the roof or not).
6/12/2026 Friday
A rather intriguing testimony: Allie Beth Stuckey interviewed Haley Furst, who began as a very evangelical Christian, got raped when kindly offered a ride to a guy in a car, traumatized by it enough to be ashamed to be a woman, decided to transgender to male, and later came back to God. This is a serious topic to consider about how a woman should find caution in evangelism, especially to men in private, and Furst was not the only one I've heard such sexual assault testimony from due to the desire to evangelize. For men, the reverse parallel risk is not as devastating but could be as seriously lack of judgment as well - as far as being led away from God due to lust of flesh (for men), rather than being traumatized into self shaming (for women) - both are forms of despising God and His holy creativity. I also appreciate Haley's sharing on how parents should deal with a LGBTQ identifying child - that is to keep loving him/her, peaceful reconciliation over ideological principles, but also watch out for their physical well-being at the same time.
One advice example on how a church could react to LGBTQ+ visitors @45:30 - after asking them for the truth of their identity, and if they're willing to tell, just respond with "I'm so glad you still come to church because that's hard", "A lot of people wouldn't do that and I'm glad that you still show up at church.":
6/8/2026 Monday
How LLM works. Here could be a good start to understand it.