The first time I’d heard of the Tor in Glastonbury, it was as a result of reading a fantasy book as a teenager. Enthralled by the myths and legends the book described, I did some reading and learned that the legends did not just exist in the world of the book. I knew I wanted to visit since then.

When I walked outside a few hours after my 2009 LASIK surgery and managed to peer out of the tiny holes in the goggles taped to my face, I got the sense of suddenly seeing the world in high definition. Looking up at a tree, even through gritty eyes that were still in pain and sensitive, I saw every little leaf. I saw the crags in the branches and every crisp shadow between the greenery. I had to pause and take in the realization that there were things about trees I’d never fully experienced through sight, until then. Now, over ten years later, the novelty wore off to a large extent, but I still often stop to look at the leaves of trees I see outside and remember that moment.

A couple of months ago, I bought the PiccoloCane Tanto2 pet stroller for the cats. I originally ordered the slightly more compact and elegant Carino2, but after it arrived it was obvious that it was too small for both of my cats. I exchanged it for the bulkier, but more roomy forest green Tanto2.

I saw this post linked on Hacker News today, reflecting on the difficulties of starting a company in Germany.

It made me think about the process of starting a company (“Aktiebolag”, or “AB”) in Sweden, which I recently went through myself.

I have a Go struct that I want to encode to JSON with some additional fields.

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