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About

Dots and Loops is my personal online tech scrapbook. The name comes from the excellent album by Stereolab. I started this blog primarily for the opportunity to experiment with web design. I also wanted to have a virtual presence where I could share source code and scripts. I sometimes post useful tips or links (as much for my own use as anything else), as well as the occational and awkward rumination on web design, programming, Linux, and anything else within the technological zeitgeist. This site is only sporadically and rarely updated, and it emphasizes style over substance.

As for me...

I am a technology and science enthusiast. I have a background in science and mathematics. While studying computational chemistry in graduate school I had my first encounter with the Linux operating system. It was love at first site. I was fortunate enough to be mentored there by an old style UNIX guru, and during that time my interest in computers exploded. After graduating I went back to school to get a Computer Science degree.

I am interested in too many topics, both tech related and non. I think it's sad that modern life, with it's emphasis on specialization, has made the polymath an endangered species. Yet, in keeping with this trend for specialization, my old blog has bifurcated into this tech related blog, and another with a more personal milieu.

If you have read this far you may be interested in syndicating my site content. This probably makes more sense than bookmarking and trying to remember to come back.

Thanks for visiting.