Bill and Bobbie Irvine | The Ballroom Elite Legends May 31, 2025 Ballroom Elite Legends honors two of the most famous names in ballroom dance — Bill and Bobbie Irvine. Known for their perfect technique,…
Any human studies of Calcium AKG and increased lifespan? May 28, 2025 I recently have been interested in longevity which I believe is a field that will be massively growing in the coming years, and…
Longevity studies: what’s hot right now? May 23, 2025 Longevity seems to be a really fast developing field and of course, at my age, I want to do the best I can…
Longevity escape velocity roadmap 2025 May 21, 2025 The Road to Longevity Escape Velocity: A Strategic Framework for Staying Alive Long Enough to Reap the Benefits of Radical Life Extension As…
Tips for reducing usage in cursor and avoiding repetitive loops May 21, 2025 How to Avoid Wasting Credits on Cursor AI When You’re Stuck Someone recently asked me how to avoid getting into those repetitive loops…
How money laundering works with fentanyl May 21, 2025 Money laundering is complicated, which is one of the reasons it thrives. Let’s look at fentanyl, Mexico, and China… There are many Chinese…
The universe is not shaped like a ball May 17, 2025 Often when people think of something like the Big Bang, which is still highly speculative, they imagine the known universe starting as a…
Comparison: healthcare in the United States versus Canada May 16, 2025 Something is not adding up… America vs. Canada: What Are We Paying For? In 2024, the U.S. spent $14,570 per person on healthcare—nearly…
Google losing search share? May 9, 2025 Is Google finally going to start to decline? They have dominated search, and along with it, paid ad advertising, for more than a…
How to Rehome a Cat: A Complete Guide for Responsible Pet Owners April 26, 2025 Rehoming a cat can be one of the toughest decisions any pet owner will face. Whether due to unexpected life changes, financial difficulties,…
Nocturia in Men: Why You Wake Up to Pee at Night — and How Melatonin and Magnesium Might Help April 26, 2025 Waking up to use the bathroom occasionally isn’t a big deal, but it can become quite frustrating when it happens every night. I…
Thai learning app: Thai letters and words April 11, 2025 I built a new … Thai language learning app … mainly for myself, but I thought I would share it with the rest…
Travel Hacks to Save Money as a Digital Nomad April 8, 2025 Life on the road can get expensive, but with a few clever strategies, you can stretch your budget, enjoy better experiences, and travel…
Are you superstitious about numbers? April 6, 2025 When you’re presented with a set of numbers or you have to choose one, are there certain numbers you avoid? For me, I…
The water in our body comes from everything April 5, 2025 How Many Water Molecules Are in Your Body? The human body is about 60% water by weight. If you weigh around 185 pounds…
Determining the strike zone April 4, 2025 I never realized that the top of the strike zone was between the top of the shoulders and the top of the pants…
Affirmations in English, Chinese and Spanish April 1, 2025 Daily Affirmations for Strength, Clarity, and Growth Most days when I get on the elliptical machine at the gym, I use a set…
Yoga and longevity March 18, 2025 I started practicing yoga because I found there were certain parts of my body that were becoming less flexible such as my upper…
Meta AI using content from LibGen and Z-Library? February 7, 2025 Interesting story where Meta torrented nearly 100 TB of books from the pirate site LibGen and Z-library. This is virtually ALL books. It…
Sichuan-Italian Fusion January 31, 2025 Sichuan-Italian fusion. Bowtie pasta with assorted vegetables and sichuan peppercorns. If you have never had Szechuan peppercorns, it’s interesting because they make your…
Common Greetings for the Year of the Snake January 30, 2025 Well, the Chinese New Year just past, and it is now the year of the snake according to the Chinese Lunar Calendar. And…
Top WordPress Alternatives 2025 January 28, 2025 Very interesting to see that ChatGPT is mentioning phpLD as a top WordPress alternative! This is a PHP CMS that I created with…
DeepSeek vs ChatGPT: China is catching up January 22, 2025 Last night I installed the new LLM chat tool called DeepSeek, and I found it to be quite awesome! First of all, it…
AI Viennese Waltz: Erie and beautiful January 21, 2025 Well, I made a Viennese Waltz song with AI and I am pretty impressed. I’m not sure that I would be able to…
Lacy Park Closed so walked up the staircase to see the nearby neighborhood January 20, 2025 I went to a couple of places I haven’t been to in a long time because I haven’t been in California recently. But…
Migration from TikTok to Little Red Book. January 14, 2025 I’ve been getting some messages from my Chinese friends that everybody is switching from TikTok, over to a Little Red Book 小红书. I’ve…
Remembering my lesson with Andrew Sinkinson January 14, 2025 So yesterday, a great dancer by the name of Andrew Sinkinson passed away and will be greatly missed. There’s a big RIP Andrew…
S&P 500 P/E ratio in near record territory January 13, 2025 If we look at the price to earnings ratio or P/E ratio for the S&P 500 right now it’s right around 30 which…
Icy conditions in Buford Georgia January 11, 2025 It snowed yesterday, followed by some freezing rain and sleet, and the roads were not very safe to drive on. A lot of…
Success with the 16:8 Intermittent fasting diet January 10, 2025 I first started hearing about intermittent fasting a year or two ago. I believe there were some people like Rich Roll, who were…
Step on Small People 踩小人 January 9, 2025 My friend sent me a picture of the socks, and I had a little difficulty finding the meaning. Especially the first character was…
Crêpe with egg, cheese, ham, and some more goodies January 7, 2025 This came out pretty good. It’s a crêpe with scrabbled eggs, black forest, ham, multicolored peppers, some pepper, jack and cheddar cheese mix,…
Too many ads on Facebook and Google means declining market share January 6, 2025 Is it just me or is Facebook putting more ads inside the feeds these days? When I scroll down, I feel like there’s…
Personal care home in Buford, Georgia January 6, 2025 Well, my mom has been living at generous care personal care home for nearly a month now and I’m pleased with the results…
AI shoes: some amazing styles to choose from! January 6, 2025 Perhaps 20 years ago I worked for Showtime dance shoes in Atlanta, Georgia and I learned a lot about dancing shoes. Many moons…
Overcoming procrastination is part of most New Year’s resolutions January 1, 2025 I think everyone experiences the feeling that they are procrastinating sometimes. That’s often just because the path to completing something or moving forward…
Painting of an old mill in the fall, likely somewhere in North Carolina December 22, 2024 This is a painting that hung in my grandparents house for many years and was hung in my parents house. My grandmother, Mary…
Marriage of Mary Bonita Vogt and James David DuVal December 22, 2024 I don’t know whether to call this a plaque or a surfing tray, but this hung in my grandparents house for many years….
Using ChatGPT to assess CT scans of the brain December 21, 2024 It’s interesting how if I ask ChatGPT about the scans, it basically tells me the same thing the doctor told me and maybe…
Sweet Hut in Buford October 26, 2024 This café has a little bit of a 85° bakery feel and they have a section of baked goods where you can get…
Joro Spider October 22, 2024 This appears to be a Joro spider weaving a web in the backyard. It seems the spiders came from East Asia, but have…
Most expensive pretzel October 22, 2024 Yes, for the heck of it we ordered a $14 pretzel. I bought it at a place called Parma’s Tavern in Buford, Georgia….
Travel idea: Kazungula quadripoint area October 21, 2024 This seems like a cool idea and I’d get the opportunity to visit four countries. It looks like it would cost somewhere around…
My Zodiac Sign: Cancer, Ruling Planet: the Moon October 19, 2024 I won’t say this is all true, but this is a technical analysis of my Zodiac sign. It is interesting to read. 🙂…
My trip to Paris and the Eiffel Tower October 19, 2024 Below are some pictures from my trip to Paris and the Eiffel Tower. A lot of people were telling me that Paris had…
Replit review October 18, 2024 So after hearing some good things about Replit, I decided to give it a try. It’s basically an AI application for building apps…
ChatGPT speaking Thai and Cantonese much better October 18, 2024 One improvement that I haven’t seen mentioned by many is the improvements ChatGPT is making on a wider and wider array of languages…
Language Learning Apps (private lesson teachers) October 17, 2024 So for a long time, I was taking lessons on Italki. During Covid I took a Chinese lesson every day and I remember…
A caregiver for the Kurklis family October 15, 2024 So after I got the news that my mom had been in the hospital, I soon came back to my hometown of Atlanta….
Embracing Ai (or not) September 23, 2024 As I think about the influence AI has made on the digital landscape in a short period of time, and factoring in the…
Work-Life Balance and Personal Growth: The Key to Staying Resilient September 22, 2024 As an entrepreneur, balancing work and life can feel like walking a tightrope. It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day of…
Core Web Vitals and Adsense seem to correlate September 22, 2024 I just made an interesting discovery about how Google’s Core Web Vitals can impact AdSense earnings—and it’s not what I expected! Here’s what…
Big Dalton Wilderness Area (Shady Hike in LA) August 24, 2024 Of course Los Angeles can get pretty hot in August, so I was looking for a shady hike not too far from where…
Amateur Luna Cats Pencil and Pen Drawings ルナ August 23, 2024 I actually didn’t know about about Luna Cats (ルナ, Runa), but when I had covid in 2021, I drew a lot of drawing…
Who Am I? 我是谁？ August 9, 2024 This was one of the slides at an event I attended last night. Everyone spoke Chinese, and the speaker gave a lecture for…
Commemorating the Monterey Park Shooting August 4, 2024 I had the honor (finally) of coming to see many of the survivors of the Monterey Park shooting that occured on January 11,…
Chinese and English Meetup group in Irvine August 4, 2024 It’s been about 3 years since I became the organizer of the Irvine Chinese and English Meetup group. Not only do we have…
Bought a New Car August 4, 2024 Well, I finished my trip around the world, and I was in Los Angeles for a month without a car. I rented a…
Finding Hope: My Journey to Tinnitus Habituation August 4, 2024 In early 2021 I got Tinnitus, which is a constant ringing in the ears. The tinnitus was probably triggered by one of three…
Marvelous Hiking and Ziplining at Waterfalls near Yaremche, Ukraine June 12, 2024 I had a great time hiking with Volodymyr and Julia to a waterfall near Yaremche Ukraine. The night before we spent the night…
Post-Soviet Palace of Culture: beautiful relic or symbol of communism? June 1, 2024 I had a great time taking these pictures and talking with a couple of locals. I asked them if the Soviets built it,…
Discovering the UAE: Surprising Freedom, Diverse Cultures, and Modern Marvels May 23, 2024 A Welcoming Blend of Cultures and People The United Arab Emirates is an amazing place, and surprisingly open and free. of course it’s…
Celebrity Moment: Hobnobbing with Tom Arnold and Gwen Stefani at a Cancer Benefit May 21, 2024 It’s been a while (2018?), so I don’t remember all the details, but I recall this was a Cancer benefit, and perhaps it…
Amateur Drawings of Harry Potter Characters May 19, 2024 Back in 2021 when I was having sleep problems during Covid, I made a series of drawings, including the below Harry Potter characters:…
A Lifetime of Connections and a New Era of Exploration May 19, 2024 Early Life and First Steps in Travel Recently I heard someone say this is the Age of Travel, and talking about how easy…
India Culture Shock: Food Poisoning and Trash Collection May 11, 2024 Balancing Respect and Sharing Experiences When it comes to posting about my travel experiences, I feel like sometimes there’s a balance I have…
The Societe of Mareen Duvall Descendants Document April 24, 2024
Our cats photos from Spring 2002 April 24, 2024 These are my cats from more than 15 years ago. Captain, Eartha and Prissy.
Vogt Photo Album April 23, 2024
Another Coat of Arms April 23, 2024
John M. Voght and Miss Maggie Vassie – Marriage Certificate April 23, 2024
Home of John Walker Vogt April 23, 2024
Pearl N. McEwen – History Needs Attention April 23, 2024 How fitting it is, after so many years, for our families to meet hereduring Dunnellon’s celebration of its past, to which our Vogt…
Albertus Vogt – Moving Notice and Obituary April 23, 2024 From The Leesburg Commercial (1904) _____ By _____ NE South & East Fla. Publishing Co.JOS. H. C. PRATT, – – Editor. We notice by the Bartow Courier-Informant that our friend,…
Albertus Vogt – To My Sweetheart April 23, 2024 North StreetLakeland (FL) 1914 To-my-Sweetheart (Dedicated to Marguerite.)now my wife God’s truest artist wrought your formWith subtle graces in its curves,And strength and…
Albertus Vogt – Article from Ocala Daily Banner April 23, 2024 This is taken from a newspaper article, written by Albertus Vogt, and publishedin the Ocala Daily Banner, Wednesday, August 10, 1910. Albertus describes…
Life in Florida – by Albertus Vogt April 23, 2024 Copy ofNewspaper Clipping, dated June 28, 1889 LIFE IN FLORIDA by ALBERTUS VOGT THE WITHLACOOCHEE “The water-lily dips its vase of snowOn many a…
Albertus Vogt – Excerpts from a personal autobiography April 23, 2024 Excerpts from a personal autobiography of Albertus Vogt, which was printed in the Ocala Banner in 1893. “In my memory there is a…
A Tribute to a Benefactor – by L. L. Aiken April 23, 2024 From: The Dunnellon Citizen C. Y. Miller, Publisher Published Every Friday Member of the Florida Press Assn.Ore Dollar a Year Affiliated with the National Editorial Assn. The…
From Grandmother Marguerite Vassie Vogt’s Bible April 23, 2024 FAMILY RECORD Marriages Page 1: John W. Vogt and Maggie Vassie, married November 21, 1889 at Dunnellon, Florida. Adelaide Bonita Vogt and Claude…
A brief description of a beautiful lady our grandmother Margaret Vassie Vogt April 23, 2024 Below follows an article written by my grandmother, Mary Vogt Duval. I never new I had ancestors from Hamilton, Ontario! A kind, loving,…
John Walker Vogt Letter August 17, 1901 April 23, 2024 JOHN WALKER VOGT Margaret Vassie’s first husband was a tall, handsome man with blue eyesand black hair, who was known to be a…
What Is David DuVal doing now? February 24, 2024 many people have been asking what David Duval has been doing recently. I’m not sure which David Duval they’re talking about, but since…
David DuVal Net Worth January 16, 2024 So being in digital marketing and web development, of course I am always studying websites to see what attracts people to them. Unfortunately,…
AuroIN January 6, 2024 It has been a great please to come to Bhubaneswar, India to visit one of the Auroin offices. 20 years ago I met…
Domeey May 26, 2023 I don’t always post about software projects that I am involved in, but this one is interesting, because it is the first app…
Morning Prayer April 22, 2023 This is a prayer my grandparents read to me by my bedside as I was preparing to go to sleep as a child:…
Monterey Park Shooting January 26, 2023 In the blink of an eye 20+ people were shot at the studio where I worked for 10 years. The manager that hired…
Chinese Dialects Project January 3, 2023 I always try to keep one fun project for myself that consumes around 10% of my time. Over the years I have dabbled…
Blueberry Buttermilk Pancakes April 14, 2020 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Mauris ultrices eros in…
The Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie April 13, 2020 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Nunc eget lorem dolor…
French Buttercream Macarons April 10, 2020 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Nunc eget lorem dolor…
The BEST BBQ Chicken Pizza April 10, 2020 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Nunc eget lorem dolor…
Smoky Chipotle Burger Patties April 10, 2020 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Nunc eget lorem dolor…
Chocolate Spice Cake April 9, 2020 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Nunc eget lorem dolor…
Fourth Chinese Novel – 骆驼祥子 September 16, 2019 Mostly I write here simply to document my progress in Chinese. With each book I read, I look up fewer and fewer characters,…
Vogt Family Documents August 7, 2019 My grandmother maintains many records about our family, which I believe my mother has now, but here follows a little bit of what…
How Vietnamese nail salons got their start in America July 29, 2019 I never realized that there is an actress named Tippi Hedren who was in the movie The Birds, and who was an inspiration…
I’m related to Charlemagne June 23, 2019 Perhaps there are millions of people related to Charlemagne, but I am one of them, and my grandmother was an avid genealogist, who…
My First Post in 2002 June 5, 2019 Just made a couple of small edits (I don’t like broken links or bad formatting). At the time, I was probably using Dreamweaver….
Ballroom Elite Legends honors two of the most famous names in ballroom dance — Bill and Bobbie Irvine. Known for their perfect technique,…
How to Avoid Wasting Credits on Cursor AI When You’re Stuck Someone recently asked me how to avoid getting into those repetitive loops…
Money laundering is complicated, which is one of the reasons it thrives. Let’s look at fentanyl, Mexico, and China… There are many Chinese…
Rehoming a cat can be one of the toughest decisions any pet owner will face. Whether due to unexpected life changes, financial difficulties,…
Waking up to use the bathroom occasionally isn’t a big deal, but it can become quite frustrating when it happens every night. I…
I built a new … Thai language learning app … mainly for myself, but I thought I would share it with the rest…
Life on the road can get expensive, but with a few clever strategies, you can stretch your budget, enjoy better experiences, and travel…
When you’re presented with a set of numbers or you have to choose one, are there certain numbers you avoid? For me, I…
How Many Water Molecules Are in Your Body? The human body is about 60% water by weight. If you weigh around 185 pounds…
I never realized that the top of the strike zone was between the top of the shoulders and the top of the pants…
Daily Affirmations for Strength, Clarity, and Growth Most days when I get on the elliptical machine at the gym, I use a set…
I started practicing yoga because I found there were certain parts of my body that were becoming less flexible such as my upper…
Interesting story where Meta torrented nearly 100 TB of books from the pirate site LibGen and Z-library. This is virtually ALL books. It…
Sichuan-Italian fusion. Bowtie pasta with assorted vegetables and sichuan peppercorns. If you have never had Szechuan peppercorns, it’s interesting because they make your…
Well, the Chinese New Year just past, and it is now the year of the snake according to the Chinese Lunar Calendar. And…
Very interesting to see that ChatGPT is mentioning phpLD as a top WordPress alternative! This is a PHP CMS that I created with…
Last night I installed the new LLM chat tool called DeepSeek, and I found it to be quite awesome! First of all, it…
Well, I made a Viennese Waltz song with AI and I am pretty impressed. I’m not sure that I would be able to…
I went to a couple of places I haven’t been to in a long time because I haven’t been in California recently. But…
I’ve been getting some messages from my Chinese friends that everybody is switching from TikTok, over to a Little Red Book 小红书. I’ve…
So yesterday, a great dancer by the name of Andrew Sinkinson passed away and will be greatly missed. There’s a big RIP Andrew…
If we look at the price to earnings ratio or P/E ratio for the S&P 500 right now it’s right around 30 which…
It snowed yesterday, followed by some freezing rain and sleet, and the roads were not very safe to drive on. A lot of…
I first started hearing about intermittent fasting a year or two ago. I believe there were some people like Rich Roll, who were…
My friend sent me a picture of the socks, and I had a little difficulty finding the meaning. Especially the first character was…
This came out pretty good. It’s a crêpe with scrabbled eggs, black forest, ham, multicolored peppers, some pepper, jack and cheddar cheese mix,…
Is it just me or is Facebook putting more ads inside the feeds these days? When I scroll down, I feel like there’s…
Well, my mom has been living at generous care personal care home for nearly a month now and I’m pleased with the results…
Perhaps 20 years ago I worked for Showtime dance shoes in Atlanta, Georgia and I learned a lot about dancing shoes. Many moons…
I think everyone experiences the feeling that they are procrastinating sometimes. That’s often just because the path to completing something or moving forward…
This is a painting that hung in my grandparents house for many years and was hung in my parents house. My grandmother, Mary…
I don’t know whether to call this a plaque or a surfing tray, but this hung in my grandparents house for many years….
It’s interesting how if I ask ChatGPT about the scans, it basically tells me the same thing the doctor told me and maybe…
This café has a little bit of a 85° bakery feel and they have a section of baked goods where you can get…
This appears to be a Joro spider weaving a web in the backyard. It seems the spiders came from East Asia, but have…
Yes, for the heck of it we ordered a $14 pretzel. I bought it at a place called Parma’s Tavern in Buford, Georgia….
This seems like a cool idea and I’d get the opportunity to visit four countries. It looks like it would cost somewhere around…
I won’t say this is all true, but this is a technical analysis of my Zodiac sign. It is interesting to read. 🙂…
Below are some pictures from my trip to Paris and the Eiffel Tower. A lot of people were telling me that Paris had…
So after hearing some good things about Replit, I decided to give it a try. It’s basically an AI application for building apps…
One improvement that I haven’t seen mentioned by many is the improvements ChatGPT is making on a wider and wider array of languages…
So for a long time, I was taking lessons on Italki. During Covid I took a Chinese lesson every day and I remember…
As I think about the influence AI has made on the digital landscape in a short period of time, and factoring in the…
As an entrepreneur, balancing work and life can feel like walking a tightrope. It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day of…
I just made an interesting discovery about how Google’s Core Web Vitals can impact AdSense earnings—and it’s not what I expected! Here’s what…
This was one of the slides at an event I attended last night. Everyone spoke Chinese, and the speaker gave a lecture for…
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