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Well, at some point I suppose I had to get a blog... This will be mostly a way to post occasional updates on projects I'm involved with for others to pick up via aggregators. This blog is registered as part of Planet SciPy, and I'll also keep updates here on IPython, neuroimaging in Python, and we'll see what else develops. So, welcome!

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