Possibly Pondered Probes

Contents

• What's on this blog?
• Why are you doing this?
• Why this site design?
• Can I post something on your blog?
• How can I contact you?
• How can I contact you securely with PGP?
• Can I cite your posts or copy them on my site?
• Why "Jach"?
• Why The Jach?
• What's your privacy policy?
• A/S/L?
• Online Presence
• Fun Links

What's on this blog?

As it says at the top, this is a blog about the going-ons of my mind, which also includes my life. Be they posts about rationality, ethics, philosophy, math, computers, the weather, fiction, rants, programming, pizza, love, or just something silly, I want a place where I can put some sort of thought down in an easily accessible format. I hope that one day I'll be able to post something each day.

Why are you doing this?

Besides posting down and archiving my thoughts? Well, I'd like to strengthen my writing skills by standards of elegance, persuasiveness, clarity, and decent content. With enough practice I might become as great as Paul Graham, the awesome Eliezer Yudkowsky, Richard Stallman, and the XKCD guy whose name escapes me. Plus it'll help me get faster, plus it's fun. School papers are much easier now after a year of writing a bunch of ~1000 word posts.

Why this site design?

I'm kind of sick of reading those middle-column blogs with light backgrounds and rounded corners everywhere, so I figured I'd make a nice dark theme that is easy on the eyes and puts the content on the left side, instead of the middle or right. It will likely change several times in the future, but right now, I like it enough, so it stays. I like being a back-end designer more than a front-end one anyway. I like it so much in fact that I decided to program this blog software from scratch instead of using something like wordpress. Plus it stands out, it's not just another "blogspot" layout.

Can I post something on your blog?

Things via comments, sure, if it's relevant. I don't care. Or if you mean a big blog post, you'll have to contact me personally and I can upgrade your account to writer status so that you can post.

How can I contact you?

Send email to jach shift2 thejach d0t com.

How can I contact you securely with PGP?

Here is my public key:

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Can I cite your posts or copy them on my site?

Yes, so long as you provide a link back to my page and do not modify it or create derivative works. Also, I'd like to know personally without looking at site logs for linkbacks, so if you want to leave a post in the comments saying what you're doing that would be nice (though not required). Basically all works are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 License unless otherwise noted. (Also, I really don't care, so if you mess up I'm probably not going to sue or anything weird like that.)

Why "Jach"?

Long story.

Why The Jach?

To distinguish myself from all the other fraudulent, squatting Jachs, of course!

What's your privacy policy?

Not to share. Well, if the FBI comes a-knockin', then I'll sell you out so fast... But otherwise, no sharing of any data, unless it's with friends for a laugh. (Really, what data do I have to share?)

A/S/L?

No, maybe, at least 24 inches.

Other various information: my birthday is October the 2nd, 1990, making me a mockable youngin'. My diploma says "Kevin Jach Secretan", though that might not be what my legal documents say... I am located in Redmond, WA and am probably staying here for at least 4 3 2 years as I complete my bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering at DigiPen Institute of Technology, followed (possibly, probably not) by a 2 year master's in Computer Science. If you want to get together, send me an email or something.

A picture may eventually end up here. (You can see one on my github profile.)

Online Presence

I'm slowly building my online presence with the end goal of being the #1 Google hit for "Secretan". It probably doesn't help that I use Jach for almost everything. You can find me on Twitter, GitHub, and Hacker News.

Github badge:

What? JavaScript? It's not my fault if my Python code, which I love the most, is more minimal. =P

Fun Links

Below are some random links I've collected and felt like posting, this list will be sporadically updated.

This site not yet powered by...

But it is nice.

How Duck Hunt worked.

Cooking For Engineers