Jason Zhang
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Things to play with.

A field journal of small interactive experiments. Each entry is a self-contained game or tool, mostly built to scratch a curiosity itch.

Build a CPU
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Build a CPU

NMOS transistors → 4-bit CPU

A circuit-builder game. Wire NMOS and PMOS into NAND gates, then work up through flip-flops and registers to a working CPU. Each component you seal is reusable in every later level.

hardwaresimulationpuzzle
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Map of Philosophy
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Map of Philosophy

A graph of Western thought

An interactive influence map of Western philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the 20th century. Nodes are philosophers, edges are intellectual lineage, colors are schools of thought. Click any node to read who they were and who shaped them.

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Art History
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Art History

Movements, not artists

An interactive influence map of Western art from the Romanesque through Post-Impressionism. Nodes are movements rendered as their defining works; edges are stylistic lineage. Click any movement to step into a gallery room.

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