Rock it, 2Cello

2Cello is a band that has turned the cello performance into a rock star show.  In addition to the cello's deep composure, as well as crazy rock or percussion-style playing.  A broken bow is a common sight in their performance.

這是一個將大提琴演奏變成搖滾巨星演唱會的樂團。除了大提琴既有的幽深沉穩，也有瘋狂的搖滾或打擊樂器式的演奏，弓弦被彈斷是常見的景象。以下是一些 Youtubes。

From Wiki: 

2Cello is a Croatian cellist duo, consisting of classically trained cellists, Luka Šulić and Stjepan Hauser. Signed to Sony Masterworks since 2011, they have released five albums. They play instrumental arrangements of well-known pop and rock songs, as well as classical and film music.

2CELLOS - Smooth Criminal [OFFICIAL VIDEO] (pop one)

2CELLOS - LIVE at Sydney Opera House [FULL CONCERT]

2CELLOS - Smells Like Teen Spirit [Live at Sydney Opera House] (rocky one)

2CELLOS - Wake Me Up - Avicii [OFFICIAL VIDEO] (rocky and funny one)

2CELLOS - Thunderstruck [OFFICIAL VIDEO] (rocky one with traditional cloth)

2CELLOS - Seven Nation Army (rocky one)

2CELLOS - "Back to the Roots" FULL CONCERT 2015 (classical)

2CELLOS - Pirates Of The Caribbean [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

HAUSER - "Live in Zagreb" FULL Classical Concert

2CELLOS - LIVE at Arena di Verona 2016 [FULL CONCERT]

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My favorite cellist: Jacqueline du Pré

The first time I knew Jacqueline du Pré was thru the movie Hilary and Jackie.  

I know that a movie wouldn't tell the 100% truth because of the dramatic tension and audience, but at least it gave me a chance to see and hear something in an early year without so much internet.

Performance: 

ELGAR CELLO CONCERTO, JACQUELINE DU PRE

Jacqueline du Pre & Daniel Barenboim - Elgar Cello Concerto

Jacqueline du Pré - Bach, Suites for Solo Cello No. 1 & 2 

Jacqueline du Pré - Dvořák Cello Concerto – London Symphony Orchestra cond. Daniel Barenboim

Jacqueline Du Pré performs Schumann: Cello Concerto in 1962 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (AUDIO)

古典音樂 5001 殤--徐嘉良作曲，韓慧雲演奏--2 1 懷念Jacqueline du Pre 賈桂琳杜普蕾 dlfu 哆啦F勇 沈建志(Classical Music 5001 Sadness--Composed by Galon Hsu, performed by Han Huiyun--2 1 Remembering Jacqueline du Pre dlfu Dora F Yong Shen Jianzhi)

 

殤 (協奏曲) ( wiki說：2001年，為旗下歌手陳冠蒲的個人專輯所寫的〈太多〉，先後成為多部電視劇的主題曲或片尾曲，後來他將該首歌〈太多〉的旋律改成大提琴獨奏曲，改名為〈殤〉，作為電視劇《倩女幽魂》的配樂，卻意外讓〈殤〉成為著名的大提琴演奏曲。)

Sadness (Concert): In 2001, "Too Much", written for his singer Edison Chen's personal album, has become the theme song or ending song of many TV series. Later, he changed the melody of the song "Too Much" into a cello solo and renamed it as "Sadness". "Sadness", as the soundtrack of the TV series "A Chinese Ghost Story", unexpectedly made it a famous cello piece.

Bibliography and interview: 

Tribute to Jacqueline du Pré | by AllegroFilms

Daniel Barenboim & Jacqueline du Pré about their love story

Jacqueline du Pré: a previously unpublished intimate interview

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城市聲景研究

看到別人 5/15/2022 轉貼，活動到 7/15 結束，好想參加啊，但是勢必做不完了，這是太久沒看FB的結果了。寫email 去詢問詹研究員，他說活動延後到 7/31/2022才結束，我就馬上去參加了。

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轉貼一個中研院永續科學計畫所正在進行的城市聲景研究，希望透過更多人的參與，讓我們更了解都市中的環境噪音現況，並且探討噪音暴露對於身心健康的危害，調查的時間是 2022/5/16 - 2022/7/15，前300位完成填答任務者，可獲得早鳥獎勵-超商電子商品卡400元，所有參與完成任務者，還有另外的抽獎，歡迎大家參加喔！

更多資訊請參考

計畫網站：https://as.geohealth.tw/soundmap

Line群組：https://line.me/R/ti/p/@681uelnm

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Sounds in NCKU

最近參加了 "聲感地圖現行錄"，開始記錄周遭生活中的環境聲音。平常都是公司、馬路、家裡的聲音，只有周末才會有一些不同的聲音。

今天中午是大賣場中不休止的廣播聲，買完菜回家途中，順道去成大熱帶雨林錄一下蟬鳴鳥叫，其實蟬鳴鳥叫聲並不小聲，但是就是比平常的車水馬龍或是同事們的喧鬧聲令人舒服。傍晚看到這首詩，挺貼合自己的心情。

南北朝王籍的《入若耶溪》

艅艎何泛泛，空水共悠悠。
陰霞生遠岫，陽景逐回流。
蟬噪林逾靜，鳥鳴山更幽。
此地動歸念，長年悲倦遊。
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Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suite

I decided to find myself back. The first step, also the easiest step, is to listen to cellos, especially my favorite: Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suite.

Youtube is the best place to look for this. Here is what I found

Yo Yo Ma - Bach Six Cello Suites - BBC Proms 2015 (only audio, no video)

J.S. Bach: 6 Suites for Cello Solo (Full Album) played by István Várdai (only audio, no video)

Bach - Complete Cello Suites (Massimiliano Martinelli) (only audio, no video)

The Cello Song - (Bach is back with 7 more cellos) - The Piano Guys (audio+video)

The Story Behind the Bach Cello Suites, And Why We Still Love Them Today (By David Rutherford · Jul. 25, 2018, 9:28 pm) 

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Smell of burning plastics

We usually open windows and turn on the exhaust fan installed on our balcony after we get home. We try to let outdoor air flow in to refresh indoor air and lower the temperature.

Unfortunately, Southern Taiwan has serious air pollution problem, so it is not suitable to open windows sometimes.

We smelled burning plastics when we got home last night, so no open window at all.

It was North wind last night, it must come from the north if there was anything happening.  But I couldn't find anything special from TWEPA Air Quality Monitoring Network (https://airtw.epa.gov.tw/).

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Bonus Performance: Verge Aero Delivers a Gorgeous Drone Show | AGT: Extreme 2022

After seeing many drone performances, I still think this one is the best drone performance I have ever seen.  Smooth image transitions, the sense of river flow through the sky, the color change, etc.

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VIO = Visual inertial odometry = 視覺 + IMU

What's the VIO?

VIO = Visual inertial odometry = 視覺 + IMU

I hope I can have a small UAS as Auterion to fly in the place without GNSS.

In the following website (https://docs.px4.io/v1.12/en/computer_vision/visual_inertial_odometry.html), it said 

"Visual Inertial Odometry (VIO) is a computer vision technique used for estimating the 3D pose (local position and orientation) and velocity of a moving vehicle relative to a local starting position. It is commonly used to navigate a vehicle in situations where GPS is absent or unreliable (e.g. indoors, or when flying under a bridge).

VIO uses Visual Odometry (opens new window)to estimate vehicle pose from camera images, combined with inertial measurements from the vehicle IMU (to correct for errors associated with rapid vehicle movement resulting in poor image capture).

This topic shows how to set up PX4 and a companion computer to use the supported VIO setup."

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Japanese TV drama and anime

最近看過一些日本電視劇及動漫

動漫(Anime)

名偵探柯南(未完結)

刀劍神域 (Sword Art Online) (未完結)

陰陽眼見子

鬼滅之刃 (未完結)

處刑少女的生存之道 (未完結)

間諜家家酒(Spy x Family) (未完結)

偵探，已經死了 

史上最強大魔王轉生為村民A (未完結)

魔女之旅(未完成)

裏世界遠足(partial)

轉生成蜘蛛又怎樣(partial)

與變成異世界美少女大叔一起冒險(partial)

持續狩獵史萊姆三百年(partial)

Re-Zero從零開始的異世界生活 (partial)

86-不存在的戰區(未來要看的)

還有一些不記得了.......

電視劇(TV Drama)

深夜食堂

昨日的美食

名偵探主廚

日本沉沒

99.9不可能的翻案

女大律師前男友的怪遺言

還有一些不記得了.....

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Chocolate is my favorite

I love chocolate.  I am surprised to see that there are some links that are not chocolate-related stuffs when I used "choco" as a keyword to search in Google.

Choco Department is a department (province/region) of Western Colombia.  It looks it is pretty and worth visiting.

Chocoshop is a women's underwear shop in Taiwan.

What's a surprise!  

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