Pandemic Diary #64 – ahhhh (8 Aug 2021)

still need to figure out how to get more actual exercise into my life. right now ebike = zero exercise. the pedals are so slow that it’s really demotivating to use them. got bike for $270, added in folding pedals $15 super nice addition. dream ish ebike is $720 incl. shipping right now.

have already thrown bike into trunk twice, the second time only possible due to folding. wow…. i’m so lazy.

  • access to FARCC for ipython for PANN
  • get larger dataset? do cleaning for research
  • A* search for contract
  • apply, apply, apply (i’ve done…2 places so far…)
  • holding pattern for onboarding
  • take labmates / friends sailing. this is stressing me out. it’s low priority. take them out spontaneously instead of trying to organize grand outing
    • labmates are graduating! it’s sad to not see them in person again before they leave… weird feeling
  • so. much. paperwork

okay, one step at a time. for instance, laundry.

feel bad to not care more about global covid situation, about trying to contribute to delta issues. also that maybe i should care more generally about research timeline, and take advantage of being student. like if i just focused i could get this over with

Pandemic Diary #63 – Five Star Universal Recipe (for vegetables) (6 Aug 2021)

放之四海而皆准:-):

热油
翻炒
加盐
翻炒
出差不多水后焖一下
软了加酱油 再焖一下
起锅

— Dad

English Translation

It is universally applicable :-):

Heat oil
Stir fry
Add salt
Stir fry
After the (vegetable) juices are almost out, cover it and simmer
When it’s soft, add soy sauce, cover and simmer again
Out of pot

— Dad

For spiciness, Add peppers when stir frying

Watermelon Peel Recipe

Well, it is cooked using the universal recipe just mentioned.

Will upload picture of final product later today (it’s a bit darker with the soy sauce added, if you’re cooking by color)

I had some for dinner, and rate the recipe 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Pandemic Diary #62 – fashionable masking, natural disasters, summer lull (2 Aug 2021)

grave’s lighthouse. has a single mooring buoy! same day also did anchoring outside great brewster island, exciting doing it without depth sensor

puzzles

galactic puzzlehunt was a html5 feast, didn’t contribute much, still infancy of puzzle solving abilities

feeling: purposeless. goal to sail across the ocean. not really a purpose… just a goal. (intermediate: newport-halifax, bermuda)

media

  • read: Destined for War, Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?; marine accidents investigation branch
  • watched: The Imperial Coroner (ep 1- 31, three left), nautilus sailing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwV4eBAxWIY&ab_channel=NautilusSailing, cherry magic https://m.imdb.com/title/tt13243836/, annapolis book of seamanship (good)
  • listened: bbc more of less behind the statistics started back up!

on the list: captain ron, volvo ocean race, etc.

sailing

nautilus sailing – power of the computer! see in 3d, polished, etc. not dumb flash animations that don’t let you skip around… note: anchoring: include keel to depth sounder, and from bow to keel, and tide into anchoring calcs. (but also, with that much scope in anchorage, you would swing into other boats, so in practice use less than that). gybe- go ahead and center main completely before gybe. wing-on-wing — watch the main for crash jibe, and ignore the jib, it will behave correctly after a while. give way – port tack, and windward.

Nautilus Sailing cheatsheet:

https://www.youtube.com/c/NautilusSailing/videos

fashionable masking: got a black kn95 set, drew narwhal on it with sharpie

feel socially overwhelmed

world news

natural disasters: henan and germany flooding, the smoke blowing from canadian wildfires to boston, climate change is happening faster than I thought. and killing people. (but less than if we were less prosperous, without tech forecasting abilities). jeez. drowning underground in a slowly flooding subway car… T__T . myanmar military takeover, taliban …

covid

delta variant cluster even in 80% vaccinated provincetown. variant outbreak in vietnam, in nanjing china right after guangzhou under control. in australia. (not in new zealand) scary time.

also depressing to watch uk, canadian vaccination rates overtake USA despite our initial surge and early access to vaccines. also sad that i can’t participate

have engaged in such risky behavior with sailing, roommates. my roommates are flying basically every other week.

summer lull… miss my cat.

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/close-up-of-herman-the-cat-cat-passes-through-coast-guard-news-footage/504235053

herman the cat’s identification card

oh oops i already posted herman on the last post. oh well can’t hurt to have more cat

confirmed boba ice cream sighting in GA!

sailing a lot.

passing minot’s lighthouse at sunset
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minot’s_Ledge_Light

lightships

learned that nantucket (big red ship permanently docked) is a lighthouse-ship.

visiting nantucket, hours: april to november, saturdays, 10am to 4pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_lightship_Nantucket_(LV-112)

coding

hack apps… as portfolio projects… feline feeling ai app???

source: bbc

sealife

boston harbor sealife. A sealion? Not sure!

fish jumping out of the sea…

wonder what big fish was chasing them??

watching moonrise in the middle of ocean. unreal. huge, red, initially looked like fire. can see all the texture on the moon in detail… (but could not capture on phone)

time passing

i’ve circumnavigated the earth many times now, and acquired wisdom. didn’t think i’d make it here in undergrad, happy to be wrong.

roommates have barely known me for 30 days, gave me a birthday gift 0: people are nice.

todo: harvard paystub check, pay for mass health, remove from ambetter

projects blog (nouyang)