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Yanki Sırtaş
Notes, work, tools, music, and a few unfinished things.
software / language / music
Cast: hexagram 43, Guài. Changing to hexagram 54, Guī Mèi.
About
I build software.
I'm a language & culture nerd. Currently studying Classical Chinese/文言文 and Mandarin. Fluent in Turkish, English & Spanish. Can kind of fake my way through a few more.
I play some instruments and enjoy composing. I recently started learning to play the saxophone. On the guitar I've been studying gypsy jazz and also metal. I play the trumpet, some keys and even throw in some drums in there sometimes. I'm also trying to learn the oud and bağlama.
I like traditional Chinese calligraphy. I'm waiting to become more competent at it before I start gifting my works to my friends.
Projects
- atelier — directory of art projects — typography, vigils, fresco studies
- Choc Education巧克 — English fluency forged in real conversation for Mandarin speakers
- Language Boss — AI that teaches, grades, and tracks English for Mandarin speakers
- shanggu上古音 — Learn to speak Old Chinese as reconstructed for 1000 BCE
On repeat · 7 days 本周高频
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一周回响。 On rotation · podcast: Episode 171 — The Eastern Frontier · The History of Byzantium
Currently attempting
language 词语、语感、用法 · calligraphy 临帖、笔记 · watches 机芯、设计、小记 · poetry 诗句、译句、摘抄 · China 城市、历史、日常
Field note No. 305
力拔山兮气盖世，
时不利兮骓不逝。
骓不逝兮可奈何，
虞兮虞兮奈若何！
—《垓下歌》项羽