I saw a lot of people who blamed China or the Communist Party of China (CPC or commonly referred to CCP in western media) for spreading COVID19 and covering up the truth. They imagined how Dr. Li Wenliang was suppressed and killed, how China bought WHO and faked their number…

Last month I went to Berkeley with my husband, visited the university, the town and the marina, in 2 days. Here are some selected pictures that we took.

Imagine a simple piece of code with some objects. #!/bin/some_language import object class monkey(object){ # do monkey initialization } class banana(object){ # do banana initialization } class tree(object){ # do tree initialization } class crocodile(object){ # do crocodile initialization } # etc. There are two ways to describe the relationships…

Cans, paper cups, fishing line, batteries, … I have collected them all, and integrated them into the above landscape. Because I don’t know where else to put them either. In garbage bins, they will go to the landfill. In the river, they will flow to the Pacific patches. On land…

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. ~H. P. Lovecraft It is no wonder why when I showed my cake cutting robot demo, some people started commenting “what if it were cutting human flesh”. Some people may be relieved to know that the underlying algorithm of this robot is simply the replay of some recorded trajectories selected by me and my colleague. Second, the spatula is not sharp enough and the motors are not fast enough to cut flesh. Moreover, it is far from perfect for taking over all of the cake-cutting jobs.

A week ago, two evangelists came to my door and asked if I believed in God. I said no, just to see what they would say to convince me. I think that was a bad decision as that cu …

云舟泊落日 浪梯踏天堂 咏月弹烟丝 斟风醉雪洋 This poem reflects a person’s optimistic spirit for life and boundless creativity even when facing hardship. His imaginations of cloud reflections as boats berthing the setting sun, and waves forming stairs to the heavens, are far different than the reality of his journey of crossing a winter sea. Potentially, he might be stuck with nothing, but he still can sing about the moon, play strings formed by vapour and pour wind as wine.