Projects and Interests
I was hired by the Irish Embassy in Beijing to do a Chinese version of their existing English information brochures. They supplied the photos and the Chinese text, I churned out the finished Quark product. I was in charge of this project from start to …
For the past few years I’ve been lucky to have acquired enough equipment and hard-fought knowledge to incorporate astrophotography into my Astronomy curriculum. Â I figured out ways to offer students the same learning with or without access to a telescope, AND do real science that …
Besides working on the Zhao Le Entertainment Column at Beijing Scene, I was also responsible for all the ads that went into Zhao Le. Here are just a few. Most were black and white with spot red, some were in full color when available. I was also responsible for other sections of the paper when needed. Here are a few examples of pay layout in Chinese Quark
While working at Made For China, I was a partner in collaborating the design for Excite’s migration into the Chinese market. Â Excite was a popular early search engine prior to Google. Â We took several of their proposed new names and made new logos for their …
9kv static spark gap tesla coil video journal This is my first attempt at making a tesla coil. The measurements are here thanks to Teslacoil CAD, and JavaTC, all amazing pieces of software. This will give you the basic “numbers” but …
Here is a copy of my 1996 Bachelor’s thesis on the arts movements in China during two key 10-year periods (Socialist realist period and the first generation of alternative art of the 80’s and 90’s). It is 87 pages with images and some interesting quantitative perspectives on how art developed during those years. The interviews with bands, artists and the amount of reading (in Chinese) I had to do for this took around 2 years.
In 2010 I was very fortunate to be selected as one of ten science teachers in Texas chosen for the UT Austin Master’s of Engineering Education (MASEE) program. This is a three year program where teachers of any science subject learn how to apply real …
The concert was amazing, a million thanks to all those who came out and supported our efforts. We earned $5000 USD in 4 hours for Half the Sky Children’s Orphanage in Beijing. Gung Ho Films made a substantial matching partner donation as well. It was …
I spent many years helping and developing some of the earliest punk bands in Beijing from 1995-2003. Bands like Underbaby, Catcher in the Rye, Brain Failure, Anarchy Boys, Reflector, 69 and even PK-14 all have their start in the pages of this book. It was an experience I am very grateful for and cherish all the memories, good and bad. I felt my experience was unique and decided to write the only definitive book about the history of Chinese punk rock. It took seven years to finish and so far the reviews have been both humbling and amazing. The book is dedicated to those who helped make Chinese punk rock, the bands and the audiences that came to support us. Please contact me for questions or to just say hey:  dave@texasdavid.com
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The book is also on Amazon and Google books in print and ebook versions, but a purchase from Lulu provides more money for the charity that I support, Half the Sky; a Chinese children’s orphanage. You can donate directly to Half the Sky here.
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Interviews and reviews of the book:
Wow! Yuan Qing from China Daily (China’s national newspaper) interviewed me about the book and the charity concert.
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/weekly/2012-09/21/content_15772204.htm
Atari Punk Sequencer Highly suggest doing this project in this order: 1)Â make a solid atari punk console, one you can rely on and you know well, I have a great diagram on my APC page on this site. 2)Â separately build a 555 …