Over the years, A World Between Worlds has been the one site that records my life. However, as it’s a bit informal and filled with content not directly related to my work as an engineering researcher, it’s not quite suited to serve as a professional homepage. So, I think it’s time for a change.
A few weeks ago, I registered the domain name zirui.fan, which I plan to use as my academic homepage. …
A World Between Worlds is now officially up and running with Hugo!
Along with the migration comes a fresh new look. Since the site is now powered by Hugo, it features a custom-designed theme, Constant.
The theme is developed upon the Console theme by Marcin Mierzejewski, which draws inspiration from the Linux console. I like its simplicity, particularly the single font size and …
In a significant milestone for the newly established Violet Razor Formula 1 Team (aka 紫锐一级方程式车队), the organization has officially unveiled its inaugural Formula 1 car, the VR-1. The highly anticipated launch marks the team’s debut in the competitive world of Formula 1 racing.
The VR-1 represents a notable entry into the sport, bolstered by a strategic partnership with the renowned McLaren …
Some may disagree, but I believe 8×4 is the ideal font size for low-res displays, like 128×64 OLED. It’s compact yet recognizable, and allows for a round number of characters on most displays. That’s why I created tiny_8x4, a small font in the 8×4 size.
I can’t believe it! Microsoft Minesweeper is no longer preinstalled in Windows! And the new version from the Microsoft Store? A chaotic, garish mess. Why ruin such a simple, iconic game?
Anyway, I made my own version.
Enter Noisy Forest.
The idea came from Liu Cixin’s “dark forest hypothesis”. Imagine the universe as a dark forest, full of unseen hunters, all tiptoeing …
I’ve been reading a book called What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye, and one particular fact from the book struck me: academism places a strong emphasis on the technical skills, but modernism shifts the focus to ideas and concepts. This really got me thinking.
As a child, I loved painting. I would spend hours immersed in my own little world, completely …
What would the ultimate puzzle box look like?
In my view, the ultimate puzzle box would take the form of a simple cube: no buttons, no screens, no flaws.
But how would you input a password into such a device?
One option could be to connect it to a remote device for input. That could work, but I want to go for something more old-school, with no wireless connections involved — everything purely …
From 2016 to 2019, I shared three unforgettable years with class 3, each step filled with moments of joy, struggle, and growth. Together, we created memories that will forever be etched in our hearts.
As a final gift to my classmates and teachers, I created the site Class Weekly, a digital chronicle linking our shared journey in 84 entries of articles and videos, now hosted on GitHub Pages and …
