Updated December 6, 2024

**Listen to our latest podcast!** --------------------------------- Welcome to **Feeding Curiosity**, the brainchild of Erich Wenzel, an engineer by trade and a voracious learner at heart. Erich's passion for exploration and discovery led him to create this platform, where like-minded individuals can delve into various subjects, exchange ideas, and inspire others to learn and grow. At Feeding Curiosity, we believe in nurturing a well-rounded understanding of the world, transcending traditional boundaries, and embracing the vast expanse of human knowledge. Our podcast features riveting conversations with experts, innovators, and creative thinkers from various fields, including science, technology, philosophy, and the arts. These dialogues offer unique perspectives, fascinating stories, and invaluable insights that help you tap into your potential and develop a deeper understanding of the world around you. Our website further enriches your experience with curated content, such as articles, essays, and resources, designed to fuel your curiosity and ignite your passion for learning. Whether seeking to explore new ideas or challenge yourself with stimulating discussions, Feeding Curiosity is your ultimate intellectual and personal growth destination. Join us on this journey of discovery as we embark on an adventure to unlock the world's mysteries, one conversation at a time. Welcome to Feeding Curiosity, where we feed your curiosity and inspire you to embrace life's endless possibilities. **BLUEPRINTS** -------------- ### The blueprints are our unique take on summaries. Blueprint will help you absorb information quickly and allow for the synthesis of ideas! Blueprint: Range by David Epstein --------------------------------- Welcome to the blueprint for Range. David Epstein is the author of Range. This book explores why generalists succeed in a specialized world. This blueprint will break down the core ideas, connect ideas outside of the book, and apply these ideas in your life! Netflix’s _Arcane_ is a modern myth, intertwining art deco aesthetics and alchemical symbolism to explore humanity’s eternal struggle with chaos and order. Central to this tale are Jayce and Viktor, whose journeys reveal the dangers of unchecked ambition and the duality of progress. Hex Tech serves as a metaphor for technological marvels that can save or destroy, depending on their wielders. While Jayce learns humility through his trials, Viktor’s transformation warns of losing humanity in the pursuit of perfection. Ultimately, _Arcane_ urges us to embrace balance and compassion, reminding us that progress devoid of love leads to stagnation and ruin. In _Looking for Heaven_, the author embarks on a profound exploration of “heaven,” stripping away centuries of dogma and cultural misconceptions. Blending personal anecdotes, theological critique, and psychological insights, the essay challenges the idea of heaven as a distant, metaphysical realm. Instead, it redefines heaven as an intimate domain of human experience rooted in consciousness, meaning, and connection. With references spanning mythology, modern psychology, and personal reflections, this work invites readers to rethink what it means to seek heaven in a world fragmented by materialism and postmodern skepticism. In one of his most influential works, Psychology and Alchemy, Carl Jung argues that alchemy was far more than a failed science. Instead, it was an undifferentiated mix of object and subject. Alchemy was chemistry insofar as it was a science, and it was a psychological practice… For many, David Goggins is seen as inhuman or, as he has said, uncommon amongst the uncommon, sure that is true. But I look at it a little differently. If he can forge himself into something extraordinary, why can't I? Why can't the person next to me? In this video, I discuss what it means to be In Pursuit of Your Greatness. Subscribe to our newsletter --------------------------- We respect your privacy. Thank you!

Updated December 8, 2024

_last update, December 8th, 2024_ If you have got this far, then you do indeed wish to know more. I was born into a strange family, some of the details of which are in my novella, ‘Edgar’. I was a full-time flamenco guitarist at one point, and I lived in my car, using the local truck stop for washing facilities. I would ‘busk’ for my dinner, in other words, I would sit on the street and play for money; rain or shine. A chance encounter than took me to Costa Rica, where I spent two years performing, as well as writing hieroglyphics in a scorpion infested cabin by candlelight from a candle attached to a skull. Another chance encounter then gave me the opportunity to be Ridley Scott’s driver on the film, 1492 The Conquest of Paradise. And then to LA, and Sunset Boulevard until I found myself back in London working as a financial advisor. That was great for three weeks, and then I walked out on the job and sat on Hampstead Heath plotting my next move. I then ended up in Wisconsin where I spent about nine years in a spiritual community i.e. cult. Good times. Then back to the UK, and I am a full-time animal Rescue Officer for the RSPCA until all the death became a bit much for me. Then, after a sting of restaurant work, I went self-employed again and started building and maintaining websites until I ended in living in Jordan and studying Classical Arabic. All went swimmingly until I returned to the UK and suddenly found myself sleeping on a park bench for a month or two. Eventually I found housing and started to teach myself classical Chinese, as you do. I love Tang Dynasty poetry, and I wanted to read the original and write my own in classical Chinese. I then published my own line of poetry, in English. Then a loud voice tells me to oil paint, so I taught myself and exhibited in London, Devon, Yorkshire and Watford where I currently reside. My writing then came back with full force under various pseudonyms, and now I write as well as curate my own art, which I am gradually selling so that a new body of work can emerge. All of this is the tip of a huge iceberg, and a lot as been left out. My novella, Edgar, reveals more, but something things are indeed hidden. Resonate? Interested? What to know more? get in touch

Updated December 8, 2024

_last update, December 8th, 2024_ The main idea at the moment, is not exactly an idea, it is a feeling. There have been a lot of changes in my life recently, and it has affected my art, my writing, my spirituality (I don't really like that word, but I don't like to say ‘my faith’). At the same time, I moved away from most social media, until twitter became an absolute pit of venom that I no longer wanted in my life. So I removed all social media, and minimalised everything in my life, from my wardrobe to my coding. But there is that ‘feeling’ that is lingering, a notion, a thought, a sensation of something that I want to achieve and develop; I just can't put it into words yet. It is to do with meaningful connection, connections that don't need ‘like’ or ‘hearts’. It has to do with why I have hardcoded my own RSS feed, as well as the HTML for my website; it is why I want to send more letters and receive more postcards. It is… I don’t know, but it is an idea. Stay tuned.

Updated December 8, 2024

_last update, December 8th, 2024_ I am currently at Amanartis Gallery at the Atria Watford, as well as Amanartis at The Chapel, which is literally a converted chapel in a cemetery in Watford. That is my art studio as well as my own gallery within the gallery. Both locations have my early work and more current pieces. Like I have said in posts and in my gallery section here, I am tired of displaying images that get scrolled through, so I actively encourage people to visit the gallery. I am also actively writing and have quite a few books on Amazon under different pseudonyms. My poetry is under John Richard Hewitt as well as the graphically, irreverent and chilling, though humorous, novella, Edgar. I am currently working on Edgar II. I am also enjoying the simplicity of handcrafting my website with only HTML. I have had many sites in the past with complex databases, JavaScript and exotic CSS design elements. Then I just couldn't any more and I craved minimalism, in all areas of my life. So the website you see is pure HTML, and I am continuing to add more elements as well as entries to the blogroll etc.

Updated December 7, 2024

* * * Building upon a broad artistic and technical background, I craft all sorts of cool stuff with passionate people who love what they do —like me. I feel especially comfortable creating for screens, but I’m notoriously curious, driven to explore, learn and experiment across all kind of media. That’s why I like to collaborate interdisciplinary and do projects that cross-scale in production. If you need to slap a single label on what I do, I like the German term ‘Gestaltingenieur’ (which translates to something like ‘engineer of form’), but basically I’d prefer for you to simply think of me this way: I’m not specialized in _anything_, I’m specialized in _everything_. Experience ---------- Beeing a habitual beginner and ‘learn-aholic’, I grow my skillset primarily by doing. Most recently I’ve leveraged my roughly 15 years of experience in creation and code by **Creation:** Research, conceptualisation, art direction, design systems, interaction and UI/UX design, prototyping, development **Code:** HTML, PHP, CSS (incl. SCSS), Javascript (incl. GSAP, Three.js, paper.js) **Tool kit:** Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, DaVinci Resolve, Blender teaching Game Design and supervising attending distance students at Euro-FH, University Of Applied Sciences since 2024•Remote (Hamburg, Germany)•ongoing teaching Game Design and co-developing said degree program at Wilhelm Büchner Hochschule (Wilhelm Buechner College) since 2024•Remote (Frankfurt, Germany)•ongoing exploring technology and its effects on culture and society as founder and chairman of the non-profit Virtuelle Kultur e.V. (Virtual Culture) on a project basis since 2022•ongoing shaping visual systems and helping brands through strategic design thinking and art direction as self-employed **design consultant** occasionally since 2018 planing, designing, and building digital solutions and helping brands evolve as designer and front-end developer at Wagnerwagner since 2013•Remote (Reutlingen, Germany)•ongoing running an experimental art practice dubbed **allyourhype!**, acting as a formless archive for random self-expression infrequently since 2012 You might be thinking _“That’s a hell of a lot of stuff pal!”_ and you’re absolutely right. I do a shit load of things. Do I do too much? _Maybe._ Do I spread myself too thin? _Probably._ Do I enjoy every little piece I’m working on, though? _Abso–fucking–lutely!_ Contact ------- Due to my numerous long-term commitments and extremely limited remaining capacities, I rarely take on new assignments for the time being. If you have something special you want to collaborate on and therefore talk about, though, message me on Linkedin.com or get in touch via good ol’ Email. Charles Bukowski’s basically summed it up perfectly: > _»Understand me … > I do not have time for things that have no soul.«_ That being said, I’m always down to casually meet and muse over fresh ideas with a good cup of coffee or a nice matcha. And if there’s only one thing about me to take away from this website, it’s that I’m always interested in learning something new to broaden my horizon. Alternatively, there’s of course the solid option to join forces with the tried-and-tested team of Wagnerwagner or the collective mind of Virtuelle Kultur e.V. if you want to end up working together. Design Ethos ------------ Even though I’m utilizing design in as many forms and for as different projects as I possibly can, I try to align all of my creative work with what I like to call my design ethos. And while preferences and focus points change and my attitude towards specific style concepts and design philosophies shifts, the following ideas are meant to be way more fundamental, allowing potential collaborators for a better understanding of my thinking, my design values and how I aspire to approach projects; > I believe design is best approached with a ‘don’t-know-mind’ and in a playful yet meticulous manner. At the beginning of each project, we need to learn as much as possible about context and the flow of things, to then develop an individual approach and finally design from inside to outside, from user experience backwards to technology. > > The design process is a steady search for value, it’s meant to be organic and iterative. The crucial part always is to ask honest questions, listen closely and be empathetic to the culture we create for. > > And since design draws from and feeds back into the world around us, good designers borrow from multiple places. We have to go through life with our eyes wide open, we need to study everything around us. > As designers, we have to acknowledge circumstances as they are, but our work has to be future-positive, it has to be accessible and empowering. After all, design is not just _“what it looks like”_, or even _“how it works”_, ultimately design is about the meaning it produces, it’s about what it enables. > > We might be hired by companies and organizations, but we work for those affected by our craft. We design for people. > I furthermore believe in doing good work without rushing, crafting with intention and that the best ‘stuff’ is usually built by happy folks. To craft consistently well we need our working relationships to be long-term partnerships built on trust and care. Design is not meant to be a sprint, but a process of growth. > Lastly, to design is to shape the future. Therefor, good design needs to be holistic and sustainable, robust and consistent, intuitive yet innovative. To achieve that, the baseline is simplicity, but we can’t shy away from offbeat aesthetics, playful storytelling and even vast beauty, if appropriate, either. > > Design needs balance, it has to speak to the head and the heart. Form follows feeling, just as form follows function. > / last updated November 2024 * * * (more) About Me --------------- I’m convinced how we spent our spare time not only tells a lot about us, but strongly influences our output as creatives, as well. In the wise words of the amazing Frank Chimero: > _ > > »I’d say slow down, find a quiet place and create time for solitude so you can hear yourself. It’s so noisy out there. And find the good ones around you –the patient, compassionate and interested– then elevate the conversation as often as you can. **The things that nourish you are also the things that will nourish your work, give it purpose, depth and soul.** It’s hard to say what those things may be, but life has taught me over and over that you don’t need to know if you are willing to ask.« > > _ So here are a few things that nourish me. ### Music Besides art, all kinds of design and technology, I get most excited about music. I’ve worked on graphics and artworks for a few bands in the past and I’m dabbling into making music myself from time to time, but mainly I enjoy growing and listening to my beloved record collection. Here are some of the LPs occupying my record player most often at the moment. / last updated December 2024 ### Games I probably do not deserve the title ‘Gamer’ and might not conform to the stereotype either, but I’ve been into video games since eight year old me watched my big brother play Secret of Evermore on his SNES back in 1996. Besides the sheer entertaining qualities and the frequent utilisation of experimental hardware and emerging technology, I believe video games are still crucially underrated as an artform and cultural property. Here are some good (or at least interesting) games I’ve played recently. / last updated September 2024 #### Moonring install from itch.io (for free!) #### Trek to Yomi install from Steam ### Books Even so I spent most of my reading time with my first-born daughter and her favourite children’s books right now, I manage to squeeze in a few pages of the books recently added to my ‘antilibrary’ and some re-readings of a few of my favourites every now and then. Here are some books I’m currently reading. / last updated August 2024 * * * On the topic of reading and time spent; Thanks kindly for stopping by and taking the time ( so far) to read through this website, your attention isn’t taken for granted! That’s it with the ‘me\-me\-me\-fest’ for now. Have a great day and remember to scroll slow. Much Love. Colophon -------- This is the 2024 iteration of my personal website which has existed in various forms since around 2009. The current version is composed of a bunch of dead simple handwritten files. If given a choice, I build websites without tracking, fingerprinting or personalised cookies. This one leads by example. Text is set in ‘Satoshi’ by the Indian Type Foundry Some of the JavaScript utilizes GSAP and paper.js This website is hosted green, all files necessary to run lucasrees.com are served through my own webspace ©2024 Lucas Rees•Imprint (in German) 日々是好日 (nichi nichi kore kōjitsu)

Updated December 7, 2024

Last updated: 2024-12-07 18:25:00 +0000 UTC Work ---- Senior Engineering Manager at Heroku. Travel ------ NYC ~March 2025. Reading ------- ### Fun * Heretical Fishing #3 ### Less Fun * Platform Engineering Building and Making ------------------- No current active gunpla models. Next up is the Witch from Mercury pair. Maintaining accidentallykv.club. Fitness ------- Running 3x a week, lifting 3x a week. Following Tactical Barbell “Green Protocol” - Capacity.

Updated November 12, 2024

Skip to content Ideas are everything. These are the ones I keep coming back to -------------------------------------------------------------- ### Civic 1. **Double the bounty for recycling bottles and cans –** This would effectively double the income some of our most vulnerable citizens make and hopefully have an environmental impact. To prove this I would like to weigh sanitation costs against redemption revenue 2. **Universal healthcare to spur entrepreneurship** – I have a theory that countries with universal or single payer healthcare start more businesses than ones that do not. Doesn’t mean correlation is causation but I’d like to weigh data from OECD to explore this more ### Business 1. **Calendar analytics** – I spend a tremendous amount of time in my calendar. I would love to pay for a service that looks at all my calendar appointments and tells me where I can improve. Heavily dependent on logging all activities   2. **Digital hygiene** – Students have driver’s ed, sex ed and spend years learning disciplines that will have slim to no impact on their professional success. I have talked to many educators who tell me how bullying and poor digital skills hurt the development of their students. I envision an info product or course that teaches kids healthy digital habits at an early age. Targeted to bullying prevention, safety, digital literacy and online research and productivity.  3. **Rideshare trip subsidies** – Retail is dying and there will be a fight to get consumers into stores. Dan Reich has a great concept for Native Advertising that any of the rideshare companies could easily implement 4. **Move/travel assistant** – nearly every time I have traveled one of my credit cards does not work because I forget to notify them. In 2020 I should be able to do this from one portal or dashboard.  ### Consumer 1. **bathroom hand dryer that sucks instead of blows** – “hand dryers suck in fecal matter and blow it all over your hands” I wonder if using a vacuum and maybe UV light would provide for a more hygienic experience.  2. “**Bartender’s base**” – Having planned and executed a variety of events these past few years I constantly found myself buying a variety of large bottles of mixers. I see an opportunity to build a bundle that includes fruit juice, soda, tonic, seltzer and water that is perfect for a small party. Could probably get more margin for the aggregation of it all into a 12 pack.  3. **Set of cards for all the holidays in a year + birthday**, condolences and blank ones – 100% stolen from this guy on twitter.  4. **Trash/recycling can with barcode scanner** – Likely in the kitchen and you’d need to scan before throwing things away but it would automatically populate to a grocery or shopping list.  5. **Frying pan with a trap door** – everytime I scoop something out of a pan I think there has to be a better way. Would require heavy engineering but imaging if you could pull a trap door and drop the food onto your plate.

Updated December 7, 2024

ner3y ----- My /now page ------------ ### 📚 What I’m reading * Das Jesus Video by Andreas Eschbach ### 🍿 What I’m watching * Rookie (Season 5) ### 🎮 What I’m playing * Death Stranding Director's Cut on Xbox Series S * Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on Xbox Series S ### 💎 Other things I do * Job search * M365 continuing education * * * Last updated 2024-12-07. Back to my profile page!

Updated December 2, 2024

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Updated October 28, 2024

##### Last updated on 28-10-2024 This is a public list of ideas that I would like to work on someday. This is a copy of the ideas note I have in my Obsidian vault, where I jot down interesting projects, concepts, and thoughts that I find intriguing and might want to explore in the future. Since it is not practically possible for anyone to work on every idea they have, I thought it would be better to make this note public so that someone else might build it someday. Ideas that I’m currently working on are crossed out and have been moved to my projects page. Against each idea, I’ve added a short description to provide more context. If you are interested in any of the ideas mentioned below and want to work on them or collaborate with me, feel free to contact me. In case any of the ideas already exist, please let me know, and I will cross them out with a backlink to the project. **A Search Engine for Personal Blogs**I’m unable to search for content in personal blogs on google or any other search engine. Kagi small web is there, but it’s not personal blog specific.**A World Travel Lottery**A lottery with the grand prize as a fully-expensed, world travel package to visit n countries across all continents**Cricket Guard Line Projector**If you watch cricket, you can see batsmen often marking guard lines against the stumps by asking the umpire. Why can’t we have a laser projection of the stumps controlled by the umpire with a remote?**A cheap running tracker**There are multiple running trackers that you can attach to shoes, like Stryd , but these are quite expensive. Why is it so hard to make cheaper running trackers?**A platform to read both sides of an argument.**A moderated platform where a dedicated page is present for popular topics, and people can read about both sides of the argument.**Indian News Aggregator with relevance**India is struggling with misinformation and rigged news. The magnitude is quite high, considering the huge population, the demographics, and the rising internet penetration. A platform like News Minimalist that removes clickbait titles and filters relevant news would be useful for India.**Global Fish Database in different languages**Fishnames are tricky if you travel around the world. Within a country itself, fish names would be different. A global database of fishnames in all different languages would be great!**Bookmark for Videos & Podcasts**I wish there was a tool to record a particular timestamp on a video or a podcast so that I can watch it from the saved timestamp when I resume, rather than scrolling and finding the time.**Strava for Writers**Strava is a great tool to track your activities. As a writer, such a tool would be great to see the number of words written every day and also get a sneak peek at others’ writings.**About Me Collection**I love reading the About Me sections of various personal blogs. A curated list of the best about pages would be cool.**Evergreen Hosting** People put a lot of effort into their blogs, and most often, after the person passes away, these blogs go obsolete. How about a service that you can pay for one-time or in installments, ensuring that your blog stays live forever? _Update: I wrote about in detail here . Also, checkout Digital Legacy Trust by Derek Sivers._ Comments -------- ##### Leave a comment below. All comments are moderated and will appear after approval. Your email, if provided, is optional and won't be shared or used to send any spam. If your comment requires a personal response beyond a public reply, I will reach out to you via email. Comments are static, with no notifications or backlinks.

Updated December 6, 2024

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Updated December 7, 2024

What I'm doing now ------------------ (This is a now page.) 💻 Helping build june.so 🏃 Ran 7.5 km 5 days ago 🎧 Listening to La Ballade de Jim by Paradis * * * I moved to Paris in October 2021 to be physically closer to the june.so team. You can see our changelog to learn more about the things we're shipping every week! * * * Updated 07 December, 2024 from Paris, France.