Morph Chess: A Chess Variant Where Pieces Change After Every Move
I made a new chess variant called Morph Chess, and you can play Morph Chess against the computer here. The board starts from a normal chess…
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Reflections on work, life, culture, and whatever I’m trying to understand.
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How money laundering works with fentanyl
Money laundering is complicated, which is one of the reasons it thrives. Let’s look at fentanyl, Mexico, and China… There are many Chinese…
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The universe is not shaped like a ball
Often when people think of something like the Big Bang, which is still highly speculative, they imagine the known universe starting as a single…
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How to Rehome a Cat: A Complete Guide for Responsible Pet Owners
Rehoming a cat can be one of the toughest decisions any pet owner will face. Whether due to unexpected life changes, financial difficulties, or…
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Are you superstitious about numbers?
When you’re presented with a set of numbers or you have to choose one, are there certain numbers you avoid? For me, I tend to do the opposite. I…
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Determining the strike zone
I never realized that the top of the strike zone was between the top of the shoulders and the top of the pants on a baseball player. I thought it…
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Affirmations in English, Chinese and Spanish
Daily Affirmations for Strength, Clarity, and Growth Most days when I get on the elliptical machine at the gym, I use a set of affirmations like…
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S&P 500 P/E ratio in near record territory
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 is nearly unprecedented. It was only…
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Step on Small People 踩小人
My friend sent me a picture of the socks, and I had a little difficulty finding the meaning. Especially the first character was hard to read, but…
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Crêpe with egg, cheese, ham, and some more goodies
This came out pretty good. It’s a crêpe with scrabbled eggs, black forest, ham, multicolored peppers, some pepper, jack and cheddar cheese mix…
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Overcoming procrastination is part of most New Year’s resolutions
I think everyone experiences the feeling that they are procrastinating sometimes. That’s often just because the path to completing something or…
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Joro Spider
This appears to be a Joro spider weaving a web in the backyard. It seems the spiders came from East Asia, but have been more and more common in…
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My Zodiac Sign: Cancer, Ruling Planet: the Moon
I won't say this is all true, but this is a technical analysis of my Zodiac sign. It is interesting to read. :) My Zodiac Sign: Cancer (June 21 -…
Read articleA caregiver for the Kurklis family
So after I got the news that my mom had been in the hospital, I soon came back to my hometown of Atlanta. This is not something I was expecting…
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Embracing Ai (or not)
As I think about the influence AI has made on the digital landscape in a short period of time, and factoring in the speed at which things are…
Read articleBig Dalton Wilderness Area (Shady Hike in LA)
Of course Los Angeles can get pretty hot in August, so I was looking for a shady hike not too far from where I live in Azusa, and I was…
Read articleBought a New Car
Well, I finished my trip around the world, and I was in Los Angeles for a month without a car. I rented a car and I decided it’s better. I go…
Read articlePost-Soviet Palace of Culture: beautiful relic or symbol of communism?
I had a great time taking these pictures and talking with a couple of locals. I asked them if the Soviets built it, or the Polish, and they said…
Read articleCelebrity Moment: Hobnobbing with Tom Arnold and Gwen Stefani at a Cancer Benefit
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 was the Fred Hutchinson…
Read articleA Lifetime of Connections and a New Era of Exploration
Early Life and First Steps in Travel Recently I heard someone say this is the Age of Travel, and talking about how easy it has become to travel…
Read articleOur cats photos from Spring 2002
Captain Eartha Kitty Prissy Prissy-Captain Prissy-Captain Prissy-Captain Eartha Eartha-Prissy Captain Captain Prissy & Captain Prissy These are…
Read articleMorning Prayer
This is a prayer my grandparents read to me by my bedside as I was preparing to go to sleep as a child: "Father, we thank you for the night and…
Read articleHow Vietnamese nail salons got their start in America
I never realized that there is an actress named Tippi Hedren who was in the movie The Birds, and who was an inspiration to Vietnamese people who…
Read articleMy First Post in 2002
Just made a couple of small edits (I don't like broken links or bad formatting). At the time, I was probably using Dreamweaver. June 4th, 2002 -…
Read articleThe TIGER Approach to Life
My grandfather told me long ago about the TIGER approach to life, and it is as true today as ever. I hope you will think through this for your…
Read articleFailed Ideas
Failed ideas are great if you went through the process of trying to make something work, but you learned a lot in the process, and I suppose in…
Read articleEnjoying my New Chromebook
In internet years, I think a long time time passed during which time there was no suitable alternative to Windows at a good price. Sure, there…
Read articleMy Cats in 2006
In 2006, Shelley and I had 3 cats: Captain, Prissy and Eartha. Here they are... :) Prissy is Orange. Captain is White and you can see he lost an…
Read articleDo you love your enemy?
I wrote this a long time ago, June 3, 2007. Some of my writings were lost, but I wanted to revive this one. I liked what I wrote at the time: In…
Read article好久不见
The title of this post means: "Long Time, No See", and it is pronounced: "Hao Jiu Bu Jian". This was one of the first songs I learned to sing in…
Read article就写中文一点
今天我决定做新的设计在网站。 如果你是中国人，我觉得你会注意我的语法有几个错误。对不起！但是我真喜欢学习中文。所以我就练习写几个不同的信息。在这个信息从来我不用词典，就写几个句子。我的词汇不大，所以我就写知道的单词。谢谢！现在我要写几个越南语的句子，因为我喜欢学习越南语。哈哈😄 Tôi…
Read articleWhatever Happened to David DuVal?
You might have found me here because of my email address, or maybe you were searching for the famous golfer, David DuVal (I am not him). You will…
Read articlePrivacy Policy
Who we are Our website address is: https://david-duval.com. What personal data we collect and why we collect it Comments When visitors leave…
Read articleToday is my Birthday
Today was a relaxing day, and I enjoyed it very much. It wasn't that different from other days, but had some nice surprises, and I was around…
Read articleTaking Advantage of the Down Times
My wise grandfather told me that it is easy in the good times, but it is the people that can keep their wits in the down times that will do the…
Read articleSmoke in Atlanta
I've never seen anything like it. There is smoke throughout the city. You walk outside and the visability is very low. For me it is causing my…
Read articleWorking with Nice People
I was speaking to a lady who had run a multi-million dollar translation service the other day. She has decided to sponsor us in he relatively new…
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