I started this blog shortly after deciding to take a gap year. As my perspective changed from needing to get my degree done as fast as possible to embracing opportunities that expand and diversify my experiences I decided to document what I was going through. I write this blog hoping to create something that is both enjoyable to read and insightful for those in similar situations.
During my bike tour from Victoria to Montreal, I spent a week at an old family friend's homestead in Elkhorn Manitoba. He'd built a passively solar-heated home featuring an 80-feet-wide…
Simon HKApril 30, 2022
Data-driven automation developments at the intersection point of the building energy, smart homes, and machine learning industries address energy consumption and storage from a conservation standpoint. This study seeks to…
Simon HKApril 30, 2022
This study seeks to present an approach for designing machine-learning control applications, to achieve critically-damped responses in single-degree-of-freedom systems, that can be applied to more complex multi-degree-of-freedom systems. The investigation…
Simon HKApril 5, 2022
Ease, and predictability during the first half of my trip built up my confidence and momentum. These themes did not transfer over into the first few days of the second…
Simon HKJuly 10, 2021
Most people who witnessed the planning stage of my trip encouraged me to take my time and enjoy it. Their idea of enjoyment was likely resting their bodies and minds.…
Simon HKJuly 3, 2021
Leaving Canmore, I rode out of the towering rocky mountains and descended into rolling foothills that mark the transition region between Canada’s western mountains and prairies. While I was in…
Simon HKJune 26, 2021
It was difficult leaving the luxuries of a guest bedroom, soft bed, bathroom, home-cooked meals, and good company to return to the road. The rocky mountains lay between me and…
Simon HKJune 18, 2021
