Updated January 29, 2025

* ANTLR * Application modernization * Code processing * Consulting * Domain specific languages * Editors * Jetbrains MPS * Language design * Language Engineering * Language Workbenches * Migration * Miscellany * Model driven development * Open-source * Parsing * Software Development * Browse all Parsing ------- Parsing is the analysis of an input to organize the data according to the rule of a grammar. There are a few ways to define parsing. However the gist remain the same: parsing means to find the underlying structure of the data we are given. Domain specific languages ------------------------- Domain specific languages are languages meant for one thing, but they do it perfectly: think HTML, which is designed to write web pages. This is in contrast with general programming languages, that can do anything, but require more effort. They can massively increase your productivity and allow non-programmers to write code in a language that they understand. Tools And Libraries ------------------- The right tool can make your life easier and improve your productivity, we share the ones we know and explain our readers how to use them. Programming languages --------------------- Many programmers think about creating their own programming language. You can read these articles to know how to get started. If you want a practical guide on the subject we have also wrote a book: How to create pragmatic, lightweight languages.

Updated January 29, 2025

_(This is a now page, and if you have your own site, you should make one, too.)_ Working on nioomi.com --------------------- I am currently working on a start-up with some cool people. Nioomi is programmed in Elixir, leverages some AI technologies and helps German companies to connect to talents from abroad to reduce the work shortage gap. We are a fairly fresh start-up but have some promising results. Soon space for work ------------------- I’ll soon be available to freelance and consult part-time on your project. If you want to hire me, please hit me a message. Taking care of Open Source -------------------------- I am also always spending some time taking care of my Open Source projects and helping out others. Teaching Zouk ------------- I am currently teaching more of Brazilian Zouk. If you are in Hamburg, come by. Learning new/improving things ----------------------------- * I am also dabbeling with making music * I am open to new business ventures \_Updated: 29.1.2025

Updated January 28, 2025

ner3y ----- My /now page ------------ ### 📚 What I’m reading * Das Jesus Video by Andreas Eschbach ### 🍿 What I’m watching * Long Way Up ### 🎮 What I’m playing * Indiana Jones and the Great Circle on Xbox Series S ### 💎 Other things I do * Building a blog * Being excited before starting my new job in February * * * Last updated 2025-01-28. Back to my profile page!

Updated January 27, 2025

I am a programmer, open-source enthusiast and hacker based in Berlin, Germany. I call myself a code artist, because programming can and should be seen as a creative process; therefore code is art. I love to craft pieces of art with code, that are beautiful and elegant in their simplicity, readability and architecture. Looking for expert advice and development services for a short- to mid-term project? I offer guidance on software architecture decisions, coding solutions and performance optimizations tailored to your needs. Let's work together to solve your challenges. Get in touch! experience ---------- > Thirteen years of professional experience in a couple of tweets... er, toots? Pretty early in my life I realized that I work best on my own terms. That does not mean that I prefer to work alone. Working with clients, team mates, designers and managers is a crucial part of any development process. Some time in the year 2009 I decided to not only live up to my way of working but also share my experience even more. I decided to become a freelancing programmer and consultant. Since then many different places benefited from my work. Start-Ups in their first months as well as well known companies like HERE and Deutsche Telekom Labs. Together with entrepreneurs, UI/UX experts and engineers of many fields I created novel and beautiful applications that still influence the live of thousands of people. Please see my CV for a more detailed list. coaching -------- > Whenever possible, I try to help others to learn I’m the organizer of Vuejs // Berlin, a monthly meetup group around Vue and web technologies in general. Many people want to learn and grow. Whenever I can I try to help those people by sharing my experience and knowledge. I already voluntarily coached at Code Curious, Frauenloop and Jugend Hackt. I also helped children with their first steps into the world of programming at the Berlin CoderDojo.

Updated January 27, 2025

**Updated**: 2025-01-27 Life ---- * Trying to quit reading and following the news. It ain’t easy. * Raising my beautiful baby girl. Work ---- Focus: * Release GoodStrata.au + have 10 paying customers by the end of 2025. * Release an open source CMS for Ruby on Rails. Something that I will be using on all of my projects. Still on target (+ keep improving): * SaaSHub - a software marketplace: regular improvements and maintenance. * LibHunt - a software libraries directory. * Practicing my Ruby Lang skills. * * * _This page was inspired by Derek Sivers_

Updated January 27, 2025

Recent Posts ------------ EcoJustice Radio ### Mike Davis On Southern California’s Landscape of Disaster Host Jack Eidt features a 1995 talk at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles by the late author Mike Davis, urbanist historian, public intellectual, and commentator on politics, labor, activism, and society. EcoJustice Radio ### Climate Crisis Ignites: Why L.A.’s Fires Are a Wake-Up Call We delve into the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, examining the underlying causes and the lessons we can learn to prioritize safety and resilience over profit motive. We also provide a spiritual dimension from the Lakota tradition. EcoJustice Radio ### Rising from the Ashes: Wildfire Resilience for Los Angeles and Beyond In the face of devastating wildfires, Los Angeles is grappling with the urgent need for wildfire resilience and sustainable development. On this episode of Eco Justice Radio, host Jack Eidt delves into the complexities of wildfire management and community preparedness with two insightful guests—Rick Halsey of the California Chaparral Institute and indigenous activist Lydia Poncé. EcoJustice Radio ### Revolutionary Icons: The Power of Black Madonnas and Folk Saints with Artist Mark Steven Greenfield Join us in this EcoJustice Radio episode featuring the art of Mark Steven Greenfield, whose work delves into the African American experience, historical stereotypes, and social justice. Discover his two thought-provoking series, HALO and Black Madonna, which re-imagine influential Black figures as saintly icons and challenge the narratives of white supremacy. EcoJustice Radio ### Montegrande: Ancient Amazonian Temple Reveals World’s First Cacao Cultivation EcoJustice Radio host Jack Eidt spoke with Karen Gordon, an associate at ASICAMPE, the nonprofit organization dedicated to scientific research in the Peruvian Amazon. They explored the significance of Montegrande, a site that has revealed traces of cacao in 6,000-year-old ceremonial pottery vessels, making it the oldest known monumental temple site in Peru. EcoJustice Radio ### Unmasking Empire: Abby Martin on U.S. Imperialism and Climate Change Abby Marti is, a fearless journalist, filmmaker, and activist known for her unflinching critiques of US imperialism. Abby’s work, including her upcoming film “Earth’s Greatest Enemy,” sheds light on the devastating impacts of US policies both domestically and abroad. EcoJustice Radio ### Simón Bolívar, the Monroe Doctrine, and US Intervention in Latin America In today’s complex geopolitical landscape, understanding the historical roots of U.S. intervention in Latin America is more crucial than ever. This podcast episode investigates the enduring impact of the Monroe Doctrine, a policy that has shaped U.S. foreign relations for nearly two centuries. Host Jack Eidt features a discussion between Yale historian Greg Grandin and journalist Michael Fox to unravel the intricate web of history, politics, and ideology that continues to influence the region.

Updated January 26, 2025

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Updated January 24, 2025

Last updated on January 24, 2025 by , from Liverpool, UK. This is my Now page, a concept by Derek Sivers; a living document on what my life currently looks like. Most personal websites are either too focused on what someone has already done, or too focused on the current moment—this page aims to be a happy medium. It isn’t everything that’s currently on the agenda, but it’s what I’m able to share due to NDAs and timelines that must be stuck to. My day-to-day consists of running my multi-award winning integrated marketing agency, Split An Atom, and my tech-lifestyle publication, Previous Magazine. As always, very happy to work with you. I am currently working on an original score and sound design for _Manta_ (2022) amidst other responsibilities, like web development for promotion of the game. The score for _Manta_ will also be released alongside the game and treated as my first full-length album as The Orion Correlation. I was thrilled by how many people downloaded the demo of _Manta_ as part of the Steam Next Fest October Edition 2021. Thank you very much for your continued support. I am actively doing audio post-production and scoring for various Guyanese environmentalist documentaries, public information films, and adventure-tourism content. _Eco Travellers_ (2021) premiered at MovieTowne in Guyana for Tourism Month. The environment is incredibly important to me. I am deeply concerned about the environmental impact of gimmicky NFTs. Creators should take responsibility and put the planet before profit. Open source software and open source hardware remain at the forefront of my workflow. I contribute to open source projects with great frequency, particularly for tools I am actively using, such as the Nunomo QUN synthesizer, or planning to use in the future. Fragments of Thought -------------------- * Added a blogroll to this site that includes friends and other sites I find interesting, useful or entertaining. * I migrated my websites to DataPacket; both the performance and uptime are amazing. One of the best decisions I’ve made in recent years. * Following the announcement of Windows 11, I began my full-time migration to Linux on my desktop and portable computers. Linux is now excellent for audio and video production and post-production. Now a ThinkPad nerd, and retired my Surface Pro. * I would like to give a very warm thank you to Derek Sivers for taking the time to explain his brilliant custom-made email response system, it’s really helping me tackle my high volume of email. * I have made Matrix protocol my main method of communicating instead of juggling a dozen different messaging apps, and just bridge them all to one place. Element is a great free client. Added bonus of encryption, and the hybrid-P2P model brought to the table by Pinecone and Dendrite is a beautiful thing. Feel free to send me a message on Matrix for a speedier response than email. * Both privacy and security remain something I am passionately interested in, though don’t confuse the two terms. Not sure why you should care about privacy? Read an interview I did several years ago with Recount Magazine. * Planning and working with others on a new distribution and monetization model for the music industry that respects rights, pays fairly, and is open to all. * Very interested in American Sign Language. I believe everybody should be taught it as part of a standard education. Also extremely interested in accessibility in video games. * Batting around some ideas for a narrative-heavy video game of my own with Mary Ann Mahoney. * Working on the debut record from Bryan Desrosiers. He’s making a video game too with me. * Trying to share more of what I create, as well as attempt to build more in public. Objectively non-gimmicky productivity remains the heart of my workflow. A big believer in liberation through limitation. * In the spirit of sharing more of what I do, I started using a piece of software called Mixpost, I’m currently in the process of setting it up. It’s an open source social media management tool, and consolidates your planning, creating, scheduling and approval timeline into a single place. Watch this space! * In search of objective truths in a world increasingly filled with fake news and unfalsifiable hypotheses. Zero interest in baseless conspiranoid drivel. As always, the Sagan standard applies, “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence”. You better have verifiable sources! * Thoroughly enjoying my Blue Sky surround sound in the studio. * People are saying X/Twitter was ruined recently, but it’s been a shadow of its former self for a decade. A persistent bug is being sent a tweet, but it not showing up in your mentions. I’ve told Twitter about it many times over the years⁠—they simply don’t care. * I am concerned about the ethics regarding the training and use of generative AI. I signed The Future of Life Institute’s open letter to pause giant AI experiments. My Personal Life ---------------- * I love our family, including our two cats, Perseus and Terra. Mary and I recently celebrated our 9th anniversary. * My uncle on the maternal side died. Absolutely gutted. Traumatized first-hand by the circumstances. _Wow_. I’m sure people are sick of hearing me talk about it. * Following the death of my uncle, I’ve really been struggling with my ADHD outside of business. Mercifully, around the same time, I also switched to MyLifeOrganized, and it’s been what’s kept my personal life moving forward alongside business. Attempting to get on top of my ADHD. After an extremely long wait to begin titration for methylphenidate, I’m now back on medication for my ADHD for the first time in twenty years. * I created a /uses page on the Hammy Havoc blog, it’s similar to the Split An Atom Gear List that I also maintain, but with a more personal slant, and some sporadic thoughts where appropriate to provide context. * I added ActivityPub support to my blog, meaning you can follow it within the fediverse via `@me@hammyhavoc.com`. Likewise, you can all add me as a Friend if you use the Friends plugin on your WordPress blog. * I am managing my Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Pain has been relatively OK for approximately eighteen months. * I have eaten a predominantly vegetarian diet for over a decade, and more recently a solely vegetarian diet. I haven’t consumed alcohol in over six years, I don’t miss it. * I read, research, and write daily. I am extremely interested in e-ink productivity devices—all that reading makes your eyes sore! * I’ve started listening to music for pleasure again, something I had previously struggled with for many years since starting to do music professionally. * Still fascinated by CNC milling and 3D printing, more recently started playing with masked SLA 3D printing. Very interested in metallurgy and jewellery.

Updated January 24, 2025

/now ---- last updated: January 24, 2025 ### Further improving this website Implemented a new, clean version of navigation. ### University Busy doing research and preparing for exams. more about me If you want to learn more about /now pages, take a look here: nownownow.com (you can create your own, too!)

Updated January 22, 2025

Updated January 22, 2025 * I am playing around with random ideas at Abrega * I run co-founder matching events at LFC.DEV * My day job is as the VP of Product at Modus Create See https://nownownow.com/about to learn more about now pages

Updated January 21, 2025

Last updated: Tue Jan 21 2025 19:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) So, what am I up to now? ------------------------ Capricorn Season is over, but the hustle isn't. I've got a couple of things I'm working on: 1. **My 2025 Resolution is to cook a soup a week.** I should be making a Saffron Winter Soup with Salt Cod right now, but for some reason, I don't feel like peeling potatoes. But I'll get to it soon. My resolutions for the past few years have all been food related. I cut out fast food, reduced sugars, and now I'm focusing on how much I spend on delivery. 2. **Spending some time focusing on this site.** I've had about three-or-four iterations of this site in my life. Before now, the furthest I ever got was a couple portfolio pieces that didn't justify the time it took to set up the CMS. Last year I stumbled upon the concept of a Digital Garden and that's shifted my perspective of what a website could be. Which is great considering how volatile the social media landscape can be. I also came across the idea of "slash pages", like /now and /uses that feels like holding membership into a niche online community. 3. **Content creation.** I've been talking about getting back into posting videos for years now. Back '08/'09 I used to post random obnoxious videos to YouTube, but fell off after I read a hate comment. My ego was bruised and I felt embarrassed, but now I feel like I've matured enough to see the platforms for what they are, and what they can be. I have a lot of ideas, but for now I think it's best to go easy and explore when inspiration strikes.

Updated January 20, 2025

What I'm up to right now ------------------------ Still on sabbatical. Previously I led engineering and digital product at MUD\\WTR. Full work history on LinkedIn. Otherwise, learning to slow down. Write more. Read more. Love me a chill bike ride. Dabbling in Human Design, Numerology, Tarot and Astrology. This page was inspired by Derek Sivers. _Updated: 14th January, 2025_

Updated January 16, 2025

Welcome to my small corner of the world wide web. This is a place for all things money: learning how to manage it, save it, grow it, and to generally feel confident about it. I believe that anyone (and everyone) can take control of their money and take strides towards financial independence today — provided that they have access to **the right education and the right tools**. To that end, this site features: * A **step-by-step guide** to everything you need to know about managing your money (building an emergency fund, tracking your budget, paying down debt, investing to build wealth, and more). Start here! * Simple-to-use **tools** to plan your financial future **Everything on this site is completely free**, and will always remain so. There’s no sign-up required, no “premium” content to buy, and you won’t have to give me your email address to get “special bonuses”. Personal finance education is so important, yet so ignored. The skills needed to understand and control your finances are a few short steps away. Let’s get started.   The Measure of a Plan Has Been Featured In: ------------------------------------------- _(click for article)_ And a brief appearance on the evening news! User Testimonials ----------------- “Thank you SO MUCH for all your work! I went through the “Moonshine Money” steps until 2AM yesterday and it just seems that my life is so much more in order. Not that I was in a bad place before but the whole picture of my finances and goals is so much clearer thanks to your amazing spreadsheets (by far the best I have found on the Internet).” _\-Jeremie B., from Montreal, Quebec_ “I’m so glad I found The Measure of a Plan’s financial tools! My previous budgeting efforts had been thwarted by Mint’s ad-heavy interface, their constant connection issues – and I didn’t like that the company had all my financial data. The Measure of a Plan’s budgeting spreadsheet was exactly what I was looking for, though you can also customize it for your own situation if necessary. Best of all, the creator is on hand to answer questions or incorporate improvements as they’re suggested.” _\-Amaya L., from Houston, Texas_ “As a fellow financial nerd I have been the one in my group of family/friends that has made models in the past, but now I just direct people to your site!” _\-Joseph B., from Toronto, Ontario_ “I absolutely love the Budget Tracking tool and get a real kick out of reviewing the dashboard every week or so. The tool has been awesome to me and I again wanted to thank you kindly for sharing it. I’ve been saving AND earning more than before. It’s made me more excited about earning money and creating extra cash flow through side hustles.” _\-Lukas I., from Toronto, Ontario_ “I’ll just say that as far as accuracy goes, the Retirement Date Forecasting tool passed my scrutiny! It returned the same results I’d reached with my own spreadsheet calculations (coast at 40, fully retire by 50)… it just did it in a much prettier fashion! 😀 I even managed to get my husband excited to look at this – job well done!” _\-S. B., from Grande Prairie, Alberta_ “I am an accounting graduate studying for my CPA while in a one-year MBA program in Charleston, SC. Due to my accounting background and being a student, budgeting is one of my favorite curses. Ever since my first paycheck I have been religious in reconciling my expenses and budget weekly. This used to consist of time intensive formula building and lots of frustration with unintentional mistakes often occurring. A couple of months ago I came across the Budget Tracking tool from The Measure of a Plan. I downloaded the tool not expecting much, since a lot of budget tools don’t always fit my needs or cater to the design I had in mind. I was pleasantly surprised when after 10-15 minutes I was able to get accustomed to the Tracking tool. I’ve expedited my reconciling process exponentially. The ease of use and applicable format make it the most used tool in my budgeting toolbox.” _\-Michael P., from Birmingham, Alabama_ “I just wanted to thank you again for this spreadsheet! In the last year I have been to change my spending habits and deposit more money in savings. I even eradicated credit card debt, finished paying off one of my college loans and raised my credit score.” _\-Pammi, from Maryland_ A Bit About Me -------------- I’m a Canadian working in the finance industry, and I started The Measure of a Plan in November 2017. Through this project, I hope to use my knowledge for good, and help others to take control of their financial well-being. For several years I’ve been reading about personal finance (books, news, blogs…), building spreadsheet tools to manage my money, and inching my way towards financial independence. For better or worse, I spend a lot of time thinking about personal finance. On the train, in the shower, during dull moments at work — I can’t be helped. So, instead of subjecting my loved ones to rants on the importance of budgeting and the beauty of compound interest, I’ll use this space to vent. Thank you for bearing with me. If you want to connect, you can reach me at the following places: * Twitter: @measure\_plan * Instagram: @stereo.drift * Email: themeasureofaplan@gmail.com In recent years, I’ve also built some other free / open source hobby projects — mainly coding projects related to art/animation, music, and mini games — here’s my full portfolio. If you’d like to support what I do, you can buy me a coffee or beer by clicking the little blue button below. Any contributions are an immense aid in keeping this site up and running with fresh & free financial content!

Updated January 14, 2025

Remo is a former startup founder and investor. **What am I doing now?** See my “now” page. **My private email list**: Join 1500+ subscribers to receive updates on personal growth, mental health and financial freedom: **Bonus:** After signing up, you will receive my exclusive _Good Life Checklist_ with actionable ideas on how to improve your life. **Contact:** Want to get in touch? Send me a private message on Linkedin or Twitter.

Updated January 14, 2025

I've been at Stripe for about five months and the onboarding process has proven to be very challenging. With lots of new people on the team, we're having to make adjustments to ensure everyone can ramp up successfully. Also, the pay seems to be off. They're withholding a lot more tax than Atlassian ever did despite the same elections. I'll have to figure that out. I'm back on my fitness grind five days a week, trying to lean out for a trip to Mexico in the spring. I'm also seeing what it feels like not to drink coffee in the mornings. It started with some headaches but I think I've reached a break through! Same goes with alcohol, I really haven't had any since the new year and I'd like to extend that streak. I started a new schedule where I work on side projects for an hour in the morning before work, and it's really helped! Instead of waiting until the evening where I feel too tired to start on something, this sets me up for success early, and usually motivates me to keep working in my free time at night. I want to build some apps and make some YouTube videos during that time. Because I'm working on side projects early in the day, my nights are usually free to play video games. I've been super into Diablo IV and just hit the end game. I also picked up Vampire Survivors for some easy fun and I'm really excited to start Balatro. And finally, me and Gaby are planning a week long trip to New York City to celebrate our ten year anniversary! It's super exciting researching places to see and things to do.

Updated January 14, 2025

> **I'm currently available for game dev work and/or commissions. See my resume.** January 2025 ------------ Projects and goals I’m currently working on: * **I’m currently seeking new employment, contracts, and/or commissions** (email me!) * Working through The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron * Re-establishing healthy daily routines for a consistent creative practice * Participating in the Yearlong in Speculative Fiction workshop at Hugo House * Three short stories in cosmic horror and dark fantasy (see Works in Progress)

Updated January 13, 2025

Hello! I'm Marc Littlemore. 👋 I'm an Engineering Manager at n8n. I love building diverse and inclusive software engineering team and love lifting my team up. I really enjoy helping people like you learn to be a better intentional technical leader. I've been around ---------------- I'm a veteran (old!) software engineer and started my love for computers when our family got a Commodore Vic-20 back in the early 80s. I spent my teenage years programming BASIC on various home computers and ended up at Manchester University from 1990 to 1993 studying Computer Science. I spent a year writing gas chromatography software to move robot arms but my passion at the time was video games. For 19 years I ended up making many video games on PC, PlayStation 2 and 3, and XBox 360. I worked for lots of famous games companies from the 90s and 2000s such as Ocean, Infogrames, Acclaim, Sony, and EA. In 2013, I decided to leave the world of video games and find a better work/life balance. I became a Principal Software Engineer at the BBC and helped to build their gaming APIs. I quickly learnt a lot about web technologies and cloud infrastructure. In 2015, my team became responsible for building BBC Account - the authentication and authorisation services for every audience member who uses the BBC's services. We enabled personalisation on a huge scale! While building BBC Account I learnt a lot about microservice architecture, Node.js and the npm ecosystem, the React JavaScript library, JavaScript testing, AWS infrastructure, and building scalable, resilient services. There's a quick learning curve when your services have to handle the spike of traffic that the Strictly Come Dancing vote brings you! Although I managed teams back at Sony in the mid-2000s, I properly transitioned from a Principal Engineer role into a Software Engineering Team Lead management role at the BBC. This really changed my thinking about how to build effective software engineering teams. It allowed me to ensure we had a culture of inclusion and psychological safety. There's no such thing as a silly question in my team. Moving to team leadership made me think more about diversity and inclusing and how I can help to enable any software engineer to thrive. I've continued my journey into technical leadership after leaving the BBC with a number of Engineering Manager roles at different companies. I'm now settled as an Engineering Manager at n8n. I almost died ------------- Life also throws you curveballs sometimes. In June 2014, I contracted a streptococcal infection which caused sepsis. My body shut down and I suffered multiple organ failure. I almost died. I spent 45 days in intensive care, learning how to breathe, and eat again. I spent another 45 days on a hospital ward learning how to move my arms and walk again. It was tough going. Thankfully, I managed to survive but it's changed the way I look at life. My wife Clare also wrote about the experience for her and our children in more details. You should read her Out Of The Woods Blog where she gives an honest view of the challenges she had. I ❤️ music ---------- I've always loved music and in the early-80s hip-hop arrived in the UK. My brother and I loved to listen to the Streetsounds Electro compilations. Back in 1988 I realised I was never going to be a rapper so I convinced my parents to help me to buy a set of Technics 1210s and a Radio Shack Realistic DJ mixer. This helped me to learn how to mix 2 records together and how to cut and scratch. Although I continue to love hip-hop, the late 80s acid house movement gained pace and I went with it. I moved to Manchester in 1990 and spent my weekends clubbing at places like The Haçienda, The Boardwalk, The Academy, and The Millionaire's Club listening to the best house DJs of the time. I because a DJ regular on the Manchester house music circuit and DJed at lots of clubs in the city. I was a resident DJ at DNA and 2Kinky for many years. Through my good friend Mark Wyss, I started DJing in Germany under my pseudonym DJ Cruze. I continued to DJ in Germany from 1993 until around 2012 and played at many of Germany's finest club nights. Good times! Although rarely commercially released, I've been making dance music since the late 90s. You can find some of my tunes on my Soundcloud. IRL --- Outside of work you'll find me helping my beautiful wife Clare Littlemore to persue her writing career. She writes Young Adult dystopian fiction which you can find on her Amazon author page. I help her with anything digital so she can concentrate on writing. I also love playing with my two teenage children and helping them to grow up to be wonderful human beings.

Updated January 13, 2025

In a recent podcast with Joe Hiltzer of EK on the merger between Ontotext and Semantic Web company – passionate pioneers in the field of knowledge graphs and semantic technologies (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2f4VFlyABDvE3joQqbmeXm ), asked about what’s next in the field of knowledge graphs built with semantic technology and AI, Andreas Blumaer was laconic and determined: “WeContinue Weaving Thinking about the future of text, I often think about communication on the Web. And about the metacommunication that happens in-between its lines of human and machine-readable code. And about the delayed action which any written medium, the Web’s hypertext even more so, breeds. And while thinking about text on the Web I always endContinue Weaving Data Language are amazing! And how could they not be? With people like Silver Oliver – Head of Information Architecture, interconnecting media with graph data since BBC Olympics (see https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/content-graphs-the-box-set-at-kgc-2023/257799124, Paul Wilton – Co-founder and Managing Director at Data Language, among all else -one of the contributors  Storyline Ontology An ontology to represent News StorylinesContinue Weaving Working with content to connect people, and ideas is hard, takes time, resources, perseverance and above all devotion to staying focused on the very essence of connection: authentic experiences. This is what Larry Swanson is after: authentic human-generated content and experiences. Working as a  content architect, a content modeler, a UX architect, or an informationContinue Weaving There are conversations that happen outside what Greeks would call Chronos – the chronological or sequential time, and into what is known as Kairos – the quality, right time, a deep time. My Dialogue with Heinz Wittenbrick happened in Kairos. Heinz Wittenbrick is a blogger, keeping a blog at Lost and Found, a gallery ownerContinue Weaving In 2021, Bill Slawski (may he rest in peace) wrote: SEO has constantly been marketing in the framework of the Web. cit. What Is Semantic SEO? That was not the first time, Bill has been doing deep dives into semantic SEO in his own genius and thorough way by looking at  Google’s patents. A decadeContinue Weaving Innovations do happen at the intersections. One such innovation happened at the intersection between SEO, content writing and the Semantic Web. It is called WordLift . A tool for Semantic Web weavers, as I called it back in 2017 when I first tried it, having followed Andrea Volpini for some time on Google Plus (yesContinue Weaving What makes an orange orange – is it its spherical shape or its orange-ness? What dance is really? Does reality exist independently of or is constructed through language? These are only a small part of the body of questions Maria Keet explores in her new (2023) book The What and How of Modelling Information andContinue Weaving

Updated January 11, 2025

Hi. I'm Carl. This is my blog where I write things.

Updated January 11, 2025

**Last updated: Sat, January 11, 2025**. * I am in Italy for the **holidays** spending some time with my family. * I am back to reading **physical books**, starting with Why Nations Fail, a gift from my gf. Trying to read at least 20 pages per day to keep a good pace and read at least 12 books this year! * * * What's a now page?

Updated January 11, 2025

pathogen evolution, genomics, and biophysics -------------------------------------------- ### HIV evolution * intra-patient evolution * mutation and recombination * fitness landscapes * latent reservoir ### Theory * population genetics * rapid adaptation * phylogenetics * timetree inference We are a research group at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland. We are broadly interested in evolution, ecology, and population genetics with a focus on rapidly evolving pathogens such as HIV, influenza virus, or pathogenic bacteria. These organisms have large population sizes, short generation times and are subject to strong selective pressure for example by immune responses or drug treatment. Understanding their evolutionary dynamics and adaptability is important to limit the spread of these pathogens. On the other hand, dense surveillance and the rapid evolution of many pathogens allow us to study fundamental questions in evolutionary biology and ecology. We are always looking for exceptional people who want to join us as students or post-docs. Get in touch with Richard Neher. recent publications all publications ------------------------------------ The mutation rate of SARS-CoV-2 is highly variable between sites and is influenced by sequence context, genomic region, and RNA structure Hugh K. Haddox, Georg Angehrn, Luca Sesta et al. bioRxiv, 10.1101/2025.01.07.631013 bibtex Sat 11 January 2025 Development of avian influenza A(H5) virus datasets for Nextclade enables rapid and accurate clade assignment Jordan T. Ort, Samuel S. Shepard, Sonja A. Zolnoski et al. bioRxiv, 10.1101/2025.01.07.631789 bibtex Sat 11 January 2025 Quantifying the evolutionary dynamics of structure and content in closely-related E. coli genomes Marco Molari, Liam P Shaw and Richard A Neher Molecular Biology and Evolution, msae272. 10.1093/molbev/msae272 bibtex Fri 03 January 2025 available thesis projects ------------------------- ### CBB MSc students: please get in touch with Richard Neher for available projects

Updated January 11, 2025

Last night, Christina and I finished watching Numb3rs which ran from 2005 to 2010 over six seasons. As succinctly explained on IMDB, “working for the FBI, a mathematician uses equations to help solve various crimes.” The young mathematician is Charlie Eppes (played by David Krumholtz) and he works with his brother, Don Eppes (played by Rob Morrow), an FBI team leader, and his team of FBI agents. Other interesting characters are Judd Hirsch as Alan Eppes (Charlie’s and Don’s dad), Navi Rawat as Amita Ramanujan (a computer scientist who is also Charlie’s girlfriend) and Peter MacNicol as Larry Fleinhardt (a physicist / philosopher / best friend of Charlie) who, during a few seasons, falls in love with Diane Farr as Megan Reeves (Don’s No 2 in the FBI). This love story between Larry and Megan is probably the cutest thing in the whole show. Larry as the awkward geek and Megan as the one being agreeably amazed by Larry’s behaviour is very nice. Megan left after a few seasons to pursue her career. Other characters are Alimi Ballard as David Sinclair, Dylan Bruno as Colby Granger, Sophina Brown as Nikki Betancourt and Aya Sumika as Liz Warner (all FBI agents in Don’s team with the latter the “rebound” girlfriend of Don during a few episodes). Nikki and Liz are cool badass FBI agents. They are strong, decisive and have powerful personalities, unlike their male colleagues (David, Colby and, even, Don) who are more passive. Makes for lot of interesting situations where the girls take power (or lead the conversation). Lou Diamond Phillips as Agent Ian Edgerton is also another badass. He is a sniper and catches bad guys who flee (including abroad). He appears in 8 episodes only but, as he has an imposing personality, he is quite memorable. Finally, I need to mention Michelle Nolden as Robin Brooks (an Assistant US Attorneys who is Don’s real girlfriend). She is not as memorable as Ian but she plays an important role in, at the end of the show, anchoring Don to what is important in life: living. I liked Numb3rs. The maths is interesting (mostly) but the characters, being mostly nice and genuine, make the show. In fact, it’s not a show about the FBI but about developing friendship and love. Today, Christina and I are absolutely delighted to have been certified as PADI Open Water Scuba Divers. This is our gift to ourselves for our 25th wedding anniversary! To be certified, we had to complete four training dives in the sea, a number of training dives in a pool as well as a very long and quite complex theoretical course which was followed by an online exam. We opted to do our training with Scuba World Ltd, based at Le Preskil Hotel in the beautiful bay of Mahébourg. I already knew the owners, Daveena and Christophe, who I had met during my UNDP days. They assigned Visham to us as our dive instructor and he was great. He shared his experience with us and, little by little, we understood what was needed to become a good diver. On our third dive, we descended to 17.5m. Now that we are certified, we can dive in open water all over the world as buddies (or with an instructor) up to a depth of 18m. We managed to do everything over a period of a little less than one month. Our first dive was on 16 December 2024, the second on 4 January, the third on 7 January and the fourth and last one, today, 10 January 2025. Of course, we celebrated this fantastic milestone with a good beer on the beach. A big thank you again to the Scuba World Ltd team. Thanks to you, we are divers! Today, 8 January 2025, Christina and I are proud and delighted to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. Our love for each other remains as strong and vibrant as it was when we first met. We love spending time together, seeking new adventures (like the PADI Open Water Diver Scuba Divers certification we’re doing now) and having fun everyday. Our journey began with a memorable wedding on 8 January 2000, a beautiful blend of oriental and occidental styles that reflected the diversity of our multicultural family and friends. A few years later, Anya and Kyan were born and raising them into the amazing young adults they are today is our proudest accomplishment as parents. Today, both of them are studying in France with us looking from a distance and they are doing well. What more can one ask for? Over the past 25 years, Christina and I have grown both personally and professionally. We are happy to be independent, balanced and honest people, cultivating meaningful relationships with family and friends. As we are now half a century old, we have accumulated some wisdom on what is really important in life. Hint: it’s not money. A big thank-you to everyone who have been and continue to be part of our journey. Your love and support have made these years truly special. To celebrate, we had lunch at Le Skipper, a small and very good restaurant in a boutique hotel at Pointe aux Biches. Later, we met some family members at Flying Dodo for drinks and dinner. Here are some photos.

Updated January 10, 2025

The idea to make novelWriter came about because most good software i could find for fiction writing seemed to focus its development on Windows and MacOS. Even those that had once supported Linux, had decided to drop the support. As a Linux user for many years, this was very disappointing to me, so I started making my own editor, the way I imagined I wanted it. At that time I had mostly fallen back on writing my novel projects in LibreOffice Writer. While it is an excellent word processor that I still use often, it lacked many features I was looking for. I wanted an editor where I could split everything up into chapters or scenes, and move them about as I wanted. I also wanted to have all my notes in the same place, and be able to cross-reference them in my text. Thus the idea for novelWriter was born. It took me three attempts between 2016 and 2018 to get something I felt was heading in the right direction. At the time, I was a PhD student at CERN, in Geneva, Switzerland. My first two attempts at making an editor for fiction writing failed, so in 2018 when I started my post-doc at CERN, I ran into a PhD student who also liked to write fiction in his spare time. He got interested in my little project, so we spent many coffee and lunch breaks to sketch out the features we’d like to see in a novel editor. The programming was more my area, so I did that, while my colleague did a lot of testing and gave me feedback on what did and didn’t work. After a while, more people got interested in my project and started providing feedback on my GitHub repository. The rest is, as they say, history. More users brought more feedback, more ideas, more releases, and an increasingly better text editor. While the project is somewhat limited by early design choices in terms of framework and programming language, it has been possible to grow and expand it. The scope of the editor has been deliberately keep narrow over the years. It is after all an editor designed specifically for writing novels and short fiction, and not anything else. This has made it possible to avoid feature bloat and keep improving on what it is designed to do. novelWriter is still under active development, and I personally use it for all my writing projects. This is not likely to change any time soon. I hope you too find it useful, and my wish is that it will help writers focus on writing in the future. – Veronica