diff --git a/content/20240528-week-21-update.rst b/content/20240528-week-21-update.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e0851acda --- /dev/null +++ b/content/20240528-week-21-update.rst @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +Week 21 update +############## +:date: 2024-05-28 10:38:56 +:modified: 2024-05-28 10:38:56 +:author: ankur +:category: Life +:tags: NeuroML, Open Source Brain, Computational Neuroscience, CNS2024Natal, Fedora, Training, Deaf awareness, Sony earbuds, Sony +:slug: week-21-update +:summary: Weekly update to week #21 + + +NeuroML related +================= + +.. figure:: {static}/images/neuroml-logo.png + :width: 40 % + :align: center + :alt: NeuroML is a standard and software ecosystem for biophysically detailed neuronal modelling. + :class: text-center img-responsive pagination-centered + + NeuroML_ is a standard and software ecosystem for biophysically detailed neuronal modelling. + + +More work on on pyNeuroML_. + +GSoC +----- + +Our two GSoC candidates continue to make tweaks to their work. +This is still only the bonding period, so they're already ahead of time. +The contribution period only started this week, on the 27th. + +We also had our weekly meeting where we discussed their tasks and concepts. + +Open Source Brain related +========================== + +I finished `integrating Biomodels into OSBv2 `__. +Here's a video of what it'll look like, tested out on my local Minikube deployment: + +.. raw:: html + + + + +Other work related bits +========================= + +Trainings +----------- + +I had two trainings to do this week. + +The first was "Deaf Awareness: working and communicating well with Deaf people". +It was very very useful. +I certainly learned a lot of things that I wasn't aware of, or that I hadn't thought of before. + +The other training was related to hiring. +This one is a compulsory training required for all staff that are going to be on interview panels for new staff. +It points out various things one should know to ensure the hiring process is carried out fairly and correctly, within the framework of the law. +It was also very informative, and having an insight into the frameworks that the university implements was very useful too. + +Departmental away day +--------------------- + +We had our departmental away day on Friday. +Lots of discussion about our research, our teaching, on how we fit in within the larger picture with the university. +I spoke to our dean and other principal investigators (PIs) in the department and offered to help on things here and there. + +There was a barbecue in the evening with drinks, and a few of us continued to the pub afterwords to keep the discussion going. + + +Fedora related +=============== + +More package updates on the Fedora side of things. +The NeuroFedora SIG will have its meeting next Monday. +We'll all catch up then to see if there are things that need prioritising. + +Other stuff +============= + +I lost my tabs the other day. +I was tinkering with my `Qutebrowser `__ configuration, and I opened the browser but saved the session and quit it before all the tabs had loaded. +This meant that the next time I opened it, all the tabs were completely blank. +Bug? +Not really---I needed to either have waited for the session to load, or I should've quit without saving a partially loaded session. + +The silver lining is that I've closed 100 tabs with research papers that I'd had open for the past year but not managed to read. +So, a clear up of sorts. + +Returned Sony earbuds +---------------------- + +I'd bought myself a set of `WF-C700N `_ ear buds some time ago. +I'd seen a few reviews. +They won the `What Hi-Fi award in 2023 `__, so they seemed a good buy. + +They're very good sound wise for their price, but unfortunately, they turned out to be very buggy. +The right ear bud would just not turn on a lot of the time. +The docs suggested re-initialising them to fix the issue, and while it did fix the issue for a bit, the right earbud would go off again and not turn back on. +I did this a few times, but it became increasingly annoying. +Heading out on my commute only to find that the right earbud had stopped working again was really not fun. +On top of that, I couldn't reliably re-initialise them each time. +Sometimes the reinitialising process wouldn't work. + +A search showed me that lots of users were experiencing this, with multiple `folks on Reddit confirming the issue `__ and suggesting returning the earbuds. +I persevered and tried various things on my Android phone too, but in the end nothing really fixed the issue. +So, I've returned them too. + +I shelled out a bit more and got the top of the line `WF-1000XM5 `__ ones now. +They're double the price, and have much better sound quality and a few more features. +So far, so good 🤞. + + +.. _NeuroML: https://neuroml.org +.. _pyNeuroML: https://github.com/NeuroML/pyNeuroML +.. _OSB: https://www.opensourcebrain.org/ diff --git a/content/images/20240522-osb-biomodels-pic.png b/content/images/20240522-osb-biomodels-pic.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..48f1531e1 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/20240522-osb-biomodels-pic.png differ diff --git a/content/images/20240522-osb-biomodels.webm b/content/images/20240522-osb-biomodels.webm new file mode 100644 index 000000000..906029e92 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/images/20240522-osb-biomodels.webm differ