Background As a fluid research student sometimes working from home, using Ansys software can sometimes be a frustration. My university provides an Ansys licence server, which is only accessible via the university IP address, which means one cannot use it outside the university’s local network unless tunnelling through a VPN. Read more…
A recent browse of old files has reminded me of my long-overdue dream of having a neon light sign of Cho Kee – my dining brand (ok – just my kitchen). Neon still seems impossible so I have to explore other options. LED edge-lit light box came to my attention Read more…
A close and reliable source has revealed to me today (1 April 2022) that it is under the plan of HS2, DfT and Network Rail to test a set of HST and Class A4 and race for a new speed record on the specifically-built high-speed route.
This project was a risky take for me, as I was not an expert in electrical, probably clueless and ignorant of the whole subject. During my university degree, I had a particularly unpleasant time studying electrical, saying by achieving less than 60% in all my undergrad electrical modules, while 80%+ Read more…
Recently, I have been extremely procrastinative in work and productive in other stuff. Therefore, you might see me switching topics from design to PC setting and back to PhD research in a row. You know a deadline is coming. I did a brief and simple test on my new i7 Read more…
I have just re-discovered the usage of this blog — not only serves as a platform to present stuff, but also somewhere to throw internet rubbish, paid by the rubbish-producer himself, at least. I have been fiddling around with an Asus RT-AC85P router for a while. Something starts to annoy Read more…
Network Rail released a new way-finding design guideline. There’s some great returns, like a redesigned ‘Rail Alphabet’. But there’s also some inferior elements, like the eye-tearing spacing. I will write more about it once time allows. The design guideline is available on https://files.whatdotheyknow.com/request/request_for_updated_wayfinding_m/NR_GN_CIV_300_01.pdf
Catching a train up the King’s Lynn line, and passing through a myriad of either retro-fit or real station signage, varying from the modern-day franchise standard signs to the Great Eastern Railways. The one that caught most of my attention was a ‘Hot Dog’ (pre-1960s) sign with ‘British Railways’ (BR) Read more…
Since I left my route map designing business and went to a more boring academic route, Canton Metro officials have decided to embark on the unreturnable road of atrocity. The official map has become even more complicated and less readable and inadequate for modern aesthetics. With the big gap in Read more…
Not particularly mean anything. Just want to create an illustration of some art-deco style.