Blog Atlas

Absurdity first, then thought, then writing

From 2017 to 2026, this archive holds 102 Chinese posts at its core. The blog reads like a private garden: it can still be rewarding even when no one stops by.
Once you step into this strange garden of thought, the world is no longer quite the same. - Samuelson
Prelude

The final frontier

The early posts lean toward Arts & screen. The middle years drift toward Tools & tech. The later work settles around Economics & method, so the archive can be read as a sequence of changing interests.

The most common second-level category is Analysis, with Guides forming the second line. That split is more useful than a tone label: it says how the posts work on the page.

Posts
102
Years
2017 - 2026
Peak year
2024 (42)
Main theme
Economics & method
Second lineTools & tech
Main second levelAnalysis
Second levelGuides
Favorite season春日 (Mar peak)
Spanabout 10 years
Longest postWriting Advice (2943 words)
Proem

Opening overview

A backward glance makes interests, modes, and recurring words easier to see.
Peak year
2024

42 posts landed in that year. Momentum mattered.

Recurring words
Economics study / Reading / Software tools

Repeated words point to the questions the archive keeps circling back to.

Cadence

Rhythm

Some stretches gather force; others break into motion.
Notes
  • The x-axis is year and the y-axis is post count.
  • The number on each bar gives the exact count.
  • Darker color means a more productive year.
Notes
  • Each point is one calendar month.
  • The line connects months in chronological order.
  • Sharp rises mark short bursts of writing.
Notes
  • Rows are years and columns are months.
  • Each cell counts how many posts appeared in that month of that year.
  • Darker cells reveal recurring seasonal habits and short bursts in specific years.
Movements

Themes and forms

Subjects and writing modes show how the archive reorganizes itself over time.
Notes
  • Rows are years and columns are themes.
  • Each cell shows how many posts of that theme appeared in that year.
  • Darker cells point to periods where a theme became more concentrated.
Notes
  • The inner ring shows first-level themes; the outer ring shows their second-level categories.
  • Larger arcs mean more posts in that category.
  • Read it from the center outward: first find a broad topic, then see how its posts are further divided.
Notes
  • Each stacked segment is one second-level category in a given year.
  • A taller column means that year produced more posts.
  • The color mix shows whether the year leaned toward guides, analysis, reviews, travel notes, or essays.
Notes
  • This is a ridgeline chart: each ridge represents one theme.
  • The x-axis follows the twelve months; higher ridges mean that theme appears more often around that month.
  • It shows recurring seasonal tendencies in topics rather than individual posts.
Resonance

Aftertone

Texture, repeated words, and length make the archive easier to compare at a glance.
Notes
  • This chart shows the share of each second-level category.
  • Each slice stands for one category, such as analysis, guides, or reviews.
  • A larger slice means that category appears more often in the archive.
Notes
  • The y-axis lists recurring keywords and the x-axis shows their cumulative weight.
  • Longer bars mean the word keeps returning across posts.
  • Darker color means stronger recurrence.
Notes
  • The x-axis shows post length in words.
  • The y-axis shows average sentence length.
  • Each bubble stands for one post, colored by theme.
  • Bigger bubbles mean more sentences.
Notes
  • The left side is Categories and the right side is Tags.
  • A line means at least one post uses that category and that tag together.
  • Thicker lines mean the pair appears together more often.
Chronicle

Year by year

Step back far enough and the line of time becomes readable.
20171 posts
This year leans toward Travel & field notes, with Travel as the main second-level category.
Open
10-06

Boot Camp Notes

Travel & field notesTravel109 words

Writing

WritingTravel notes
20202 posts
This year leans toward Arts & screen, with Reviews as the main second-level category.
Open
20213 posts
This year leans toward Arts & screen, with Reviews as the main second-level category.
Open
05-22

Divine Realism

Society & essaysReviews69 words

Literature

LiteratureReadingWriting
20225 posts
This year leans toward Travel & field notes, with Travel as the main second-level category.
Open
202323 posts
This year leans toward Economics & method, with Analysis as the main second-level category.
Open
06-11

Writing Advice

Economics & methodAnalysis2943 words

Reading

ReadingLiteratureRepostEconomics study
07-01

Word Games

Arts & screenReviews156 words

Games

Gamesword
08-09

Genshin Crafting Odds

Society & essaysAnalysis986 words

Genshin Impact

Genshin ImpactProbabilityEconomics study
08-20

Faces of Time

Travel & field notesEssays108 words

Travel notes

Travel notes
09-06

Citespace Visualization

Tools & techGuides480 words

Paper reading

Paper readingSoftware picksCitespaceSoftware tools
202442 posts
This year leans toward Economics & method, with Analysis as the main second-level category.
Open
02-28

Causal Effec

Economics & methodAnalysis1354 words

Paper reading

Paper readingCausal inferenceEconomics study
03-06

Web Scraping in Stata

Tools & techAnalysis264 words

Web scraping

Web scrapingStataSoftware toolsEconomics study
04-20

R Basics 1

Tools & techGuides300 words

Software tools

Software tools
04-22

R Basics 2

Tools & techAnalysis284 words

Software tools

Software toolsstata
06-20

Event Study 1

Economics & methodAnalysis623 words

Causal inference

Causal inferencePaper readingEconomics study
06-24

Event Study 2

Economics & methodAnalysis427 words

Causal inference

Causal inferencePaper readingEconomics studytiming-based
10-24

Event Study 3

Economics & methodAnalysis340 words

Causal inference

Causal inferencePaper readingStataEconomics study
202519 posts
This year leans toward Economics & method, with Analysis as the main second-level category.
Open
03-02

Solow in Matlab

Economics & methodAnalysis402 words

Matlab

MatlabMacroeconomicsSoftware toolsEconomics study
04-01

Judge IV

Economics & methodAnalysis384 words

Causal inference

Causal inferencePaper readingLaw and economicsEconomics study
11-03

ArcGIS Pro Notes

Tools & techAnalysis287 words

Regional economics

Regional economicsSoftware tools
20267 posts
This year leans toward Economics & method, with Analysis as the main second-level category.
Open