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+title: Hello, world
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+
+It's about time I had a blog/journal/mental dumping ground again, and
+getting this set up was a nice little exercise in system
+administration and a little bit of Haskell coding.
+
+I mention system administration because this is running on a system
+with a version of Debian Linux installed that has been continuously
+upgraded since around 2001. It was both slightly broken and very
+crufty, but I was able to get plenty of space cleared and get
+everything up-to-date with few issues.
+
+And I mention Haskell because I'm using two Haskell programs as part
+of the infrastructure of this site. One is the site engine itself,
+[Hakyll][1]. It's a customizable build tool that translates from
+various markup formats to HTML, then assembles all the site's pieces
+together.
+
+The second Haskell program I'm using the the [Clay][2] CSS generator,
+which lets me build the CSS rules in a Haskell program in a CSS-like
+DSL. A short program generates both a flexible semantic grid layout
+and a baseline grid for managing the vertical rhythm of the text. I am
+not a master page designer by any means, but I'm happy with the
+result.
+
+I will share more details about these tools, along with other things
+I've been working on, in entries to follow.
+
+[1]: http://jaspervdj.be/hakyll/ "Hakyll's Home Page"
+[2]: http://fvisser.nl/clay/ "Clay's Home Page"