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  <div class="entry-content"><p>Ahh, the Hello World cliche. A fitting start to my return to the world of personal blogging in 2014.</p>

<p>I say personal blogging, and that&rsquo;s what this site is about: Chronicling important projects and aspects of what&rsquo;s going on with me. I have a bunch of projects and interesting things I hope to accomplish this year. Sometimes that will mean nerdy how-to&rsquo;s and in-depth geekery for projects I&rsquo;m working on. Sometimes it will just be a few sentences on current events. And sometimes longer-form prose or opinion pieces. It may mean different, sometimes opposing, audiences (or no audiences at all) will mix it up here.</p>

<h1>Themes</h1>

<p>There are some themes I hope permeate all of this during 2014:</p>

<h2>Helping Others</h2>

<h2>Developing Technical Skills</h2>

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