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date = '2025-02-07T14:19:18Z'
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title = 'What is this?'
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If you've stumbled across this, you're probably asking yourself: "What the hell is this?".
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Or you might have any one of a number of questions about it. I highly doubt anyone but me
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will ever read any of this blog but, in case they do, I feel it should probably begin with
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an overview of what the hell this is so it doesn't get mistaken for the ramblings of a
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madman in the vein of eccentric classics like the "timecube" guy (anyone else remember
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that craziness?). Here, I will attempt to anticipate and answer questions that might be in
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any reader's heads.
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## No, seriously: What is this???
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The answer is simple... I think. Or maybe not? This is a place where I *plan* to dump
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some of the ramblings that bounce around in the chaotic depths of my mind. How consistently
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will I do that? What thoughts will those be? Will you care enough to continue reading?
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Honestly, i have no idea of the answers to that but I suppose we'll find out over time.
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## Who are you?
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That is a less simple question. Or more simple depending on your perspective. Obviously,
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explaining "who a person is" takes more than a paragraph and is subject to change over time.
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Putting aside any waffling philosophical bullshit though: I'm a scientist. I've done a lot of
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different kinds of science through my career, but right now my focus is firmly on data science.
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I'm a serial tinkerer: I like to make things, fix things, figure out what makes them tick.
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I'm also a severely lapsed musician, with a love of stringed instruments and nowhere near enough
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time to indulge in that love for many years. Basically: I am a creature of curiosity that likes
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to make stuff and make a lot of noise.
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## Ok, so why a blog?
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The reasons for that one are DEFINITELY simple:
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- I don't really like traditional social media. Not out of paranoia, mostly just cos is seems
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like most people who have social media also don't like it much! Most people seem to have
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a kind of stockholm syndrome relationship with social media and that sounds like a pain.
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- Some of the most useful and interesting stuff I've ever found on the internet is in blogs.
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I doubt I have anything that interesting to contribute, but there's no harm in sharing
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right? Worst case scenario it gives me a void to scream into!
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- I am an absolute scatterbrain. Having some kind of log of where my brain is over time could
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be interesting.
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## How often will you post?
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Not a clue. Maybe never? We'll see.
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# Summary
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This blog will likely end up being just a temporary dumping ground for my ADHD addled ramblings
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and musings. It might have interesting stuff. It might be filled with bollocks. Give it 6 months
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and lets see (if I'm still using it by then!).
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