-
Recent Posts
- Kuhio Beach and Ponds in November
- Life around Manhasset Bay
- Hanauma Bay for the chronically overprepared
- Kayak to Kaneohe Sandbar – sunken at high tide
- Why does my snorkel mask fog up?
- Waikiki & Honolulu landmarks seen from departing flight DL650
- Actual landing flight path of Delta 650 at JFK runway 22L
- Reign Ares as big-wheel skates for urban marathons
- What are carbon-fiber inline skates ?
- Big Wheels on Carbon Hockey Skates
- Where to Inline Skate on Long Island
- Check that your sunglasses block out all UV rays
Top Posts
- How to Inline Skate
- What happens when you let saturated salt water dry up completely?
- Hanauma Bay for the chronically overprepared
- Learn the Two-foot Grapevine on Inline Skates
- Learn to Skate the Two-foot Grapevine Analytically
- Debunking: Sex at Dawn by Ryan and Jetha
- Asian-fit helmets are a lot of hot air
- Battlefield 1 Soldier Uniforms from all Factions
Categories
- Classical Music (16)
- Cello (11)
- Composition (6)
- Free Sheet Music (16)
- Fun (83)
- Being a Wikipedian (44)
- Drawings and Paintings (7)
- Gourmet (3)
- Hawaii (6)
- Ice Skating (4)
- Inline Skating (23)
- Photography (30)
- Travel (29)
- Planes (32)
- Flight Simulations (7)
- HHAMS (18)
- RC Planes (12)
- Real Planes (3)
- Science (11)
- Atheism (3)
- Debuking Pseudoscience (2)
- Evolution (6)
- Short Stories (3)
- 中文 (14)
- Classical Music (16)
Archives
- January 2026 (1)
- December 2025 (4)
- November 2025 (2)
- November 2024 (1)
- October 2024 (2)
- August 2024 (1)
- June 2024 (1)
- March 2024 (1)
- January 2024 (1)
- August 2022 (3)
- July 2022 (2)
- June 2022 (1)
- May 2022 (1)
- April 2022 (2)
- March 2022 (2)
- November 2021 (1)
- October 2021 (9)
- September 2021 (1)
- October 2020 (1)
- August 2020 (1)
- June 2019 (4)
- April 2019 (1)
- March 2019 (1)
- January 2019 (1)
- December 2018 (5)
- November 2018 (1)
- May 2018 (1)
- April 2018 (1)
- January 2018 (1)
- December 2017 (5)
- November 2017 (2)
- October 2017 (3)
- June 2017 (3)
- April 2017 (6)
- March 2017 (2)
- February 2017 (9)
- December 2016 (10)
- November 2016 (3)
- September 2016 (1)
- August 2016 (2)
- July 2016 (1)
- May 2016 (4)
- April 2016 (3)
- March 2016 (2)
- December 2015 (1)
- October 2015 (1)
- September 2015 (1)
- August 2015 (1)
- December 2014 (1)
- July 2013 (4)
- June 2013 (6)
- May 2012 (1)
- March 2012 (1)
- February 2012 (2)
Meta
-
-
Category Archives: Being a Wikipedian
Music sung by Vocaloid Miriam
![]()
In 2005 I was mesmerized by Vocaloid, a singing voice synthesizer from Yamaha. I composed a three-part acapella piece, with all three voices sung by Vocaloid Miriam (also see this).
Your Fish Tank was writen in 2005. It is the first piece of music I synthesized using Vocaloid Miriam. Bruce Yates graciously allowed me to use his underwater pictures in my YouTube video showcasing this music. See lyric at the end of this article.
Continue reading
Watercolor paintings of Chinese zodiac animals in Auryn Ink
In 2013 I discovered an watercolor painting app called Auryn Ink. It’s a great app for the iPad. It allows near-realistic watercolor paintings on a tablet. It has good simulations of interactions between pigment and water. I’ve painted a few simple zodiac animals with it in 2013 and 2014. Here are some of them, plus a few other paintings.
Continue reading
Posted in Being a Wikipedian, Drawings and Paintings
Tagged Auryn Ink, Chinese Zodiac Animals, painting, Watercolor
2 Comments
容閎:辛亥革命第一人

上一回在最後一段裡,筆者提起了一個神祕人物,這個人自年輕時便曾與「太平天國」打交道,後來又連續參加了「自強運動」、「戊戌維新」、「君主立憲運動」、與「興中會革命」等,可以說清末的最後六十年之中,從太平天國開始,直到辛亥革命前夕的每一個最重要運動裡,我們都能發現他的足跡。今天筆者又在《世界周刊》裡讀到記者對這個人的追念,讀後感觸良深,覺得有些話不吐不快,因此花了點時間整理手上有的資料,想將上次未揭曉的這個神祕人物介紹給大家。 Continue reading

