Ownership
After a typical fall storm in central New Jersey, my lawn was covered with fallen leaves and tree branches. It’s just such a headache because I have to pick up all the fallen branches by hand before I could get… Read More »Ownership
After a typical fall storm in central New Jersey, my lawn was covered with fallen leaves and tree branches. It’s just such a headache because I have to pick up all the fallen branches by hand before I could get… Read More »Ownership
It was about two months ago, my son’s second last game for the 2020 season of his soccer travel team. I don’t even remember the score of the game, but only our trip back home from the game. The trip… Read More »“Play Hard”
Got another opportunity to “chat” with my son yesterday, which I would never get it wasted. 😀 It was towards the end of the day, after he spent a lot of time during the day on absolutely nothing except all… Read More »My son asked me this million-dollar question, “what’s the meaning of life?”, and he is 11.
This is what I wrote in a previous blog, “So the criterion of making a choice is really all about right or wrong, rather than how you feel (like or dislike),” a message I’ve repeatedly given to my son and… Read More »Right or wrong – all about character
Around Black Friday every year is my computer-building time, for the discounts of computer parts and the spare time I have during the holiday, and purely as a hobby. I did this gaming rig last year, which since has replaced… Read More »My first mini-PC build
True story… The husband enjoys Costco Butter Pound Cakes. In a morning he opened up a new one and, like what he always did, cut each cake into three even-sized pieces so that for the next nine days he could… Read More »Strategic Thinking, Or Not
Every fall around the middle of September (for central New Jersey), I seed a small area of new lawn just to gradually improve the condition of the lawn that the previous owner left me. This year was no different. Two… Read More »Seeding New Lawn
Daily MaintenancePump time, 6am – 3pm MorningCleaning off surface leaves, debris, dead insects;Check chlorine level;Add half spoon of the chlorine if necessary. EveningCleaning off surface leaves, debris, dead insects;Cleaning up collected leaves, debris, etc. in the skimmer. Before kids playing… Read More »Pool maintenance diary
I have been intrigued by the capability of pfSense firewall for a while, but also been feeling intimidated by its “rumored” complexity for the initial set-up. The whole family is dependent on house wi-fi nowadays for almost everything they do… Read More »pfSense Firewall for Home Network
These are the “principles” that I put together, targeting the kids as its main audience during their school closure period in facing the Covid-19 virus challenges.