Tarotoast's Stuff » Interests http://blog.tarotoast.com Personal blog Tue, 04 May 2010 08:49:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Fascinating CG about cell http://blog.tarotoast.com/2007/01/07/331/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fascinating-cg-about-cell http://blog.tarotoast.com/2007/01/07/331/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:05:18 +0000 tarotoast http://blog.tarotoast.com/2007/01/07/331/ Link to the Video

Believe it or not, I see stuff I learned from Molecular Biology!!!

]]> http://blog.tarotoast.com/2007/01/07/331/feed/ 2 當愛回到過去 by Karen Chang http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/11/26/323/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=%25e7%2595%25b6%25e6%2584%259b%25e5%259b%259e%25e5%2588%25b0%25e9%2581%258e%25e5%258e%25bb-by-karen-chang http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/11/26/323/#comments Sun, 26 Nov 2006 23:56:31 +0000 tarotoast http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/11/26/323/
當愛回到過去/When Love Has Gone Past

[Music & Lyrics by Karen Chang/Vocal by Evelyn Chen/Drums by Tom Scrase/Bass by Steve Moodie/Acoustic & Nylon String Guitar by Shane Robertson/Piano by Peniel Chung/Backing vocals by Karen Chang]

[All songs arranged, produced, recorded, mixed and mastering by Karen Chang]

城市裡稀薄空氣  讓我聞到了你的氣息
來來往往人群中  尋找著你熟悉身影
在我的眼裡在我的心裡  你是我唯一回憶

看著你和他的照片  告訴著我他心裡的你
電話裡溫柔聲音  是再也回不到的過去
夢想沒實現對你的思念  全部放進我心底

當愛回到過去  觸動我心中旋律
你的笑容你的背影  是那麼陌生又熟悉
當愛回到過去  讓琴弦將它忘記
遙遠距離隨風飄逸  只剩下鋼琴的回音

就讓愛隨風飄逸

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這是一位曾經陪我快樂悲傷的可愛女生所寫的歌。

MP3

]]> http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/11/26/323/feed/ 4 ARIA SULLA IV CORDA + Corale WACHET AUF http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/11/09/311/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wachet-auf-jazzed-up http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/11/09/311/#comments Thu, 09 Nov 2006 07:35:21 +0000 tarotoast http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/11/09/311/ Jazzed up edition. Found it on an Italian site that has many other great Jazz pieces.

Source

]]> http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/11/09/311/feed/ 0 Bach, Cantata 140, 4th Movement http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/11/08/310/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bach-cantata-140-4th-movement http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/11/08/310/#comments Wed, 08 Nov 2006 07:19:34 +0000 tarotoast http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/11/08/310/ This melody has been in my mind for years. I even made a midi version from my memory to remind myself at the beginning of this year. Finally when I decide to write a letter to my Music 100 teacher back in Mesa, only finding out she is not teaching there anymore. After a little googling, I found her name listed on San Diego Music Teachers Association of California, and the site kindly provides a page to mail instructors using the form provided. I mailed her along with a link to the midi/mp3 I made to ask her for the name of the song, but with no faith that the mail would be delivered to her inbox. Guess what, I got a reply! She was able to tell which song it was from the poor melody I put together.

That’s the tenor chorale from JS Bach’s Cantata #140 “Wachet Auf”. It really s beautiful.

Again, google has guided me to this page: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, where I find exactly what I was looking for, for years. The audio is performed by MIT Concert Choir (Cutter) and under Creative Common Attribution ShareAlike 1.0 License. I converted the ogg file into mp3 and here it is:

I just love it.

]]> http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/11/08/310/feed/ 3 Flock http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/09/18/271/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flock http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/09/18/271/#comments Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:41:52 +0000 tarotoast http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/09/18/271/ 想要附加說一下, 去升級成 Flickr Pro 後開始一股腦的把相片往上丟. 感覺起來 Flock 內建的 Uploader 缺點就是不能一次全部 Tag, 不然速度比 Flickr 的 Uploader 快多了. 還有不知道該不該 Resize 成 2048 阿阿阿阿 orz

總之我想說的是, 相片丟上 Flickr 後, 配合著 Flock 內建的 Blog Editor 和 Photo Toolbar, 在文章中插入圖偏還真好用吶!!

]]> http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/09/18/271/feed/ 0 Windows XP (and MCE) on Intel Macs http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/03/16/228/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=windows-xp-on-intel-macs http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/03/16/228/#comments Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:06:09 +0000 tarotoast http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/03/16/228/ 果然沒等多久, 出來了. 看來下一台電腦不能自己組了, 買 Apple 才是王道阿… XD

順手查了一下, 果然 gslin 大的手腳快很多阿, 也早就有 po 了, 還附帶影像喔.
詳細方法直接到這邊查會比較清楚: HOWTO – OnMac.net Wiki

Update: Media Center Edition 2005 也灌成功囉
MCE 2005 on Intel Mac

]]> http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/03/16/228/feed/ 0 A Melody http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/01/18/181/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-melody http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/01/18/181/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:09:05 +0000 tarotoast http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/01/18/181/ Here is a short piece of melody that has stayed in my mind since I took Music 100 long long time ago. Recently I put it together with my poor music-sheet-composition-with-a-mouse skill. Here are the links:

If you happen to know the name of this tune, please tell me.

]]> http://blog.tarotoast.com/2006/01/18/181/feed/ 1 Studio, 7:17AM http://blog.tarotoast.com/2005/11/29/94/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=studio-717am http://blog.tarotoast.com/2005/11/29/94/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:34:19 +0000 tarotoast http://blog.tarotoast.com/2005/11/29/94/ 手邊沒照相機也沒有掃描器, 不過這張 CD 是由一位曾經在身邊的可愛女生所創作的. 考完再來補述詳細內容, 順便來個 review + 官網好了.

]]> http://blog.tarotoast.com/2005/11/29/94/feed/ 0 Podcasting in Taiwan http://blog.tarotoast.com/2005/11/15/82/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podcasting-in-taiwan http://blog.tarotoast.com/2005/11/15/82/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:52:22 +0000 tarotoast http://blog.tarotoast.com/2005/11/15/82/ 給不知道 Podcast 是什麼的人: 簡單說就是錄起來的 mp3 廣播(或者節目). 看那個 ‘pod’ 三個字就不難想像這個主意原先是由 Apple 由 iTunes 所推廣的. 由於 iPod 的普遍已經到達很不可思議的程度, 加上 ITMS 的簡易使用介面, 製作成功的 podcast 所擁有的聽眾可是遠超過一般廣播可能到達的程度. 只要有了廣大的聽眾, yes, 就會有商機. 當然有一堆人做 Podcast 是在作好玩的啦 XD

ITMS Newsweek Podcast ITMS Newsweek Subscribed 所以最近這幾個月美國各家大小公司紛紛推出 podcast 丟在 ITMS 裡面讓人免費下載. 如果你喜歡某個 podcast, 簡單的點一下 Subscribe 後, iTunes 會定時去檢查有沒有新的 episode, 有的話自動下載下來, 然後下次 Sync 的時候丟入 iPod 裡面.

台灣的 Podcast 還沒什麼主流的廣播公司在做的樣子. 雖然早在 8 月時候的 Taipei Times 就寫說 “Apple launches its Podcast Directory service in Taiwan“:

These radio stations include UFO Radio (飛碟電台), Kiss Radio, Broadcasting Corp of China (中廣) and International Community Radio Taipei (ICRT), he said, adding that the company may add more partners to the service at a later stage.

阿這些啥時候要出現在 ITMS 的 Podcast 裡面阿… 或許要等到 ITMS 有台灣中文版 (or maybe 台灣於國際上被承認主權獨立後) 才會?

ITMS Countries JP ITMS podcasting日文版的多方便阿 :’(

目前台灣應該有一些 podcast stations 了吧, ijliao 長輩的這篇雖然已經幾個月了, 不過現在階段應該還是差不多那樣… Orz 等待阿… ITMS in Taiwan, 不然 podcast 部分先出來也可以 XD

附帶一提, 目前英文版 ITMS 裡面的 Podcast, 目前最常聽的應該是 TWiT, this WEEK in TECH 吧. 雖然大部分的東西都在 digg 或者 /. 上面都有討論, 但是由於那幾個 host 在一起的時候很常爆出好笑的片段, 聽他們討論好玩多了. 最近才看到 gslin 長輩的 post 也提到的 Sony Rootkits 事件, 這件事是上個禮拜的 TWiT 頭條, 我想這個禮拜大概又會再來一次吧 (LAME 的 LGPL 那部份), 聽他們損 Sony 真的很好笑阿… XD Diggnation 的 podcast 也不錯, 但是看 video podcast 的效果會更好. NPR 系列的也都不錯啦

]]> http://blog.tarotoast.com/2005/11/15/82/feed/ 2 Papercraft http://blog.tarotoast.com/2005/08/16/22/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=papercraft http://blog.tarotoast.com/2005/08/16/22/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2005 07:11:01 +0000 tarotoast http://blog.tarotoast.com/2005/08/16/22/ It’s fun to make some papercrafts with your spare time and energy. By carefully following the instructions to cut, fold, glue and paint, you can create some amazing stuff in hours. These are some of the amazing papercrafts I found interesting.

  • Z-kun’s Papercraft Factory

    • By an amazing Jappanese senpai Z-kun. It has many cute papercrafts that you can made from, and they are usually pretty easy. Files are in Adobe PDF formats.


    Note: More about Orz [here]

  • ハウルの動く城 / 霍爾的移動城堡 / Howl’s Moving Castle

    • This is a masterpiece. Sponsored by Epson Japan? I’d say it if you’re one of those collectors, this is a must have!!!!
    Official Website (JP)
    Official Website (US)

  • Cute 3D Dolls

    • These are some models of some Japanese games I guess :~ Click on images brings to download page.

  • iPod Mini

    • Author unknown. Don’t know what to say… XD I think this is some kind of humor… XD

  • iPod Nano

    • Created by another cool japanese senpai. This is even nicer… XD

    Enlarge

  • iTofu

    • Created by amazing japanese senpai. This is suppose to be an iPod container?

  • Dragon Illusion

    • This is out for very long time, but everytime when I see this guy sitting on top of my TV, it just looks amazing. This is probably the coolest papercraft I’ve ever tried.
    Grand Illustions

Digg

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