diff --git a/_posts/2023-12-15-Project-#1-Personal-Site.md b/_posts/2023-12-15-Project-#1-Personal-Site.md index b069144..116df4e 100644 --- a/_posts/2023-12-15-Project-#1-Personal-Site.md +++ b/_posts/2023-12-15-Project-#1-Personal-Site.md @@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ layout: post title: "Project #1: Personal Website" excerpt_separator: --- -    In November, I felt an urge to put my programming capabilities to the test and start developing. As I delved into other people’s personal projects to look for inspiration and guidance, I felt overwhelmed with where to start. I would get discouraged by how advanced other people were, how many various platforms and languages they knew, and the amount of time many of my peers had already spent. It just felt like it was impossible to catch up - but everyone has to start somewhere. Instead of wallowing, I needed to create something that would encourage me to continue creating. I thought, “Everyone seems to have a personal site where they put their projects, which means that 1) I can create a site, and 2) it’ll look pretty dumb if there are no projects on it, so I’ll be forced to keep going.” +    In November, I felt an urge to put my programming capabilities to the test and start developing. As I delved into other people’s personal projects to look for inspiration and guidance, I felt overwhelmed with where to start. I would get discouraged by how advanced other people were, how many various platforms and languages they knew, and the amount of time many of my peers had already spent building their skills. It just felt like it was impossible to catch up - but everyone has to start somewhere. Instead of wallowing, I needed to create something that would encourage me to continue creating. I thought, “Everyone seems to have a personal site where they put their projects, which means that 1) I can create a site, and 2) it’ll look pretty dumb if there are no projects on it, so I’ll be forced to keep going.” -    And here's the final product - welcome to my site! Here’s a little bit about it. I’m hosting the site on Github Pages and used Github’s static site builder, Jekyll, for the general HTML format. I chose Jekyll because it’s meant to be used specifically for blog-style websites. I copied over the default CSS theme, “minima”, into my local folders and made edits from there to personalize the design. I tried to mimic the Apple theme a bit with rounded edges and a simple color scheme. +    And here's the final product - welcome to my site! Here’s a little bit about it. I’m hosting the site on Github Pages and used Github’s static site builder, Jekyll, for the general HTML format. I chose Jekyll because it’s meant to be used specifically for blog-style websites. I copied over the default CSS theme, “minima”, into my local folders and made edits from there to personalize the design. I tried to mimic the Apple iOS theme a bit with rounded edges, modern fonts, and a simple color scheme (with a pop of color!). I also got a custom domain name from CloudFlare.     I’m using Google Analytics to keep track of site data by copying a site tag onto each HTML page. From my analytics dashboard, I can view page-by-page insights on how many people are viewing the site. diff --git a/_posts/2024-1-15-Project-#2-Recitation-Slides.md b/_posts/2024-1-15-Project-#2-Recitation-Slides.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6686d91 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2024-1-15-Project-#2-Recitation-Slides.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Project #2: Recitation Slides" +excerpt_separator: +--- +     One of my favorite experiences in college so far has been being a teaching assistant for the data structures and algorithms course at my school. This past semester, I spent many hours making 15 comprehensive slide decks for our weekly, TA-led recitation sections. This course is the largest course offered at Georgia Tech, and it runs heavily on the 50-60 TAs who work very hard to provide top-notch resources for students to understand important CS fundamentals. Our team has created csvistool.com, endless exam preparation material, and sometimes students even fill in for our professors as lecturers! It's an inspiring group to be a part of, and so I was inspired to contribute something as well. + +     For years, the TAs have wondered why our course specifically has poor recitation enthusiasm among students. Many of our sections getting cancelled or merged as the semester progresses because of low attendance, and this doesn't seem to happen as often in other courses. I noticed that our recitations (a weekly, TA-led recap class of 20-30 students) lacked uniformity and quality assurance. In other courses, sometimes a lot of my learning comes from the lab or studio associated with the course, led by TAs. Specifically, the slides are incredibly helpful as students are really good at simplifying content for their peers. I wanted to create the same system for our course. + +     This semester, I set out to create a comprehensive set of slides for each week's recitation. Every slide covers two or three major concepts in our class (either a data structure or an algorithm) and uses the same format to explain each one. In the case of data structures, I try to first introduce the ADT the structure will implement, the motivation for why we would use this structure, and then the inner workings of three major operations: search, add, and remove. For algorithms, I first explain the problem goal or purpose of an algorithm, do a pseudocode analysis, and then perform a large diagramming example. After this, we talk about time complexity. Finally, the slides end with a couple coding questions for students to try on their own. + +     These slides are made with the idea that students may reference them later without the help of a TA. Therefore, explanations and all the content must be present on the slides, but in a non-overwhelming and aesthetically pleasing (though this is just my preference) way. I think the common explanation structure helps organize the overwhelming amount of content for students so they "know what they have to know." In addition, I've peppered in prompting questions throughout the slides to increase interactivity. + +     In the spirit of open source, these slides are available on my public GitHub for computer science students anywhere to benefit from. Please reach out if you see errors! If they help even one person out there score an extra point on their exam, my time was well spent :). \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/_site/2023/12/15/Project-1-Personal-Site.html b/_site/2023/12/15/Project-1-Personal-Site.html index d10aa81..01eac0d 100644 --- a/_site/2023/12/15/Project-1-Personal-Site.html +++ b/_site/2023/12/15/Project-1-Personal-Site.html @@ -48,9 +48,9 @@

Project #1: Personal Website

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    In November, I felt an urge to put my programming capabilities to the test and start developing. As I delved into other people’s personal projects to look for inspiration and guidance, I felt overwhelmed with where to start. I would get discouraged by how advanced other people were, how many various platforms and languages they knew, and the amount of time many of my peers had already spent. It just felt like it was impossible to catch up - but everyone has to start somewhere. Instead of wallowing, I needed to create something that would encourage me to continue creating. I thought, “Everyone seems to have a personal site where they put their projects, which means that 1) I can create a site, and 2) it’ll look pretty dumb if there are no projects on it, so I’ll be forced to keep going.”

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    In November, I felt an urge to put my programming capabilities to the test and start developing. As I delved into other people’s personal projects to look for inspiration and guidance, I felt overwhelmed with where to start. I would get discouraged by how advanced other people were, how many various platforms and languages they knew, and the amount of time many of my peers had already spent building their skills. It just felt like it was impossible to catch up - but everyone has to start somewhere. Instead of wallowing, I needed to create something that would encourage me to continue creating. I thought, “Everyone seems to have a personal site where they put their projects, which means that 1) I can create a site, and 2) it’ll look pretty dumb if there are no projects on it, so I’ll be forced to keep going.”

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    And here’s the final product - welcome to my site! Here’s a little bit about it. I’m hosting the site on Github Pages and used Github’s static site builder, Jekyll, for the general HTML format. I chose Jekyll because it’s meant to be used specifically for blog-style websites. I copied over the default CSS theme, “minima”, into my local folders and made edits from there to personalize the design. I tried to mimic the Apple theme a bit with rounded edges and a simple color scheme.

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    And here’s the final product - welcome to my site! Here’s a little bit about it. I’m hosting the site on Github Pages and used Github’s static site builder, Jekyll, for the general HTML format. I chose Jekyll because it’s meant to be used specifically for blog-style websites. I copied over the default CSS theme, “minima”, into my local folders and made edits from there to personalize the design. I tried to mimic the Apple iOS theme a bit with rounded edges, modern fonts, and a simple color scheme (with a pop of color!). I also got a custom domain name from CloudFlare.

    I’m using Google Analytics to keep track of site data by copying a site tag onto each HTML page. From my analytics dashboard, I can view page-by-page insights on how many people are viewing the site.

diff --git a/_site/2024/01/15/Balmain-Mens-FW.html b/_site/2024/01/15/Balmain-Mens-FW.html deleted file mode 100644 index 5cf2d7b..0000000 --- a/_site/2024/01/15/Balmain-Mens-FW.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,79 +0,0 @@ - - - - - -Balmain Mens’ FW 24 Review | Indira Tatikola - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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    Paris Fashion Week 2024 featured some amazing collections with many critics remarking on the return of true haute couture - art as fashion. Pieces were bold, vibrant, and meaningful across the board. However, Balmain Mens’ FW 24, designed by the young breakthrough Olivier Rouesting, was a standout. Last year, Rouesting revealed that he had been badly burned during a fireplace explosion in his own home. He had kept the incident private for a long time, and his return invoked a newfound sense of purpose. In fact, his new braids almost made him unrecognizable when he came out at the end of the show. I found the show to be an unabashed homage to African royalty and modern Afro-European culture, celebrating the work of modern African art and revealing the impact of African creatives on global fashion. This show was defined by coats, vibrant colors, and royal futurism.

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    The most powerful sequence in the show to me were the black and metallic gold looks. The sequence began abruptly with the structured, reflective coat. The long coat’s rigidity and simple structure felt like something a fashionable CP-30 would wear in the best way possible. This is a coat meant for the night, an ode to being the shining light of royalty in the room. The sharp corners of the shoulders and abrupt circular ending to the sleeve furthers the roboticism. All in all, I find it to be an exciting step towards pure futuristic style. The pairing with faded black denim works, although the jeans are of a certain tasteless style. I’ll chalk it up to the specific connotation this jean style has in American culture.

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    Overall, the gold motif was a strong example of celebrating African greatness. I immediately think of Mansa Musa - the African king who was at one point the richest man in the world due to his hefty collection of gold. In the eastern world, gold is most definitely the greatest symbol of wealth though it has largely left the gaze of western idyllism. The golden durag and chains are also odes to the unique and unmatched significance of gold as a symbol of power and royalty in African culture.

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    The vibrant orange, pink, yellow and black patent leather jacket and then shiny leather bag immediately caught my eye. The splotching design reminded me of the eye itself actually - a cornea or on another note, a celestial supernova. It radiates power and an all-knowing existentialism, though I wish the jackets colors were as vibrant as the bags.

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    Most striking of all however was the facial sequence. The show opened with the long coat featuring an AI-generated face created with what seems to be rhinestones. This is an ode to the technological aspect of futurism that simply cannot be ignored, Rouesting is acknowledging the dominance of artificial intelligence in all aspects of life. The use of rhinestones creates a pixelated effect, adding onto the illusion that the pieces are made of actual screens. The black and white eye specifically reminds me of the type of image you would see in a 2000s era girls’ internet makeup game - it’s almost Bratz-like. In this way, Rouesting preserves the youthful streetwear roots of Balmain.

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    I think the underlying reason I was drawn to this show is because of its outstanding progressiveness. I truly believe that Olivier Rouesting understands the future and I respect that he is using his influence and genius to propel his people and culture to the forefront of the future. African royalty, digital supremacy, artificial intelligence in art - Rouesting is a master of representing the here and now. He defines a generation and I cannot wait to see how this collection manifests in the mainstream.

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Project #2: Recitation Slides

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     One of my favorite experiences in college so far has been being a teaching assistant for the data structures and algorithms course at my school. This past semester, I spent many hours making 15 comprehensive slide decks for our weekly, TA-led recitation sections. This course is the largest course offered at Georgia Tech, and it runs heavily on the 50-60 TAs who work very hard to provide top-notch resources for students to understand important CS fundamentals. Our team has created csvistool.com, endless exam preparation material, and sometimes students even fill in for our professors as lecturers! It’s an inspiring group to be a part of, and so I was inspired to contribute something as well.

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     For years, the TAs have wondered why our course specifically has poor recitation enthusiasm among students. Many of our sections getting cancelled or merged as the semester progresses because of low attendance, and this doesn’t seem to happen as often in other courses. I noticed that our recitations (a weekly, TA-led recap class of 20-30 students) lacked uniformity and quality assurance. In other courses, sometimes a lot of my learning comes from the lab or studio associated with the course, led by TAs. Specifically, the slides are incredibly helpful as students are really good at simplifying content for their peers. I wanted to create the same system for our course.

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     This semester, I set out to create a comprehensive set of slides for each week’s recitation. Every slide covers two or three major concepts in our class (either a data structure or an algorithm) and uses the same format to explain each one. In the case of data structures, I try to first introduce the ADT the structure will implement, the motivation for why we would use this structure, and then the inner workings of three major operations: search, add, and remove. For algorithms, I first explain the problem goal or purpose of an algorithm, do a pseudocode analysis, and then perform a large diagramming example. After this, we talk about time complexity. Finally, the slides end with a couple coding questions for students to try on their own.

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     These slides are made with the idea that students may reference them later without the help of a TA. Therefore, explanations and all the content must be present on the slides, but in a non-overwhelming and aesthetically pleasing (though this is just my preference) way. I think the common explanation structure helps organize the overwhelming amount of content for students so they “know what they have to know.” In addition, I’ve peppered in prompting questions throughout the slides to increase interactivity.

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     In the spirit of open source, these slides are available on my public GitHub for computer science students anywhere to benefit from. Please reach out if you see errors! If they help even one person out there score an extra point on their exam, my time was well spent :).

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+ + + + + diff --git a/_site/assets/resume.pdf b/_site/assets/resume24.pdf similarity index 62% rename from _site/assets/resume.pdf rename to _site/assets/resume24.pdf index 828ba23..a05fed7 100644 Binary files a/_site/assets/resume.pdf and b/_site/assets/resume24.pdf differ diff --git a/_site/feed.xml b/_site/feed.xml index 925a6f8..8ad4667 100644 --- a/_site/feed.xml +++ b/_site/feed.xml @@ -1,26 +1,14 @@ -Jekyll2024-02-12T12:23:09-05:00http://localhost:4000/feed.xmlIndira TatikolaHi! I’m Indira and I’m studying computer science at the Georgia Institute of Technology. My areas of interest are computer vision, graphics, and machine learning and their applications in social media. Feel free to reach out through any platform! Balmain Mens’ FW 24 Review2024-01-15T00:00:00-05:002024-01-15T00:00:00-05:00http://localhost:4000/2024/01/15/Balmain-Mens-FW<p>    Paris Fashion Week 2024 featured some amazing collections with many critics remarking on the return of true haute couture - art as fashion. Pieces were bold, vibrant, and meaningful across the board. However, Balmain Mens’ FW 24, designed by the young breakthrough Olivier Rouesting, was a standout. <!--more--> Last year, Rouesting revealed that he had been badly burned during a fireplace explosion in his own home. He had kept the incident private for a long time, and his return invoked a newfound sense of purpose. In fact, his new braids almost made him unrecognizable when he came out at the end of the show. I found the show to be an unabashed homage to African royalty and modern Afro-European culture, celebrating the work of modern African art and revealing the impact of African creatives on global fashion. This show was defined by coats, vibrant colors, and royal futurism.</p> +Jekyll2024-05-16T17:19:11-04:00http://localhost:4000/feed.xmlIndira TatikolaHi! I’m Indira and I’m studying computer science at the Georgia Institute of Technology. My areas of interest are computer vision, graphics, and machine learning and their applications in social media. Feel free to reach out through any platform! Project #2: Recitation Slides2024-01-15T00:00:00-05:002024-01-15T00:00:00-05:00http://localhost:4000/2024/01/15/Project-#2-Recitation-Slides<p>     One of my favorite experiences in college so far has been being a teaching assistant for the data structures and algorithms course at my school. This past semester, I spent many hours making 15 comprehensive slide decks for our weekly, TA-led recitation sections. <!--more--> This course is the largest course offered at Georgia Tech, and it runs heavily on the 50-60 TAs who work very hard to provide top-notch resources for students to understand important CS fundamentals. Our team has created csvistool.com, endless exam preparation material, and sometimes students even fill in for our professors as lecturers! It’s an inspiring group to be a part of, and so I was inspired to contribute something as well.</p> -<p><img src="/Black_Bag" alt="None" /></p> +<p>     For years, the TAs have wondered why our course specifically has poor recitation enthusiasm among students. Many of our sections getting cancelled or merged as the semester progresses because of low attendance, and this doesn’t seem to happen as often in other courses. I noticed that our recitations (a weekly, TA-led recap class of 20-30 students) lacked uniformity and quality assurance. In other courses, sometimes a lot of my learning comes from the lab or studio associated with the course, led by TAs. Specifically, the slides are incredibly helpful as students are really good at simplifying content for their peers. I wanted to create the same system for our course.</p> -<p>    The most powerful sequence in the show to me were the black and metallic gold looks. The sequence began abruptly with the structured, reflective coat. The long coat’s rigidity and simple structure felt like something a fashionable CP-30 would wear in the best way possible. This is a coat meant for the night, an ode to being the shining light of royalty in the room. The sharp corners of the shoulders and abrupt circular ending to the sleeve furthers the roboticism. All in all, I find it to be an exciting step towards pure futuristic style. The pairing with faded black denim works, although the jeans are of a certain tasteless style. I’ll chalk it up to the specific connotation this jean style has in American culture.</p> +<p>     This semester, I set out to create a comprehensive set of slides for each week’s recitation. Every slide covers two or three major concepts in our class (either a data structure or an algorithm) and uses the same format to explain each one. In the case of data structures, I try to first introduce the ADT the structure will implement, the motivation for why we would use this structure, and then the inner workings of three major operations: search, add, and remove. For algorithms, I first explain the problem goal or purpose of an algorithm, do a pseudocode analysis, and then perform a large diagramming example. After this, we talk about time complexity. Finally, the slides end with a couple coding questions for students to try on their own.</p> -<p><em>image</em></p> +<p>     These slides are made with the idea that students may reference them later without the help of a TA. Therefore, explanations and all the content must be present on the slides, but in a non-overwhelming and aesthetically pleasing (though this is just my preference) way. I think the common explanation structure helps organize the overwhelming amount of content for students so they “know what they have to know.” In addition, I’ve peppered in prompting questions throughout the slides to increase interactivity.</p> -<p>    Overall, the gold motif was a strong example of celebrating African greatness. I immediately think of Mansa Musa - the African king who was at one point the richest man in the world due to his hefty collection of gold. In the eastern world, gold is most definitely the greatest symbol of wealth though it has largely left the gaze of western idyllism. The golden durag and chains are also odes to the unique and unmatched significance of gold as a symbol of power and royalty in African culture.</p> +<p>     In the spirit of open source, these slides are available on my public GitHub for computer science students anywhere to benefit from. Please reach out if you see errors! If they help even one person out there score an extra point on their exam, my time was well spent :).</p>     One of my favorite experiences in college so far has been being a teaching assistant for the data structures and algorithms course at my school. This past semester, I spent many hours making 15 comprehensive slide decks for our weekly, TA-led recitation sections.Project #1: Personal Website2023-12-15T00:00:00-05:002023-12-15T00:00:00-05:00http://localhost:4000/2023/12/15/Project-#1-Personal-Site<p>    In November, I felt an urge to put my programming capabilities to the test and start developing. As I delved into other people’s personal projects to look for inspiration and guidance, I felt overwhelmed with where to start. <!--more--> I would get discouraged by how advanced other people were, how many various platforms and languages they knew, and the amount of time many of my peers had already spent building their skills. It just felt like it was impossible to catch up - but everyone has to start somewhere. Instead of wallowing, I needed to create something that would encourage me to continue creating. I thought, “Everyone seems to have a personal site where they put their projects, which means that 1) I can create a site, and 2) it’ll look pretty dumb if there are no projects on it, so I’ll be forced to keep going.”</p> -<p><em>image</em></p> - -<p>    The vibrant orange, pink, yellow and black patent leather jacket and then shiny leather bag immediately caught my eye. The splotching design reminded me of the eye itself actually - a cornea or on another note, a celestial supernova. It radiates power and an all-knowing existentialism, though I wish the jackets colors were as vibrant as the bags.</p> - -<p><em>image</em></p> - -<p>    Most striking of all however was the facial sequence. The show opened with the long coat featuring an AI-generated face created with what seems to be rhinestones. This is an ode to the technological aspect of futurism that simply cannot be ignored, Rouesting is acknowledging the dominance of artificial intelligence in all aspects of life. The use of rhinestones creates a pixelated effect, adding onto the illusion that the pieces are made of actual screens. The black and white eye specifically reminds me of the type of image you would see in a 2000s era girls’ internet makeup game - it’s almost Bratz-like. In this way, Rouesting preserves the youthful streetwear roots of Balmain.</p> - -<p><em>image</em></p> - -<p>    I think the underlying reason I was drawn to this show is because of its outstanding progressiveness. I truly believe that Olivier Rouesting understands the future and I respect that he is using his influence and genius to propel his people and culture to the forefront of the future. African royalty, digital supremacy, artificial intelligence in art - Rouesting is a master of representing the here and now. He defines a generation and I cannot wait to see how this collection manifests in the mainstream.</p>    Paris Fashion Week 2024 featured some amazing collections with many critics remarking on the return of true haute couture - art as fashion. Pieces were bold, vibrant, and meaningful across the board. However, Balmain Mens’ FW 24, designed by the young breakthrough Olivier Rouesting, was a standout.Project #1: Personal Website2023-12-15T00:00:00-05:002023-12-15T00:00:00-05:00http://localhost:4000/2023/12/15/Project-#1-Personal-Site<p>    In November, I felt an urge to put my programming capabilities to the test and start developing. As I delved into other people’s personal projects to look for inspiration and guidance, I felt overwhelmed with where to start. <!--more--> I would get discouraged by how advanced other people were, how many various platforms and languages they knew, and the amount of time many of my peers had already spent. It just felt like it was impossible to catch up - but everyone has to start somewhere. Instead of wallowing, I needed to create something that would encourage me to continue creating. I thought, “Everyone seems to have a personal site where they put their projects, which means that 1) I can create a site, and 2) it’ll look pretty dumb if there are no projects on it, so I’ll be forced to keep going.”</p> - -<p>    And here’s the final product - welcome to my site! Here’s a little bit about it. I’m hosting the site on Github Pages and used Github’s static site builder, Jekyll, for the general HTML format. I chose Jekyll because it’s meant to be used specifically for blog-style websites. I copied over the default CSS theme, “minima”, into my local folders and made edits from there to personalize the design. I tried to mimic the Apple theme a bit with rounded edges and a simple color scheme.</p> +<p>    And here’s the final product - welcome to my site! Here’s a little bit about it. I’m hosting the site on Github Pages and used Github’s static site builder, Jekyll, for the general HTML format. I chose Jekyll because it’s meant to be used specifically for blog-style websites. I copied over the default CSS theme, “minima”, into my local folders and made edits from there to personalize the design. I tried to mimic the Apple iOS theme a bit with rounded edges, modern fonts, and a simple color scheme (with a pop of color!). I also got a custom domain name from CloudFlare.</p> <p>    I’m using Google Analytics to keep track of site data by copying a site tag onto each HTML page. From my analytics dashboard, I can view page-by-page insights on how many people are viewing the site.</p> diff --git a/_site/index.html b/_site/index.html index 2f33b97..3efeb1d 100644 --- a/_site/index.html +++ b/_site/index.html @@ -46,11 +46,11 @@
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Hi! Thanks so much for stopping by.

I'm a CS major at the Georgia Institute of Technology concentrating in Intelligence and Systems & Architecture. diff --git a/_site/projects.html b/_site/projects.html index 2520dab..9c9e202 100644 --- a/_site/projects.html +++ b/_site/projects.html @@ -49,11 +49,11 @@

I try to write and/or make something every month.