Posts on Timing Liuhttps://timingliu.org/post/Recent content in Posts on Timing LiuHugo -- gohugo.ioentimingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)© 2026 Tim LiuFri, 29 Aug 2025 16:19:28 +0100Part II: I won't write happy poemshttps://timingliu.org/post/2025-08-29-part-ii-i-won-t-write-happy-poems/Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2025-08-29-part-ii-i-won-t-write-happy-poems/Part I: White stonehttps://timingliu.org/post/2025-08-29-part-i-white-stone/Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2025-08-29-part-i-white-stone/Goodbyehttps://timingliu.org/post/2025-08-10-goodbye/Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2025-08-10-goodbye/Thoughts on palliatative care五月 Mayhttps://timingliu.org/post/2025-08-30-may/Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2025-08-30-may/Service Sundayhttps://timingliu.org/post/2023-07-09-service-sunday/Sun, 09 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2023-07-09-service-sunday/Conference at New Orleans: ARVO 2023https://timingliu.org/post/2023-04-15-conference-at-new-orleans-arvo-2023/Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2023-04-15-conference-at-new-orleans-arvo-2023/Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)Thoughts about staying in medicinehttps://timingliu.org/post/2023-04-15-why-i-am-still-in-healthcare/Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2023-04-15-why-i-am-still-in-healthcare/Why medicine is still the top career choice for meDream pawnshophttps://timingliu.org/post/2023-03-12-dream-pawnshop/Sun, 12 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2023-03-12-dream-pawnshop/A short story about that pawnshop for dreamsThe pursuit of happinesshttps://timingliu.org/post/2022-11-13-the-pursuit-of-happyness/Sun, 13 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2022-11-13-the-pursuit-of-happyness/Focusing on well-being maintenanceA case for the full-stack clinicianshttps://timingliu.org/post/2022-08-03-a-case-for-the-full-stack-clinicians/Wed, 03 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2022-08-03-a-case-for-the-full-stack-clinicians/Build a community of clinicians with various skillsThoughts about leaving medicinehttps://timingliu.org/post/2022-08-03-thoughts-about-leaving-medicine/Wed, 03 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2022-08-03-thoughts-about-leaving-medicine/TL;DR: I am not leaving yetMy principles of entrepreneurshiphttps://timingliu.org/post/2022-01-18-my-principles-of-entrepreneurship/Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2022-01-18-my-principles-of-entrepreneurship/How to solve a problem worth solvingEngineering my way to Engineeringhttps://timingliu.org/post/2022-01-01-engineering-my-way-to-engineering/Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2022-01-01-engineering-my-way-to-engineering/Reflection on my engineering journey at CambridgeThe myth of being self-madehttps://timingliu.org/post/2022-01-01-the-myth-of-being-self-made/Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2022-01-01-the-myth-of-being-self-made/Without the support and inspirations from others, I will never be where I amFull-stack clinician curriculumhttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-12-25-full-stack-clinician-curriculum/Sat, 25 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-12-25-full-stack-clinician-curriculum/Setting up ActivityWatch Watcher-ask on Windowshttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-12-19-setting-up-zenity-with-windows-python-go/Sun, 19 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-12-19-setting-up-zenity-with-windows-python-go/Ask my computer to ask me questionsLet's be emotionally correct insteadhttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-08-27-let-s-be-emotionally-correct-instead/Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-08-27-let-s-be-emotionally-correct-instead/We can discuss politically incorrect topics without hurting anyone if we are emotionally minded."Futile" discussionshttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-08-21-problems-without-global-optima/Sat, 21 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-08-21-problems-without-global-optima/We cannot find most solutions through discussions.Personal statement that got me into Cambridgehttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-08-05-personal-statement-that-got-me-into-cambridge/Thu, 05 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-08-05-personal-statement-that-got-me-into-cambridge/Conda command to live byhttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-07-14-conda-command-to-live-by/Wed, 14 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-07-14-conda-command-to-live-by/My first paperhttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-06-27-my-first-paper/Sun, 27 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-06-27-my-first-paper/Install R packages on an offline serverhttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-30-install-r-packages-on-an-offline-server/Fri, 30 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-30-install-r-packages-on-an-offline-server/Use renv to automatically manage installation and dependenciesSNP analysishttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-29-snp-analysis/Thu, 29 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-29-snp-analysis/Big data in Rhttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-21-big-data-in-r/Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-21-big-data-in-r/Use reprex without browsershttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-20-use-reprex-without-browsers/Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-20-use-reprex-without-browsers/Debugging python with vscodehttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-15-debugging-python-with-vscode/Thu, 15 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-15-debugging-python-with-vscode/Book review: Show your workhttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-12-book-review-share-your-work/Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-12-book-review-share-your-work/Learn in the public; share your progressHow I read history bookshttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-11-how-i-read-history-books/Sun, 11 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-11-how-i-read-history-books/Theories about learninghttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-10-theories-about-learning/Sat, 10 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-10-theories-about-learning/Facts, models, wisdom, insights, and practiceBase R noteshttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-08-base-r-notes/Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-08-base-r-notes/Making tables in Rmarkdown: {DT} and {kableExtra}https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-08-learning-dt/Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-08-learning-dt/Rmarkdown and markdown noteshttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-08-rmarkdown-notes/Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-08-rmarkdown-notes/String processing in Rhttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-08-string-processing-in-r/Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-08-string-processing-in-r/The bright side of plots (R plot notes)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-08-the-bright-side-of-plots/Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-08-the-bright-side-of-plots/Working with NA in Rhttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-08-working-with-na-in-r/Thu, 08 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-08-working-with-na-in-r/Learning functional programming in Rhttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-07-learning-functional-programming-in-r/Wed, 07 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-07-learning-functional-programming-in-r/Medical school applicationhttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-04-medical-school-application/Sun, 04 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-04-medical-school-application/Notes on Bioconductor packageshttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-04-bioconductor-packages/Sun, 04 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-04-bioconductor-packages/Research toolshttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-04-ai-powered-research-tools/Sun, 04 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-04-ai-powered-research-tools/What does being "interesting" meanhttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-04-what-does-interesting-mean-to-me/Sun, 04 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-04-what-does-interesting-mean-to-me/Caveats when working with bioinformatics datahttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-03-caveats-when-working-with-bioinformatics-data/Sat, 03 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-03-caveats-when-working-with-bioinformatics-data/How to split a string column by lengthhttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-03-how-to-split-a-string-column-by-length/Sat, 03 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-04-03-how-to-split-a-string-column-by-length/How I would learn programming in 7 dayshttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-28-how-i-would-learn-programming-in-7-days/Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-28-how-i-would-learn-programming-in-7-days/How to make superstitions work for mehttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-28-how-to-make-superstitions-work/Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-28-how-to-make-superstitions-work/Is anything enjoyable also meaningfulhttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-28-is-anything-enjoyable-also-meaningful/Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-28-is-anything-enjoyable-also-meaningful/Learning philosophyhttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-28-learning-philosophy/Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-28-learning-philosophy/Like and desirehttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-28-like-and-desire/Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-28-like-and-desire/Tips to apply to research labs (for undergraduates/high school students)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-28-tips-to-apply-to-research-labs-for-undergraduates-high-school-students/Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-28-tips-to-apply-to-research-labs-for-undergraduates-high-school-students/What is in a namehttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-28-my-name/Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-28-my-name/Live through phases, not dayshttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-26-live-through-phases-not-days/Fri, 26 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-26-live-through-phases-not-days/Philosophy of haircuthttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-26-philosophy-of-haircut/Fri, 26 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-26-philosophy-of-haircut/Am I overthinkinghttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-20-am-i-overthinking/Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-03-20-am-i-overthinking/The problem-solving approach to CV buildinghttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-02-28-the-problem-solving-approach-to-cv-building/Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-02-28-the-problem-solving-approach-to-cv-building/why even intrinsic goals can be harmfulService Sundayhttps://timingliu.org/post/service/Wed, 13 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/service/Let me know if I can be of any help.Should I reflect daily or hourlyhttps://timingliu.org/post/2021-01-03-should-i-reflect-daily-or-hourly/Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2021-01-03-should-i-reflect-daily-or-hourly/Book review: Hell yeah or nohttps://timingliu.org/post/2020-11-07-book-review-hell-yeah-or-no/Sat, 07 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2020-11-07-book-review-hell-yeah-or-no/Retreathttps://timingliu.org/post/2020-11-03-retreat/Tue, 03 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2020-11-03-retreat/Book review: Anything you wanthttps://timingliu.org/post/2020-10-25-book-review-anything-you-want/Sun, 25 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2020-10-25-book-review-anything-you-want/Tips for publishing your first document with bookdown and RStudiohttps://timingliu.org/post/2020-10-25-communication-published-my-first-document-with-bookdown/Sun, 25 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2020-10-25-communication-published-my-first-document-with-bookdown/Book review: 4-hour work weekhttps://timingliu.org/post/2020-10-24-book-review-4-hour-work-week/Sat, 24 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2020-10-24-book-review-4-hour-work-week/What to do trumps how much you doBook review: The Modern Medical Student Manualhttps://timingliu.org/post/2020-10-24-book-review-the-modern-medical-student-manual/Sat, 24 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2020-10-24-book-review-the-modern-medical-student-manual/2020 summer updatehttps://timingliu.org/post/2020-10-22-2020-summer-update/Thu, 22 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/2020-10-22-2020-summer-update/Are we searching for communities or powerhttps://timingliu.org/post/are-we-searching-for-communities-or-power/Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/are-we-searching-for-communities-or-power/Book review: Mindsethttps://timingliu.org/post/book-review-mindset-by-carol-dweck/Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/book-review-mindset-by-carol-dweck/Medical school interview: my two centshttps://timingliu.org/post/medical-school-interview-my-two-cents/Sat, 10 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/medical-school-interview-my-two-cents/My replying habitshttps://timingliu.org/post/reply/Sat, 10 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/reply/TL;DR: I reply to non-urgent messages over the weekend. If a sooner response is expected, I will appreciate a reminder of the importance and urgency of the message via a desktop-based platform.Why I writehttps://timingliu.org/post/why-i-write/Sat, 15 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/why-i-write/Getting scammed: what happened and whyhttps://timingliu.org/post/getting-scammed-what-happened-and-why/Fri, 07 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/getting-scammed-what-happened-and-why/Reflections on shoppinghttps://timingliu.org/post/pitfalls-of-shopping/Fri, 07 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/pitfalls-of-shopping/The myth of resthttps://timingliu.org/post/the-myth-of-rest/Thu, 06 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/the-myth-of-rest/The downside of controlhttps://timingliu.org/post/the-downside-of-control/Fri, 31 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/the-downside-of-control/The case for full-stack clinicianshttps://timingliu.org/post/opinion-the-case-for-full-stack-clinician/Sun, 19 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/opinion-the-case-for-full-stack-clinician/Let’s build a community of clinicians with various skillsSet up serverhttps://timingliu.org/post/set-up-server/Mon, 04 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/set-up-server/Bioinformtatics data integrityhttps://timingliu.org/post/bioinformtatics-data-integrity/Mon, 16 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/bioinformtatics-data-integrity/OPINION: Why plain text files shall prevailhttps://timingliu.org/post/opinion-why-plain-text-files-shall-prevail/Sun, 25 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/opinion-why-plain-text-files-shall-prevail/Utilisation of bioinformatics datahttps://timingliu.org/post/utilisation-of-bioinformatics-data/Sun, 11 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/utilisation-of-bioinformatics-data/Conda and snakemake for reproducible command linehttps://timingliu.org/post/conda-and-snakemake-for-reproducible-command-line/Sun, 28 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/conda-and-snakemake-for-reproducible-command-line/Working with multi-thread machinehttps://timingliu.org/post/working-with-multi-thread-machine/Fri, 12 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/working-with-multi-thread-machine/A R package that creates blank Rmd fileshttps://timingliu.org/post/a-r-package-that-creates-blank-rmd-files/Thu, 27 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/a-r-package-that-creates-blank-rmd-files/Ubuntu server commandshttps://timingliu.org/post/ubuntu-server-commands/Wed, 26 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/ubuntu-server-commands/Helpful software for bioinformaticshttps://timingliu.org/post/helpful-software-for-bioinformatics/Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/helpful-software-for-bioinformatics/Git commands to live byhttps://timingliu.org/post/git-commands/Mon, 17 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/git-commands/Set up a Ubuntu machinehttps://timingliu.org/post/set-up-ubuntu-machine/Mon, 17 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/set-up-ubuntu-machine/All about background taskshttps://timingliu.org/post/background-tasks/Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/background-tasks/How to plot a bar plot with bars and labels between tick markshttps://timingliu.org/post/bar-plot-with-bars-and-labels-between-tick-marks/Fri, 31 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/bar-plot-with-bars-and-labels-between-tick-marks/The difference between `$PATH` and `echo $PATH`https://timingliu.org/post/var-path-vs-echo-path/Thu, 30 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/var-path-vs-echo-path/hello worldhttps://timingliu.org/post/hello-world/Tue, 28 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000timingliu@outlook.com (Tim Liu)https://timingliu.org/post/hello-world/