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    I am Qrystal; or at least, that's my dot-name! Har har. (My name is really Crystal, but that's not as internet-searchable; hence, switching the C for the little-used letter Q.)

    I am here because I enjoy writing. I do this mostly for myself, but I also have a passion for helping others learn things from the things I write. Now that I am done my Ph.D. in Physics, I am stepping away from academic research so that I can indulge in some creative ways to share my knowledge and inspire the appreciation of scientific thinking in others. I am also working as a tutor, which is one of the jobs I've most enjoyed doing in my life so far.


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    • Morse Code Haiku

    Posted by Qrystal on April 27, 2009 at 11:24.
    Category: Poetry. Tags: .

    / -.-. …… .-. … / … .- — ..- . .-.. / — —- .-. … . -.-.— /

    / -.— —- ..- .-. / -.-. —- -.. . / —- ..-. / -.. —- – … / .- -. -.. / -.. .- … …. . … /

    / .. — — —- .-. – .- .-.. .. —.. . -.. / -.— —- ..- /

    In honour of Samuel Morse’s birthday today, Google made a nice logo graphic and I wanted to honour him too, in my own way: with haiku.

    My usual outlet for haiku, however, is limited to 140 characters, and that gets difficult when each letter is represented by 1-4 characters in Morse Code. If I could write a haiku using mostly E’s, I’s, T’s, M’s, N’s, and A’s, it might fit… but instead, I decided to just go all out and post as a blog post instead of a twitter tweet.

    I had the Morse Code translation done automagically, and the same site has a Morse Code DeTranslator as well.

    Happy birthday, Samuel Morse!

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