Well, having finished my last contract position, it has taken me a few days to get everything set up to officially work from home, but I'm hoping to get started soon.

I've been working on a website to help others, and hopefully draw attention to my capabilities, still under development. I had no idea how much work all this is! But it's been good to brush up on my HTML and PHP hacking skills.

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