Category Archives: Being a Wikipedian

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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.
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Music Inspired by Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins is a great man. From the first book of his I picked up, River Out of Eden, to the last one I read, The Greatest Shown on Earth, I’ve never ceased to be amazed by how his passion of biology and his talent at articulating the grandeur of nature ooze out of every single page.

Dawkins is the person who helped me find my atheistic voices in the vocabulary of evolutionary biology. And for that I’ve dedicated many work of art to the great man. For instance, The Lost Cause was wholly inspired by the dozen of books on evolution penned by the man that I’ve read. Similarly, I have written Wikipedia articles on some of his books, such as River Out of Eden and The Ancestor’s Tale, to help guide those who are still searching for their voices.

Here, however, I collect music I have written that are inspired by Dawkins’ work.
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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.
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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

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