I am Peter Cai, and on the left (or top) is another online persona, Takanashi Horo, an original character drawn by Nacchan. Both are used by me in different occasions, and both represent me on the Internet.

Peter is:

  • An Infrastructure Engineer
  • In general, a systems person
  • A Free and Open Source Software enthusiast

You might know me from

Language

My native language is Mandarin, whose written language is called Chinese (Simplified). I am fairly fluent in English and can handle day-to-day communication in Japanese as well. You might see articles written in any one of these languages on this blog.

Name

My last name, Cai, should be pronounced [t̻͡s̪ai], with the "C" pronounced like a "Ts". It is incorrect to pronounce it like Sai, Kai, or Chai, as these can refer to other family names / words in Chinese.

I go by the name Peter online in most circumstances, even in Chinese-centric communities. My native Chinese name, Xiyu, is awkward to pronounce in English contexts. The correct pronunciation is [ɕijy˨˩˦]. There is no sane English approximation for the pronunciation, unfortunately.

Blog

The domain, typeblog.net, was registered around 2013 when I first started having a presence on the internet. Here, "type" refers to the act of typing, as in, typing a blog article. At that time, the young Peter believed such a name is somehow poetic. Like many things, it feels somewhat stupid when looking back. But anyway, I am now stuck with this domain, and it has already become an integral part of my online presence.

Contact

Current PGP keys in use:

  • C1EC E2E1 3719 4B7E BA58 7DB7 BF02 0779 A303 663F (preferred)
  • 9B69 2698 88F0 0C16 486C 9EC4 97BF B9AD 6287 DB0A
  • 20FD 21CF F0D9 CB27 3D60 FBC0 4F6F 4B73 393B E350

BTW, I use Arch.