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Received my second Moderna dose today
Today at 2:23 PM, I received my second Moderna dose. My second dose had been scheduled for August 29, but thanks to the vaccination acceleration, I managed to reschedule it early this week, and finally got it this afternoon. So far, I am feeling normal, which is similar to the first dose. But maybe in…
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Back to UofT campus on May 23, first time in the past 14 months
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I had received calls from Amazon drivers asking if I would like my packages delivered for months, and today I finally fixed this issue
For months, I had received calls from Amazon drivers asking me if I would like my packages. “Of course”, I would always tell them. But still, I was wondering why this happened so frequently. Until probably two months ago, I asked the Amazon driver why you always asked me this question. I thought it was…
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Received my first COVID-19 dose on May 9
Going to receive my first COVID-19 dose tomorrow. I recovered 100% about two days after the shot. I will have my second does in late August. Almost four months hope that as more vaccine doses are coming, the appointment could be advanced. By the way, the vaccine I received was Moderna. I preferred Pfizer actually,…
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Booked my vaccine appointment
Booked my vaccine appointment today. I will be vaccinated next Sunday.
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How to install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack on a Ubuntu VPS to host websites
This article is about how I deploy a Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (LAMP) environment on my DigitalOcean VPS. I wrote this article in Chinese originally. I borrowed some ideas from the internet.
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Personal Website Update: Hover Panel
I was doing a refurbishment for my personal website right here. The idea came from Felix Wong. In the hover panel, first thing first, there is the area for the menu. Below the menu, there is a search bar. Under the search bar, there is an area for widgets. In the end, there is the…
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Happy New Year of the Ox
Today is the first day of the Year of the Ox, which happens once in twelve years. So, whether you are celebrating it or not, I wish you a prosperous year!
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You Can Now Use Your Face to Play the Classical Snake Game
Did you use to be addicted to Snake? Now, with the help of a TensorFlow model called PoseNet, you can get a totally different experience with this classical game. That’s because: You can now use your face to control the snake! Have a try here: https://projects.chenpan.xyz/snake/ Demo Acknowledgements:
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Get UofT Access
A Chrome extension that automatically redirects webpages to myaccess.utoronto.ca with one-click. Save people’s time! It may take people 5 seconds to 10 seconds to copy and paste myaccess.utoronto.ca in the address bar, but now it is just one click. More Background: For many papers we find online, they are not free or are login-required. For…