tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951051149745869432024-03-23T07:18:06.064-03:00Intertwingularity Slice'n Dice"Everything is deeply intertwingled." (Ted Nelson) When we can't easily understand it. When we can't effectively communicate it. When it seems like mission impossible to get it done quickly (or at all). It's Intertwingularity Slice'n Dice time.CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-36859667584601701522023-07-25T22:09:00.004-03:002023-07-26T00:38:48.211-03:00TW Fundamentals: the now system identifier: a use caseThe <b>now</b> identifier is a "system" identifier (i.e. it is a "built-in" TiddlyWiki feature.)<div><br /></div><div>When a now transclusion reference (with "<span style="font-family: courier;"><<now>></span>" when transcluded in the body of a tiddler, or with "<span style="font-family: courier;"><now></span>" when transcluded in a filter) the transclusion reference is replaced with the current date and time in whatever format if is specified as part of the transclusion.</div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div>Example transclusion of now with a date/time format <i>(this is a parameterized transclusion)</i>:</div><div> <span style="font-family: courier;"><<now "YYYY-0MM-0DD 0hh:0mm:0ss">></span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's a small code sample for study, demonstrating a use case for "now":</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5WxZWWzcbxHIAiq24z1ubFd6rA0XFJiSSdlJO2KmrDr0iID-b9PDYXbap-WXhA6k1b2we6WBjHW-cRAcPtZQCNxXIA-qm_q2pPvw435HLoIAjE6LP4Mf05DZkgF7G71ZMrGjuwMaXTnkP6CHfArEHBrnZvfoCj8tyb-jMKkv4FEePNl_9pESi5JkWly3/s743/Screenshot%202023-07-25%2010.08.53%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="743" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5WxZWWzcbxHIAiq24z1ubFd6rA0XFJiSSdlJO2KmrDr0iID-b9PDYXbap-WXhA6k1b2we6WBjHW-cRAcPtZQCNxXIA-qm_q2pPvw435HLoIAjE6LP4Mf05DZkgF7G71ZMrGjuwMaXTnkP6CHfArEHBrnZvfoCj8tyb-jMKkv4FEePNl_9pESi5JkWly3/w400-h308/Screenshot%202023-07-25%2010.08.53%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">And the code for you to try in a TiddlyWiki instance:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div><$button></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div><$action-createtiddler</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div> $basetitle={{{ [[Captain's Log ]] [<now "YYYY-0MM-0DD 0hh:0mm:0ss">] +[join[]] }}} tags="log" ></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div> <$action-sendmessage</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div> $message="tm-edit-tiddler"</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div> $param=<<createTiddler-title>>/></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div></$action-createtiddler></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div>Create Captain's Log Entry</div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><div></$button></div></span></div></blockquote>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-53784658095246928752023-07-25T21:14:00.003-03:002023-07-26T00:37:42.042-03:00TW Fundamentals: vars vs let<p>The difference in a "picture":</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgpWLwnLfPP26ffMLoEBkCwOIBm-46apciCF-eTq-Vm8MKVYieZ-eQj2rcncpo4Ok3VB7TCR_iAOzk_sS-rHZBdGBcxrpK-e_ynrFt3Xbl7C_ydGafOjRAWtpS9uaerbQoSgQTJNI4tXo2k4kKq-jYvhkNzGEcYJmHPrECrcIzXIbshyKb1zEHcPutp9g/s746/Screenshot%202023-07-25%209.12.14%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="746" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgpWLwnLfPP26ffMLoEBkCwOIBm-46apciCF-eTq-Vm8MKVYieZ-eQj2rcncpo4Ok3VB7TCR_iAOzk_sS-rHZBdGBcxrpK-e_ynrFt3Xbl7C_ydGafOjRAWtpS9uaerbQoSgQTJNI4tXo2k4kKq-jYvhkNzGEcYJmHPrECrcIzXIbshyKb1zEHcPutp9g/w400-h351/Screenshot%202023-07-25%209.12.14%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The code for copy-pasting into your TiddlyWiki instance:<div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><$vars msgP1="Hello"</span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"> msgP2 = "World!"</span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"> theMsg={{{ [<msgP1>] [<msgP2>] +[join[ ]] }}}></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Using the vars widget:</span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">* msgP1: <<msgP1>></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">* msgP2: <<msgP2>></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">* theMsg: <<theMsg>></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"></$vars></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><$let msgP1="Hello"</span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"> msgP2 = "World!"</span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"> theMsg={{{ [<msgP1>] [<msgP2>] +[join[ ]] }}}></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">Using the let widget:</span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">* msgP1: <<msgP1>></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">* msgP2: <<msgP2>></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;">* theMsg: <<theMsg>></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: courier;"></$let></span></div></div></blockquote><div><p>A textual explanation to follow ...</p></div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-30872573502682255842023-07-25T17:52:00.007-03:002023-07-25T17:52:49.343-03:00TiddlyWiki: my view of "<<...>>" , variables, and macros<p>I do not like the label "variables" for TiddlyWiki variables.</p><p>I also do not like the label "macros" for TiddlyWiki macros.</p><p>Now that I have yanked those words out of the picture, let me explain with my TiddlyWiki vocabulary the purpose of the "<<" and ">>" delimiters in the context of "<<...>>".</p><p>When something is wrapped in those delimiters, it tells TiddlyWiki to process the thing as a reference to a named value that has been previously defined, versus treating the thing as any regular text.</p><p>When that something is rendered (upon first display, or upon refresh via some trigger), or referenced in some action, the value reference (i.e. the "<<...>>") is replaced with the related value.</p><p>Really, <<...>> does the exact same thing as {{...}}:</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b></b></p><blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Both <<...>> and {{...}} perform transclusions.</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Both of these are references to some value (however big or small) and both of them get replaced by their related values.</b></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"><b></b></p><p>Whereas "{{...}}" is for the transclusion of some value in some tiddler field, "<<...>>" is for the transclusion of some value that has been defined via a "widget" (some examples: set, vars, and let widgets) or a \define pragma. Some example widgets: $set, $vars, $let.</p><p>When "<<...>>" has nothing else between the delimiters but an identifier (i.e. the name related to a value), we have a simple transclusion of the related value.</p><p>When "<<...>>" has more than just an identifier between the delimiters (i.e. the identifier is followed by space-separated words we call "parameters", we have a parameterized transclusion. Parts of the value related to the identifier will be substituted with the values of the parameters.</p><p>So that's how I view "<<...>>", and that's the vocabulary I use related to that transclusion.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-89622771425755769272023-07-25T17:12:00.004-03:002023-07-25T17:12:39.704-03:00One of my favourite agile principles: travel light<p>Reference: <a href="https://agilemodeling.com/principles.htm#TravelLight" target="_blank">Agile Modeling Principle - Travel Light </a></p><p><br /></p><p>Simply, I carry it (whatever "it" is) only if it hurts too much not to carry it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I generally and liberally apply this principle to pretty much all things, including things that increase sensory and/or cognitive overload without being worth the cost.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-44301194647472610102022-01-26T22:58:00.000-04:002022-01-26T22:58:09.285-04:00I am with Neil Young<h2 style="text-align: center;">Spotify pulling down Neil Young's music collection</h2><div style="text-align: center;">- <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/spotify-pulling-down-neil-young-s-music-collection-1.5755786" target="_blank">CTV News</a></div><p><br /></p><p>And I am with other artists who follow his example.</p>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-81489925809483391062021-07-19T18:37:00.000-03:002021-07-19T18:37:15.263-03:00In Canadian News: Probe launched after 400 complaints over new GG's lack of French<p> As reported in the <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/probe-launched-after-400-complaints-over-new-ggs-lack-of-french" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Montreal Gazette, July 19, 2021</a>.</p><p></p><blockquote><i>While Mary Simon has vowed to learn more French, the Bloc Québécois says it would be "unthinkable" to name someone who did not speak English.</i></blockquote><p></p><p>Really? In this moment, people are going to make a stink about Mary Simon's appointment as Governor General ? In this moment?</p><p>Do I ever have a bone to pick with the tone-deafness of those who would wine about something so small when we are faced with such a monumental effort to make things right with our indigenous brothers and sisters.</p><p>In the wake of recent discoveries of so many unmarked graves of indigenous children who perished in Canada's residential school system? As we are becoming more aware of that cultural genocide?</p><p>We we need to get going with extraordinary steps to bring about some dignity and healing in our relationship Canada's indigenous people, and increase our efforts in regards to <a href="https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1450124405592/1529106060525" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Truth and Reconciliation</a>.</p><p>As a francophone, I applaud all opportunities which create an incentive for anyone to learn French. It is in francophones' best interests to have new French speakers, and even more beneficial when the learning unfolds dynamically in a high-profiled position. That is a gift to French speakers. It honours us.</p><p>I celebrate Mary Simon's appointment as Governor General. It is a step on the long path towards healing.</p><p>Honestly, I would be happy if Mary Simon never uttered a word in either English or French (except maybe in international contexts). I would like for our new GG to address this country in her indigenous language, and let translators do the job of translating in both English and French. Can we not accept this as a small gesture of goodwill?</p><p>We tried to take away the languages of indigenous peoples. Maybe we could give up our languages for a while. Maybe we non-speakers can honour our indigenous peoples and learn a few words.</p><p>Would this not be good for the soul of the country? Is it too much for this country to give? For all of the taking on the part of our long-ago ancestors, can we not forgo a little bit of our language comforts?</p><p>When we need profiles in compassion, we get profiles in "moi moi moi." C'est pathétique.</p>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-17202907420956692482021-04-11T17:52:00.000-03:002021-04-11T17:52:23.419-03:00A Ted Nelson quote about nonsequential writing<p>This quote from Ted Nelson kind of explains a little bit why I love Wikis so much: </p><b><blockquote><span style="font-size: medium;">"Writing nonsequentially will better disclose the true structure of ideas, permit the reader freer understanding of material, and permit new expository, stylistic and rhetorical inventions."</span></blockquote></b><p></p><blockquote><p><i>From a memo Ted Nelson wrote as "Distinguised Fellow, Autodesk Inc.", included Ted Nelson's 2016 presentation "Two Cheers for Now". You'll find mention of this memo at the 19:22 mark in the following YouTube video:</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WrAm5IaRY68" width="320" youtube-src-id="WrAm5IaRY68"></iframe></div><br /><p>The Wiki way of writing (by which I mean <u>a non-linear way of writing</u>) allows for churning thoughts into text quickly free from the concerns of structure (i.e. without getting stuck in the mud, or sticks stuck in the wheels of forward progress), while allowing quick and easy addition of any structure(s) when the structural needs reveal themselves.</p><p>Just a thought. Cheers !</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-62141346341351480112021-02-27T12:18:00.000-04:002021-02-27T12:18:07.685-04:00Travelling the world, from radio station to radio station<p>Just sharing a really wonderful way to travel the world, a French-language radio station from Bathurst, NB as our starting point:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://radio.garden/visit/bathurst/WL1dGC6j" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">CKLE 92.9FM via Radio Garden</span></a></p><p>From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Garden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>:</p><p></p><blockquote><i>Radio Garden is a non-profit Dutch radio and digital research project developed from 2013 to 2016, by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (under the supervision of Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg's Goal Föllmer), by the Transnational Radio Knowledge Platform and five other European universities. According to the service, the idea is to narrow the boundaries from the radio.</i></blockquote><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh the infinite possibilities of intertwingled journeys around the world!</p><p>I can't help but think how interesting it would be to see the various paths/journeys different folk take travelling the world via the fun gem that is Radio Garden. If only there were enough hours in a day ...</p><p>Cheers!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-8319858805542736752021-01-31T11:48:00.000-04:002021-01-31T11:48:13.189-04:00Intertwingulitis by Curriculum Vitae<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><u>"Agile Information" Consultant seeking work !</u></span></h3><div><br /></div><div>I found myself suddenly (unceremoniously) terminated from my 25-year role on December 3rd.</div><div><br /></div><div>In terms of "job statisfaction", my role/work/responsibilities ticked every imaginable box. Well, until about four years before, when each tick started to dim until they all totally vanished by the fall of 2018. The last two years of employment were absolute hell.</div><div><br /></div><div>So, "don't cry for me Argentina?" Blessings in disguise. Although I'm not sure the lyrics fit my story, cue in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diYAc7gB-0A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">George Michael's "Freedom"</a> to dance in celebration? </div><div><br /></div><div>Well, I really don't have much time to dance around.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Too young to retire</li><li>Only so much savings to tide me over</li><li>Too old to be a gigolo</li></ul>So I really should be shifting into gear to get myself employed tout d'suite.</div><div><br /></div><div>Oops.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cranking out a résumé should have been an easy short-order affair.</div><div><br /></div><div>Enter intertwingulitis. Surprise surprise.</div><div><br /></div><div>It turns out that I am just as intertwingled as anything else.</div><div><br /></div><div>So while I can kind of afford it, I am enjoying the experience of immersing myself into the "about me" intertwingularity, along with entertaining my reoccurring question "how would I do this with <a href="https://tiddlywiki.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TiddlyWiki</a>?"</div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><u>Aside</u></span> </div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;">I've started calling TiddlyWiki (aka "TW5"): "TW Hypertext Solutions Platform." That's really wordy, but better reflects my view of the product.</span></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>For your entertainment and/or curiosity consumption, my on-going "curriculum vitae":</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://cjveniot.neocities.org/CjVeniot.html" target="_blank">CJ Veniot<br /></a><a href="https://cjveniot.neocities.org/CjVeniot.html" target="_blank">Information Systems Consultant</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div> </div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-48257819899554617672021-01-13T10:11:00.004-04:002021-01-13T10:11:54.898-04:00Goofiest thoughts from way out of left field<p>In the midst of catching up on news headlines, I came across a group of them related to the siege of America's Capital Hill, and I had these strangest thoughts:</p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Does something</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">born by revolution</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">have a high risk of</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">death by revolution?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">In a society</span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">born by revolution,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">does revolution become</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">part of the DNA?</span></b></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Just very strange, yet (to me) wildly interesting, thoughts I figured I'd share just in case you might like to chew on those questions too.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Cheers !</p>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-91302339923453175182020-12-22T13:34:00.002-04:002020-12-22T13:34:46.164-04:00Blob Opera !<p><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/blob-opera/AAHWrq360NcGbw?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blob Opera, from Google Arts & Culture Experiments</a></p><p>From the site:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p><b>Blob Opera is a machine learning experiment by David Li in collaboration with Google Arts and Culture.</b></p><p>This experiment pays tribute to and explores the original musical instrument: the voice. Play four opera voices in real time. No singing skills required!</p><p>We developed a machine learning model trained on the voices of four opera singers in order to create an engaging experiment for everyone, regardless of musical skills. Tenor, Christian Joel, bass Frederick Tong, mezzo‑soprano Joanna Gamble and soprano Olivia Doutney recorded 16 hours of singing. In the experiment you don’t hear their voices, but the machine learning model’s understanding of what opera singing sounds like, based on what it learnt from them.</p><p><b><u>How it works:</u></b></p><p>Drag the blobs up and down to change pitch. Or forwards and backwards for different vowel sounds. Another machine learning model lets the blobs respond to and harmonise your input in real time.</p><p><b><u>Feeling festive?</u></b></p><p>Click the Christmas Tree for a holiday surprise based on the top searched Christmas Carols of the year.</p><p><b><u>With special thanks to:</u></b></p><p>Tenor Christian Joel, bass Frederick Tong, mezzo-soprano Joanna Gamble and soprano Olivia Doutney. Additional singing from Ingunn Gyda Hrafnkelsdottir and John Holland-Avery.</p><p><b><u>Not working?</u></b></p><p>Blob Opera is an experiment using the latest web audio technology and may not perform optimally on older devices. If you're on a mobile device, why not try a desktop one!</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>A little example created by me: <a href="https://g.co/arts/auePwVjiLntSjvdX9">https://g.co/arts/auePwVjiLntSjvdX9</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Have fun! Cheers !</p>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-63032629616124415052020-11-28T23:32:00.007-04:002020-11-28T23:56:02.210-04:00My new and ultimate intertwingularity project<h2 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://intertwingularityslicendice.neocities.org/CJ_ORM.html" target="_blank">ORM-ish à la TiddlyWiki</a></h2><p><br /></p><p>I had the most interesting thought a couple of weeks ago:</p><p>What if <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiddlyWiki" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TiddlyWiki</a> could be used to document the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">semantics</a> of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe_of_discourse" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">universe of discourse</a> with simple facts expressed in natural language, which TiddlyWiki could, via macros, automagically generate:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Plain text language scripts as input to tools that can generate software and/or database modelling diagrams (for example: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlantUML" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PlantUML</a>)</li><li>Plain text language <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_definition_language" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DDL</a> scripts for database creation</li><ul><li><i>(i.e. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model-driven_architecture#MDA_approach" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">forward engineering</a> databases in the sense of "producing database-creation code from human-elaborated semantic documentation)</i></li></ul></ul><div><br /></div><div>Such a project would encompass all of my absolute favourite things <i>(now I have <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G6dd7ikrXs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this bit from "The Sound of Music"</a> in my head)</i>:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertwingularity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Intertwingularity</a> (to the max !!!)</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>I am at my happiest when my mind is fully immersed in large and complex projects with deeply intertwingled information / thoughts / components / etc. etc.</li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>To me, every single thing is connected to everything else within only a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">few degrees of separation</a></li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wikis</a> <i>(in general)</i></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>From the very moment I first learned about them, I immediately recognized the potential for wikis as easy, quick, inexpensive yet ridiculously powerful solutions for just about everything, including:</li><ul><li>Knowledge Management</li><li>Content Management</li><ul><li><i>(Such an easy way to create an intranet!)</i></li></ul><li>Documentation Management</li><ul><li><i>(Documentation, not "documents"!!! A topic for some other day...)</i></li></ul></ul></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>Since 1995, I've had the pleasure of maintaining and enhancing a very large suite of applications supporting functions related to the management of capital construction projects and to facilities management. For over fifteen years, I've used a wiki at work as a centralised/consolidated source for:</li><ul><li>software documentation</li><ul><li>end-user</li><li>help desk</li><li>operational support</li><li>application development</li></ul><li><u>the coolest wiki use case</u>:<br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context-sensitive_help" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">context-sensitive help engine</a> !!!</li><li>release management</li><li>requirements management</li><li>project management</li><li>my own performance management </li></ul></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiddlyWiki" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TiddlyWiki</a> <i>(specifically !!!)</i></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>I've always really enjoyed (fascinated with) any "diminutive" no fuss no muss (simple, light, inexpensive if not free) tool that humbly handles anything a creative imagination can throw at it.</li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>TiddlyWiki describes itself as "a non-linear personal web notebook." I agree with the description often put forward in the <a href="https://groups.google.com/g/tiddlywiki" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TiddlyWiki Google Group</a>: TiddlyWiki is a platform for building solutions.</li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://agilemodeling.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Agile Modeling (AM) - Effective Practices for Modeling and Documentation</a></li><ul><li><i>(Copyright Scott W. Ambler)</i></li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>I have always been a huge fan of Scott Ambler's Agile Modelling methodology and the related values, principles, and practices since discovering and purchasing <a href="https://amzn.to/2VchBI3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this book</a> many moons ago. In particular, the practice "<a href="http://agilemodeling.com/essays/singleSourceInformation.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Single Source Information</a>" permeates my mindset.</li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2007/04/30/what-do-we-mean-by-componentization-for-knowledge/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Componentization</a></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>Knowledge, Information, Content, Thoughts / Concepts</li><li><i>(Related: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunking_(psychology)">Chunking</a>)</i></li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4TeCWNj1QQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hypertextual Writing</a></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>I believe well-organised text is much better than diagrams for communication and comprehension of information. Although proficient with many types of diagrams (ORM models, the gamut of UML models, Entity-Relationship models, mind/concept mapping models, etc.), I've always found diagrams less than stellar.</li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>Regardless, understanding the various <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_mapping" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">information mapping</a> approaches <i>("information mapping" in general, not the specific product) </i>helps with hypertextual writing. </li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>An interesting reference that kind of explains what I've experienced: <a href="https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/advan.00146.2018" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diagram comprehension ability of college students in an introductory biology course</a></li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_design" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Database Design</a></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>I've always enjoyed Database Design and data modelling. Simply put: it is all about intertwingularity, all about organising information into entities and attributes and relationships. It is very good stuff.</li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>Using years of work experience with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Database" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Oracle Database</a> product and applying that knowledge in this project, how cool is that?</li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-role_modeling" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Object-Role Modelling</a> (aka ORM) / <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCO-IM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fully Communication Oriented Information Modelling</a> (FCO-IM)</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>Although I do not like diagrams, I do very much enjoy the use of natural language to describe (and validate) facts about a universe of discourse. I've found it so much easier to formulate and review simple/clear sentences with clients, and I've found it incredibly rewarding when the tool in use can take those sentences to forward engineer a database creation script. </li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requirements_management" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Requirements Management</a></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>Gathering, discovering and organising requirements: YES!. Again, I find it all about intertwingularity, and there is so much intertwingularity in this project. For example: what types of things are needed to forward-engineer a database creation script? What requirements do we need regarding the process of gathering information about a universe of discourse?</li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Agile Project Management</a></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>Planning? Just as I have never liked <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Design_Up_Front" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">big requirements (or big design) up front</a>, I have never liked big planning up front; so I approach the management of my work with no-nonsense philosophies / practices / principles to getting the job done quickly and successfully with all agile concepts, and related things such as:</li></ul><ul><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Release_early,_release_often" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Release early, release often</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_application_development" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adaptive Development</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iterative_and_incremental_development" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Iterative and incremental development</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_refactoring" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Refactoring</a></li></ul></ul></ul></div><div><br /></div><div>Oops, that got a little bit long-winded. I must have had a need to get all of that out of my head ...</div><div><br /></div><div>Although there is so much work to do, the beginnings don't seem to shabby to me. Check it out: <a href="https://intertwingularityslicendice.neocities.org/CJ_ORM.html" target="_blank">ORM-ish à la TiddlyWiki</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Cheers !</div><p></p><p><br /></p>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-38114574613635792412020-11-22T15:01:00.000-04:002020-11-22T15:01:01.403-04:00The Covid-19 pandemic should remind us: Everything is Intertwingled<p>I just found <a href="https://medium.com/@rreisman/the-pandemic-reminds-us-everything-is-deeply-intertwingled-we-need-better-logics-for-that-eb40a1776d13" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this interesting article</a> by Richard Reisman, published last May on Medium.com:</p><p><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;">The Pandemic Reminds Us</div><div style="text-align: center;">“Everything is Deeply Intertwingled”</div><div style="text-align: center;">— We Need Better Logics for That</div></h1>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-10061482319277511082020-11-04T16:19:00.000-04:002020-11-04T16:19:20.093-04:00Move over emotional support dogs ...<p> ... because here come the "Emotional Support Canadians."</p><p>I've got all sorts of intertwingled thoughts about the news article below, top of which: every human ought to have an "Emotional Support Canadian."</p><p><br /></p><p>Check out <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/america-votes/emotional-support-canadians-offer-to-help-americans-stressed-by-u-s-election-1.5173970" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this article by CTV News</a>:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>'Emotional support Canadians'<br /></b><b>offer to help<br />Americans<br />stressed by U.S. election</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p>All partisan nonsense aside, I find the notion of "Emotional Support Canadian" ridiculously funny, and it really makes up for this post-election hangover of mine that will drag on for however long. </p><p>On that note, best wishes to all Americans as they go through yet another stretch of the bruising hell-ride poop-show that is the typical American election.</p>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-1520724581455305072020-11-01T13:52:00.001-04:002020-11-01T13:52:15.694-04:00Sock size matters. My story followed by a classic joke.<p>I may have had big feet since the instant I was conceived. Of all the sperm that could have made it, the winning one in that race would have needed to be a great swimmer, so that may explain the big feet ...</p><p>Today, at 6foot2-ish tall, my 15 shoe-size feet seems really disproportionately large. I find consolation in the thought that in my senior years, maybe I can find a part-time job on Sesame Street representing the letter "L".</p><p>Loving self-deprecating humour, I've always enjoyed blurting out: "You know what they say about guys with big feet: they don't sway so much in the wind."</p><p>Throughout my adulthood, I've only ever bought socks in bulk packs, and could never find anything other than "fits between some size and size 13", so that's what I always got. I am baffled that brick and mortar stores do not carry socks (or shoes) for big-footed males. (I see so many tall teenagers, I can't help but think the market is there. Meh.)</p><p>Being a fairly new shopper on Amazon.ca, it took me a while before realising: "hey, I can get socks here; I wonder if they have big sizes?"</p><p>Sure enough, they do, and I ordered these <i>(13-15 size)</i> as soon as I found them:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/718zeYdJHTL._AC_UY327_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="374" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/718zeYdJHTL._AC_UY327_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07T2CVRYB/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&psc=1&linkCode=ll1&tag=charlie0ab-20&linkId=196c5b36e73d37d9082c61e1c04b1878&language=en_CA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">WANDER Men's Cushion Crew Socks 6 Pairs Athletic Running 8-13/13-15 Socks Men Cotton Sport Wicking Work</span></a></div><br /><p>Because I was so used to undersized socks, I had never realized how uncomfortable they were (i.e. too tight) until I first slid these appropriately-sized socks on my feet. What a ridiculous difference! So comfortable, so relaxing! <i>(One must wonder what impact undersized socks have on blood circulation.)</i></p><p>Just for the fun of it and to be silly, I shared my sock-size story with friends and family, and one of my friends replied with an oh-so-awesomely perfect classic joke, which I share with you below.</p><p>Cheers !</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Tight Socks</h3><p>The doctor said, "Joe, the good news is I can cure your headaches. The bad news is that it will require castration. You have a very rare condition, which causes your testicles to press on your spine, and the pressure creates one hell of a headache. The only way to relieve the pressure is to remove the testicles."</p><p>Joe was shocked and depressed. He wondered if he had anything to live for. He couldn't concentrate long enough to answer, but decided he had no choice but to go under the knife.</p><p>When he left the hospital he was without a headache for the first time in 20 years, but he felt like he was missing an important part of himself. As he walked down the street, he realized that he felt like a different person. He could make a new beginning and live a new life. He saw a men's clothing store & thought, "That's what I need - a new suit."</p><p>He entered the shop and told the salesman, "I'd like a new suit." The elderly tailor eyed him briefly and said, "Let's see ... size 44 long." Joe laughed, "That's right, how did you know?" "Been in the business 60 years!" Joe tried on the suit. It fit perfectly.</p><p>As Joe admired himself in the mirror, the salesman asked, "How about a new shirt?" Joe thought for a moment and then said, "Sure." The salesman eyed Joe and said, "Let's see, 34 sleeve & 16-1/2 neck." Again, Joe was surprised, "That's right, how did you know?" "Been in the business 60 years!"</p><p>Joe tried on the shirt, and it fit perfectly. As Joe adjusted the collar in the mirror, the salesman asked, "How about new shoes?" Joe was on a roll and said, "Sure." The salesman eyed Joe's feet and said, "Let's see ... 13-15E." Joe was astonished, "That's right, how did you know?" "Been in the business 60 years!"</p><p>Joe tried on the shoes and they fit perfectly. Joe walked comfortably around the shop and the salesman asked, "How about some new socks?" Joe thought for a second and said, "Sure." The salesman said, "Let's see... size 13-15E just like your shoes."</p><p>Joe laughed. "Ah ha! I got you! I've worn size 10 since I was 18 years old." The salesman shook his head, "You can't wear a size 10. A size 10 sock would cut off your circulation and and give you one hell of a headache.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-28564722881882579712020-10-21T14:08:00.003-03:002020-10-21T14:08:55.692-03:00Paul Cargnello's Something Dimferent [FULL ALBUM] read-along animated video<p>I find it really cool when a musician takes the time to create songs that can appeal to music-loving families with young ones.</p><p>To me, today's haphazard discovery is a really fun gem, and I want to share it with any parents out there whose children might get a total kick out of this:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ITm78-PBl0Q" width="320" youtube-src-id="ITm78-PBl0Q"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Paul Cargnello</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Something Dimferent [FULL ALBUM]</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>read-along animated video</b></div><br /><p><br /></p>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-88976048008073653902020-10-16T11:59:00.002-03:002020-10-16T11:59:29.288-03:00Covid break and a travel fix: virtual drives around major world cities<p> I got this from a buddy of mine:</p><p></p><blockquote><p><i>Got nowhere to go and you want to see major cities of the world?</i></p><p><i>This is the BEST time waster, ever!!!!!!</i></p></blockquote><p></p><blockquote><p><i>The first few seconds I got a fuzzy screen but then the picture came on and it might happen again when you change cities - over on the top right you can turn the street noise on, set the speed limit, etc.</i></p><p><i>This is really neat. 🚗🚖🚙 </i></p><p><i>Because you can't travel, go to this site, and have a look.</i></p><p><i>You can set the speed of the vehicle, street noise, music and visit the world while still sitting at home.</i></p><p><i>You can drive in 50 cities around the world and spend as much time in any one of them driving. </i></p><p><i>Pick the city of your choice from the list in the upper right.</i></p><p><i>Travel while staying home…. obey the speed limit, and don’t pick up hitchhikers ;-).</i></p><p></p></blockquote><p>The <a href="https://driveandlisten.herokuapp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Drive & Listen</a> app !</p><p>Do a search for that on the web and read all about it. <a href="https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/virtual-street-tours" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This article</a> by Sasha Brady at LonelyPlanet.com (May 6 2020) describes the app quite nicely.</p><p>Please find my own screenshot "drive" below.</p><p>Cheers ! Happy, and safe, "travels" !</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZAJqG5G3h1ba1tbpuJa4k8AQEx5z4Zeg108yBpjkwZpbO2JhHlwkmqsL9E0rroyIAPVuaq1PcEmUt-Xw61ibGNgZgqJWbY8Y5WvCodvJAiI2t6QoP7GOwvHaLUbRB8Iu4I7SxZ2WiWsF/s690/Screenshot+2020-10-16+at+11.35.00+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="690" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZAJqG5G3h1ba1tbpuJa4k8AQEx5z4Zeg108yBpjkwZpbO2JhHlwkmqsL9E0rroyIAPVuaq1PcEmUt-Xw61ibGNgZgqJWbY8Y5WvCodvJAiI2t6QoP7GOwvHaLUbRB8Iu4I7SxZ2WiWsF/w400-h346/Screenshot+2020-10-16+at+11.35.00+AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-79849983562301095822020-10-12T19:11:00.000-03:002020-10-12T19:11:37.803-03:00Preserving Analog Video by Converting to Digital, with a Chromebook ?<p>Who knew such a thing is possible?</p><p>Oh what an intertwingled journey to figure that out.</p><p>For almost two decades, I've been trying to figure out an easy and budget-friendly way to backup/preserve years of precious family moments all on Hi8 video camera footage.</p><p>Although I tried, repeatedly by unsuccessfully, to create DVD backups with a DVD player/recorder, I had to give up on that idea. To me, the results were not all that great, and the process was much too tedious: no joy in it at all, and the thought of in the future backing up each individual DVD depressed me silly.</p><p>I then considered the purchase of a powerful enough computer, Windows or Mac, for digitizing the video tapes. It did not take long for me to discard that idea. Despite my whole career thoroughly enjoying creation of business applications for Windows with <a href="https://www.opentext.com/products-and-solutions/products/specialty-technologies/opentext-gupta-development-tools-databases/opentext-gupta-team-developer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gupta Team Developer</a>, I am a Chromebooks-only-at-home kind of fella.</p><p>After a several-years-long break from the problem of digitizing my camcorder tapes, I started looking into it again last week. Very haphazardly, I found this very interesting YouTube video:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZC5Zr3NC2PY" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZC5Zr3NC2PY"></iframe></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC5Zr3NC2PY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Best Easy Way to Capture Analog Video (it's a little weird)</a></b></p><p>That's a really informative video, well-worth the time to watch. My take-away from that information:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>an inexpensive AV-to-HDMI converter does a really good job converting analog video to digital video output to HDMI</li><li>an HDMI video-capture device will take HDMI input and output that video to a computer</li></ul><div>At first, knowing it is impossible to install drivers (like software of any kind) for hardware on Chromebooks, I thought this was a dead-end solution. There are stand-alone (i.e. no computer required, save right to SD card) HDMI video-capture devices, but I find them expensive.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then it occurred to me: an external web cam works fine via my Chromebook's USB port as-is (i.e. no software required), and an HDMI video-capture card is just feeding video to a computer's USB port, so why wouldn't that work?</div><div><br /></div><div>I wasn't overly optimistic because every product I looked at stated a need for either Windows, or Mac, or Linux. I decided to do some searching and found this one and only very informative video on YouTube:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lm46ztKxcn4" width="320" youtube-src-id="lm46ztKxcn4"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm46ztKxcn4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Live Stream & Capture Switch Games</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm46ztKxcn4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on a Chromebook & UVC Capture Card!</a></b></div><div><br /></div><div>After viewing that, I immediately visited Amazon.ca and ordered the following two items which I received yesterday <i>(related amazon.ca links below each image)</i>:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61kxUH1ZRSL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="800" height="179" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61kxUH1ZRSL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2GSXnzb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RCA to HDMI,AV to HDMI Converter,ABLEWE 1080P Mini RCA Composite CVBS Video Audio Converter Adapter Supporting PAL/NTSC for TV/PC/ PS3/ STB/Xbox VHS/VCR/Blue-Ray DVD Players</a></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71bpcWTCCwL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="800" height="157" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71bpcWTCCwL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://amzn.to/36YLdzV" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Foscomax Video Capture Card, 4K HDMI Capture Card USB 3.0 Game Capture Card 1080P 60FPS Video Converter for Live Streaming/Game Video Recording/Screen Sharing/Live Conference</a></span></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>It works! I tested digitization of a 5 minute video segment today after testing, last night, capture of output from an inexpensive video game console.</div><div><br /></div><div>Because Chromebooks don't have that much storage space, I immediately ordered a large and fast SD card and will start some serious video conversion when it arrives.</div><div><br /></div><div>Find further below image and amazon link for the SD card I ordered, and my first test of this equipment to capture a little bit of Coleco Head to Head console gaming.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'll post about the experience of converting my Hi8 video tapes to digital after I've done a few.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cheers !</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/815cRpgAN3L._AC_SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="800" height="145" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/815cRpgAN3L._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3nJ0LO5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">SanDisk 128GB Extreme microSDXC UHS-I Memory Card with Adapter - C10, U3, V30, 4K, A2, Micro SD - SDSQXA1-128G-GN6MA</span></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rsNc0_ngtg4" width="320" youtube-src-id="rsNc0_ngtg4"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsNc0_ngtg4" target="_blank">Chromebook: A test recording of analog output from a "Coleco Head to Head" device</a></b></div><div><br /></div><p></p>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-34685772629915070172020-09-22T14:31:00.002-03:002020-09-23T12:32:06.333-03:00What is a "solar generator"? It's a bit intertwingled.<p>Despite a long fascination with solar energy, I've only this year started to take wee gentle steps into solar energy reading/research and hands-on experimentation with products that fit my small budget.</p><p>I have been taking notes about purchased products and about little related solar projects in this one TiddlyWiki instance with dual personalities:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://intertwingularityslicendice.neocities.org/CJ_ProductReviews.html?context=ProductReviews" target="_blank">Charlie's Product Reviews</a></li><ul><li><i>(mostly related to my interest in solar energy, but also includes other purchases that I really enjoy)</i></li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://intertwingularityslicendice.neocities.org/CJ_ProductReviews.html?context=OffGridding" target="_blank">Charlie's Urban Off Gridding for Laypersons</a></li></ul><div><i><u>Aside</u>: This one TiddlyWiki instance (and the two "purposes" it serves) will provide material for future posts about Intertwingularity Mapping and about TiddlyWiki "How-to's." </i></div><div><br /></div><div>In the time I've spent researching solar energy and wanting to get started, it didn't take long for me to discover the moniker "solar generator" and a whole bunch of products categorized as "solar generator."</div><div><br /></div><div>The more digging I did researching those products, the more I wondered:</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">What is a "solar generator"?</h4><div><br /></div><div>Andrew Sendy writes in "What are the pros and cons of a solar generator?" (<a href="https://www.solarreviews.com/blog/what-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-a-solar-generator" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">article on SolarReviews.com</a>):</div><p></p><div></div><blockquote><div>Products known as solar generators usually contain:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Solar panels</li><ul><li><i>(one or more)</i> </li></ul></ul></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>A battery charger</li><ul><li><i>(aka "charge controller")</i> </li></ul></ul></div></blockquote><blockquote><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Solar batteries</li><ul><li><i>(one or more)</i> </li></ul></ul></blockquote><blockquote><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>A solar inverter</li><ul><li><i>(aka, inverter)</i></li></ul></ul></blockquote><h4 style="text-align: left;">A typical "solar generator"</h4><p>Searching for <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=solar+generator&i=lawngarden&ref=nb_sb_noss_1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"solar generator" on Amazon</a> , the following represents a pretty stereotypical example of a product marketed as a "solar generator":</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61hA39RRvHL._AC_SL1200_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="797" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61hA39RRvHL._AC_SL1200_.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0791Y1WSQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=charlie0ab-20&camp=15121&creative=330641&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B0791Y1WSQ&linkId=d9eaa0394480b483130befc9a7bd135e" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AIMTOM Portable Solar Generator</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Although a small and budget-friendly device, it has features very common to bigger siblings:<div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>built-in charge controller</li><li>built-in battery</li><li>built-in inverter</li><li>battery charge indicator/status display</li><li>one AC power outlet outlet</li><ul><li><i>(they usually have one or more)</i></li></ul><li>three DC power outlet</li><ul><li><i>(they usually have one or more)</i></li></ul><li>three USB out ports</li><ul><li><i>(they usually have one or more, sometimes of various types)</i></li></ul><li>an AC power adapter</li><ul><li><i>(to charge the generator via AC wall outlet)</i></li></ul><li>a car charging adapter</li><ul><li><i>(to charge the generator via car cigarette lighter)</i></li></ul></ul><div><u><br /></u></div><div><u>Hey, no solar panel?</u></div><div><br /></div><div>Strangely enough, very few "solar generators" actually include a solar panel. So what makes these solar generators? Is it simply the inclusion of a charge controller, an inverter, and an AC power outlet?</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">Mini (?) Solar Generators</h4><div><br /></div><div>The search on Amazon for "Solar Generator" includes products like this one:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61l7kciYHdL._AC_SL1000_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="788" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61l7kciYHdL._AC_SL1000_.jpg" width="197" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B084WTQGS9/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=charlie0ab-20&camp=15121&creative=330641&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B084WTQGS9&linkId=4c09366f3ffae5a0b704a8f96ecfae5d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ECO-WORTHY Portable Solar Power Generator</a></div><br /><div>Although even more budget-friendly, this solar generator actually includes a solar panel as the primary means of charging the generator (some also conveniently offer charging via USB; others instead also offer charging via AC adapter).</div><div><br /></div><div>These devices do include AC outlets. They often include energy-efficient lights and provide one or more USB ports to charge devices. Some, instead of (or in addition to) lights, may also have a built-in radio and even an MP3 player.</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;">I define a solar generator as ...</h4><div><br /></div><div>To me, I consider a solar generator as any combination of equipment that can convert solar energy into a form of energy that can be stored, and that stored energy can be converted to electricity when needed to power a scope (however limited or broad) of devices/appliances.</div><div><br /></div><div>The minimal combination of equipment includes:</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>a solar panel</li><li>a battery</li><li>an ability to connect the battery to the solar panel to store the solar energy in the battery</li><li>an ability to connect devices/appliances to the battery, so that the battery can power a device/appliance</li></ul></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;">Minimalist's DIY Solar Generator for USB-Powered Devices</h4><div><br /></div><div>Example:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/714MPYNvjUL._AC_SL1000_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/714MPYNvjUL._AC_SL1000_.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/919h1avm-kL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="735" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/919h1avm-kL._AC_SL1500_.jpg" width="184" /></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01D1BJFC8/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=charlie0ab-20&camp=15121&creative=330641&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01D1BJFC8&linkId=af00a0e151f87be98e9cfa44507d668b" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">X-DRAGON 20W Solar Panel</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> paired with the <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07X64THC5/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=charlie0ab-20&camp=15121&creative=330641&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B07X64THC5&linkId=6473d1d0f533218524d7b7e37cf1b716" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">EAFU BE-E1 Power Bank</a></div><div><br /></div><div>If one only intends on charging devices via USB (at any time, not just during daylight), then one only needs: </div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>a solar panel with USB output</li><li>a simple Power Bank</li><ul><li>(or any other device that can store electricity, be charged via input USB port, and can provide that electricity via USB output ports; examples: a Car Jump Starter, a camping lantern.)</li></ul><li>a USB cable to connect the power bank to the solar panel</li></ul><div>For your interest, take a look at this little solar project of mine as an example minimalist's solar generator for powering USB devices: <a href="https://intertwingularityslicendice.neocities.org/CJ_ProductReviews.html?context=OffGridding#DIY%20Solar%20Alarm%20Clock%20Bundle" target="_blank">DIY Solar Alarm Clock Bundle</a>.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><h4>Minimalist's DIY Solar Generator for Low-Wattage AC-Powered Devices</h4></div><p>Solar generation of AC power requires an inverter to convert stored electricity to AC power (along with an AC outlet).</p><p>Although a real DIY'er would purchase and setup all of the individual components (solar panel, charge controller, battery, and inverter), I prefer the idea of an all-in-one device with built-in battery and inverter, and that charges via USB (so no need for a charge controller.)</p><p>This preference of mine materialized after I haphazardly discovered the following device, a car jump starter with all the regular components of the stereotypical solar generator (minus a charge controller), solar panel not included:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/612YWfih8qL._AC_SL1000_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/612YWfih8qL._AC_SL1000_.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0881LDC48/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=charlie0ab-20&camp=15121&creative=330641&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B0881LDC48&linkId=b852cbd2e2117230fe444381f6512ac6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FLYLINKTECH CF400 Car Jump Starter</a></div><br /><p>I expect to receive this product within the next couple of days, at which point I'll be testing this with various low-wattage devices (AC-powered things: a lamp with LED bulbs, a fan, a reptile heating pad, etc.)</p><p>As I experiment with this, I'll log results in <a href="https://intertwingularityslicendice.neocities.org/CJ_ProductReviews.html?context=OffGridding" target="_blank">Charlie's Urban Off Gridding for Laypersons</a>. If this kind of thing interests you, please check that TiddlyWiki out in a week or so.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">And that's the rest of the intertwingularity...</h4><div><br /></div><div>To me, the definition of "solar generator" depends on all kinds of intertwingled things, in particular an individual's needs and an individual's budget.</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, it could just be that I'm overthinking, or over-intertwingling (???) it all ...</div><div><br /></div><div>Meh. I'm having an intertwingled bunch of fun with it.</div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p></p></div>CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-82352014412483482202020-09-04T15:25:00.001-03:002020-09-04T15:25:38.772-03:00Intertwingularity Mapping Defined (foundational thoughts)Since my 2020-03-13 <a href="https://www.intertwingularityslicendice.ca/2020/03/intertwingularity-mapping-defined-alpha.html" target="_blank">Intertwingularity Mapping Defined (alpha version 0.1?)</a> blog entry, I haven't yet sorted out all of my intertwingled thoughts to formulate a clear and concise definition/explanation.<br />
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Happily, my <a href="https://www.intertwingularityslicendice.ca/2020/08/adhdsliceanddice.html" target="_blank">"ADHD Slice'n Dice" project</a> (thinking about Intertwingularity Mapping as part of writing, and organizing, information about ADHD) has somehow inspired some ideas (a "vision?) for defining Intertwingularity Mapping (still a work in progress.)<br />
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Here's what I recently came up with:</h4>
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For the last few years, all of these swirling thoughts about Intertwingularity Mapping have been more focused, more coherent after seeing these bits copied from the "Intertwingularity" <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertwingularity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wikipedia article</a>:<br />
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<li><i>Ted Nelson wrote: "EVERYTHING IS DEEPLY INTERTWINGLED. In an important sense there are no "subjects" at all; there is only all knowledge, since the cross-connections among the myriad topics of this world simply cannot be divided up neatly."</i></li>
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From there, I've got a ridiculously intertwingled mess of notions, in particular:<br />
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<li><b>There are always a myriad of cross-connected topics and sub-topics and super-topics, and, although not easy, there is a way of componentizing every little thing into fragmental and elemental information components (Tiddlers in TiddlyWiki, Pages in other Wikis) that can be combined into all/any aggregations (complex topic, sub-topic, and super-topic)</b></li>
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<li>Tell me something is impossible, and I will hyperfocus on that to either prove that it is indeed impossible, or actually do the impossible thing; stubborn me ...</li>
<li>Although I may be very humbly disagreeing here with Ted Nelson, I'm pretty sure this is just contextual apples and oranges.</li>
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<li><b>Each topic/sub-topic/super-topic can certainly be presented in various alternative aggregations, each aggregation being a "living/dynamic" hierarchical/sequential/linear perspective of the topic/sub-topic/super-topic</b></li>
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<li>Ditto re: contextual apples and oranges!</li>
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<li><b>Every topic/sub-topic/super-topic, and every aggregation can definitely be categorized in however many useful (i.e. of information value) ways</b></li>
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<li><b>All of the information components (fragmental and elemental), all of the aggregations (every topic/sub-topic/super-topic), all of the categories, all of the connections between each one of those things ... together they are the intertwingularity within whatever unlimited or narrow scope that matters</b></li>
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Slowly and surely, I may be getting "somewhere" ...</div>
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<br />CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-28729748845766005922020-08-30T13:28:00.002-03:002020-08-30T13:56:42.344-03:00Side-tracked again: Puffins !!!<b style="background-color: yellow;">Edit Start</b>: Quoting (imperfectly!) a later part of the documentary:<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Puffins are telling us</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">about the health of our oceans</span></b></div>
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It is a reoccurring theme:<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Everything is deeply intertwingled</span></b></div>
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I just happened to click on the tv in time to catch the "Nature of Things" (CBC) documentary starting:<br />
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<b>Hidden cameras uncover the lives of Newfoundland's Puffins</b></div>
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Just in case you are interested in this (or other documentary videos on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsEbwT3FHpAey6prlu7tNhw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CBC Docs YouTube Channel</a>):</div>
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CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-46861419435574966302020-08-30T11:52:00.000-03:002020-08-30T11:52:01.784-03:00Side-tracked by a classic comedy bit: That is not my dogWith a sudden flashback of Inspector Clouseau, I thought it worth highlighting the "That is not my dog" scene for anybody who has never seen it (and for those who want to reminisce a little.)<div>
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Of course, because everything is intertwingled, I had to search for comedy styles, and found this nice article on Wikipedia: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedic_genres" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Comedic genres</a>.</div>
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CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-26993736287491671082020-08-11T12:05:00.001-03:002020-09-04T13:26:44.041-03:00An Intertwingularity Mapping Project with TiddlyWiki: ADHD Slice'n Dice<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i><span style="color: #666666;">I had been thinking about making this entry about "malleability of content and structure", but I need to chew on that a bit longer in the context of this new project.</span></i></blockquote>
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For the last several years, I've had this concept in my head I call "Intertwingularity Mapping": a wiki-centric process of recording and organizing information without losing "intertwingularity" (i.e. the deep interconnections between/with everything.<br />
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Organizing deeply intertwingled information/concepts/you-name-it, I enjoy doing that something silly, I enjoy immersing myself in that challenge, and I feel like I'm pretty good at it. (Well, maybe not particularly fast, but as I always say: "to look at me, you may think the hamster is dead, but the wheel is always spinning!)<br />
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Explaining "Intertwingularity Mapping", after a year of trying unsuccessfully, feels like an overwhelming problem that, I think, can happen best by example. Yet, as creative as I believe myself to be, inventing something for me to map has been a frustrating endeavor.<br />
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Then I got smacked by an ah-ha moment: "map that old sponge of yours, you silly silly critter."<br />
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After a lifetime of feeling really functionally different from everybody, and somehow managing fine until recently overwhelmed by increasing communications/meetings at work along with increasing health problems, I got recently diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficiency) and suddenly everything throughout my existence (particularly the last few years) made sense.<br />
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I've since been, as per my nature, dissecting every little bit of this intertwingularity which is my brain: how I function, when I go into dysfunction, how I cannot focus and shutdown when there are too many distractions, how I can manage to hyperfocus to get things done, etc. etc. etc. All things I've experienced or done (without knowing why) my entire adulthood.<br />
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That is a practical/tangible thing for me to map (which I've already been doing privately for the last two years, but am "rebooting" publicly as an "Intertwingularity Mapping" case study and, simultaneously, an ongoing case study of TiddlyWiki usage.<br />
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Three bird's with one stone!!!<br />
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<li>Describing Intertwingularity Mapping, a huge challenge for me that I really want to tackle</li>
<li>Further learning and showcasing TiddlyWiki in the context of Intertwingularity Mapping and in general</li>
<li>Exploring this huge intertwingularity that is my ADHD diagnosis, symptoms, challenges, impacts, etc. etc. etc.</li>
<li><i>(Who knows how many other birds will roost in this project ...)</i></li>
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I've got the stage set for this multi-faceted project in the TiddlyWiki instance <a href="https://intertwingularityslicendice.neocities.org/CJ_AdhdSliceAndDice.html" target="_blank">CJ's ADHD Slice'n Dice</a>, and will blog about TiddlyWiki usage/tips/features/etc. along with blogging about Intertwingularity Mapping my ADHD experience.<br />
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Stay tuned !CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-20875602978806401742020-07-26T22:27:00.001-03:002020-07-26T22:27:48.186-03:00Product Review Web Site: a TiddlyWiki Use CaseWithin the last several months, I have treated myself with a few really wonderful purchases, most of which belonging to a category I'd call "products for small-scale electric grid independence in an urban setting." These are all items I really enjoy (or plan to soon enjoy), and I've found myself wanting to write about them.<div>
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TiddlyWiki being my preferred choice for writing, I started thinking: "how would I go about creating a product review website, one which showcases not just the products, but also showcases TiddlyWiki and transclusion to organize the content?"</div>
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Why do I prefer TiddlyWiki?</div>
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I am no fan of "big design up front" <i>(see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Design_Up_Front" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">related article on Wikipedia</a>)</i>. How can I design both a plan of content <i>(what will I write about for each reviewed product?)</i> and, more importantly, a plan of organization/presentation of that content before starting the actual work? To me, I only discover my plan (content and organization/presentation) as I dive into requirements elicitation via the writing process.</div>
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Not knowing everything <i>(or at least all of the critical things)</i> I need at the start of a task becomes an impediment to getting started at all. So I am easily drawn to a "rapid application development" <i>(see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_application_development" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">related article on Wikipedia</a>)</i> approach with just about any task.</div>
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That's where TiddlyWiki comes in. TiddlyWiki facilitates rapid:</div>
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<li>componentization of information into tidy chunks</li>
<li>aggregation (via transclusion) of those tidy information chunks</li>
<li>adjustments as needs/requirements evolve and/or get discovered</li>
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Some will describe TiddlyWiki as software (wiki software, or note-taking software, or a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Things_Done" target="_blank">GTD</a> solution, or PIM), but I much prefer describe it as a platform for evolutionary and non-linear creation and organization of content.</div>
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Although I am just a humble "white belt" (possibly "yellow belt") user of TiddlyWiki, I am working my way up to another belt with some pretty fancy footwork transclusion-wise. I intend to present "how to" TiddlyWiki transclusion magic, via a product review TiddlyWiki instance, in future posts</div>
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In the meantime and for your immediate consumption, I present to you the very early beginning of <a href="https://intertwingularityslicendice.neocities.org/CJ_ProductReviews.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CJ's Product Reviews</a> built with TiddlyWiki.</div>
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CJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09450299226767084674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2695105114974586943.post-42028520049517687652020-07-18T11:05:00.001-03:002020-07-18T11:05:31.690-03:00Hanks for Keeping Your Distance !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<b><u>I love this !!!</u></b></div>
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Toronto company hoping<br />Tom Hanks<br />has 'Big' impact as physical distance marker</h2>
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Read the full story at <a href="https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-company-hoping-tom-hanks-has-big-impact-as-physical-distance-marker-1.5028954" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CTV Toronto News</a></div>
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