From 40f57ed72a601d8489a180f3bd9acd5e6c20d323 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ngô Ngọc Đức Huy Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 01:19:27 +0700 Subject: Update theme --- content/misc/_index.md | 91 +----------------------------------------------- content/misc/books.md | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ content/misc/comics.md | 21 +++++++++++ content/misc/conlangs.md | 22 ++++++++++++ content/misc/projects.md | 20 +++++++++++ 5 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 90 deletions(-) create mode 100644 content/misc/books.md create mode 100644 content/misc/comics.md create mode 100644 content/misc/conlangs.md create mode 100644 content/misc/projects.md (limited to 'content/misc') diff --git a/content/misc/_index.md b/content/misc/_index.md index 940b1d3..799dc06 100644 --- a/content/misc/_index.md +++ b/content/misc/_index.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -title: Misc +title: Miscellanea language: en ref: misc translationKey: misc @@ -10,92 +10,3 @@ disable_feed: true Here are some miscellanous things I do. -## Conlangs - -Conlang stands for *constructed language*. Many people created -conlangs for hobby or as linguistic experiments. - -I was inspired by the conlangs in Inheritance Cycle and The Lord of -the Rings, as well as others like Esperanto, Dothraki, Toki Pona, et al and -conlang from time to time as a hobby. None of my conlangs reached its -maturity, though, mainly due to loss of copies and lack of time. - -Some of my conlangs: - -- [Hàäsdáïga](/haasdaiga/) -- [Ravna](/ravna/) -- [Isanercent](/isanercent/) -- [Djanzi](/djanzi/) - -## Books - -I'm not the bookworm I used to be, reading mostly mainstream books. Some books -I read and liked: - -- Dế Mèn phiêu lưu kí, a famous children book in Vietnamese about an - arrogant cricket who learned humility and altruism during his journey. -- The adventures of Valya and Karik, a Russian children book (my copy - was a Vietnamese translation) about the adventures of shrunken children in - which they learn about small animals around them. -- Sans famille, a story about a child who had to leave his family for - poverty, though now that I think about it, it sounds like children - trafficking and child labor. -- Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopian tragedy that is often mistaken as - criticism of socialism, while the actual object is authoritanism and mass - surveillance. -- The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, the well-known fantasy - franchise -- Inheritance Cycle, often labeled as rip-off Star Wars by haters -- Gulliver's Travels, a book that's supposed to be satire but I didn't - know enough to understand these deep meanings. -- Le petit prince, a novella with a childish theme but discuss many - aspects of life in a lighthearted way. -- [Ellana][ellana] (Le Pacte des MarchOmbres series) (French) - -Books I'm reading: - -- [Ellana: L'envol][ellana-2] (Le Pacte des MarchOmbres series) (French) -- [Tous les hommes sont mortels][hommes-mortels] (French) -- The Necromancer (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel - series) - -Dropped: - -- [XKCD what if](what-if) -- A Storm of Swords(A Song of Ice and Fire series) - -[what-if]: https://store.xkcd.com/pages/if-you-re-looking-for-the-what-if-book -[ellana]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24210815W/Le_Pacte_des_MarchOmbres_-_Ellana -[ellana-2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24339191W/Ellana_l%27envol -[hommes-mortels]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL13053706W/Tous_les_hommes_sont_mortels - -## Project ideas - -Here are some project ideas that I have in mind, yet don't have the time to -implement any of them. You'll probably find some drafts, but practically no -work is done: - -- a small shop management app -- a modern text browser with vim keybinding -- several non-standard libs: - - a rewrite for `time` module in Go - - internalisation modules -- universal internalisation package, which contains common phrases like - "Settings", "Log in", "Account" pre-translated -- redesign this blog -- smaller and more maintainable, more packageable Anki clone - -## Comics - -Reading comics is my pastime. I follow several webcomics, some of which you -may have heard of: - -- [Pepper & Carrot](https://www.peppercarrot.com/) -- [xkcd](https://xkcd.com): nerd stuff -- [SMBC](https://smbc-comics.com): more nerd stuff, and usually less concise -- [Oglaf](https://www.oglaf.com/): silly and occasionally NSFW comics -- [Dinosaur comics](https://qwantz.com/): a 5-panel comics with only dialogues changing - -I also enjoy drawing every now and then, not that I want to be an artist or I -draw well. I just find scribbling something fun. I recently decided to post -[my doodles](/en/doodles/) on this website. diff --git a/content/misc/books.md b/content/misc/books.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6a2a284 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/misc/books.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +--- +title: Reading +language: en +ref: misc-books +translationKey: misc-books +disable_feed: true +--- + +I'm not the bookworm I used to be, reading mostly mainstream books. Some books +I read and liked: + +- Dế Mèn phiêu lưu kí, a famous children book in Vietnamese about an + arrogant cricket who learned humility and altruism during his journey. +- The adventures of Valya and Karik, a Russian children book (my copy + was a Vietnamese translation) about the adventures of shrunken children in + which they learn about small animals around them. +- Sans famille, a story about a child who had to leave his family for + poverty, though now that I think about it, it sounds like children + trafficking and child labor. +- Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopian tragedy that is often mistaken as + criticism of socialism, while the actual object is authoritanism and mass + surveillance. +- The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, the well-known fantasy + franchise +- Inheritance Cycle, often labeled as rip-off Star Wars by haters +- Gulliver's Travels, a book that's supposed to be satire but I didn't + know enough to understand these deep meanings. +- Le petit prince, a novella with a childish theme but discuss many + aspects of life in a lighthearted way. +- [Ellana][ellana] (Le Pacte des MarchOmbres series) (French) + +Books I'm reading: + +- [Ellana: L'envol][ellana-2] (Le Pacte des MarchOmbres series) (French) +- [Tous les hommes sont mortels][hommes-mortels] (French) +- The Necromancer (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel + series) + +Dropped: + +- [XKCD what if](what-if) +- A Storm of Swords(A Song of Ice and Fire series) + +See also: [book reviews](/en/book-reviews) I wrote on this site. + +[what-if]: https://store.xkcd.com/pages/if-you-re-looking-for-the-what-if-book +[ellana]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24210815W/Le_Pacte_des_MarchOmbres_-_Ellana +[ellana-2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24339191W/Ellana_l%27envol +[hommes-mortels]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL13053706W/Tous_les_hommes_sont_mortels diff --git a/content/misc/comics.md b/content/misc/comics.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1b2f610 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/misc/comics.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +--- +title: Comics +language: en +ref: misc-comics +translationKey: misc-comics +disable_feed: true +--- + +Reading comics is my pastime. I follow several webcomics, some of which you +may have heard of: + +- [Pepper & Carrot](https://www.peppercarrot.com/) +- [xkcd](https://xkcd.com): nerd stuff +- [SMBC](https://smbc-comics.com): more nerd stuff, and usually less concise +- [Oglaf](https://www.oglaf.com/): silly and occasionally NSFW comics +- [Dinosaur comics](https://qwantz.com/): a 5-panel comics with only dialogues changing + +I also enjoy drawing every now and then, not that I want to be an artist or I +draw well. I just find scribbling something fun. ~~I recently decided to post +[my doodles](/en/doodles/) on this website.~~ + diff --git a/content/misc/conlangs.md b/content/misc/conlangs.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..926c5b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/misc/conlangs.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +--- +title: Conlangs +language: en +ref: conlangs +translationKey: conlangs +disable_feed: true +--- + +Conlang stands for *constructed language*. Many people created +conlangs for hobby or as linguistic experiments. + +I was inspired by the conlangs in Inheritance Cycle and The Lord of +the Rings, as well as others like Esperanto, Dothraki, Toki Pona, et al and +conlang from time to time as a hobby. None of my conlangs reached its +maturity, though, mainly due to loss of copies and lack of time. + +Some of my conlangs: + +- [Hàäsdáïga](/haasdaiga/) +- [Ravna](/ravna/) +- [Isanercent](/isanercent/) +- [Djanzi](/djanzi/) diff --git a/content/misc/projects.md b/content/misc/projects.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a0abf72 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/misc/projects.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +--- +title: Projects +language: en +ref: misc-projects +translationKey: misc-projects +disable_feeds: true +--- + +Here are some project ideas that I have in mind, yet don't have the time to +implement any of them. You'll probably find some drafts, but practically no +work is done: + +- a small shop management app +- a modern text browser with vim keybinding +- several non-standard libs: + - a rewrite for `time` module in Go + - internalisation modules +- universal internalisation package, which contains common phrases like + "Settings", "Log in", "Account" pre-translated +- smaller and more maintainable, more packageable Anki clone -- cgit 1.4.1