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<h1 class="post-title"><a href="https://paulwilde.uk/aboutme/">About Me</a></h1>
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2021-03-29
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<p>Hello,<br />
This is my website which will contain my general thoughts, utterings,
maybe my opinions, possibly some tech stuff I find interesting, some of the
recipes I cook and want to remember the ingredients of and a bit of artwork I
draw for fun and I in no way claim to be a good artist in any way.</p>
<h3 id="some-things-about-me-i">Some things about me. I :</h3>
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<li>am an IT Professional.
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<li>I run my own <a href="https://wilde-it.co.uk">IT Business</a> that provides IT consulting, assistance and procurement services to local businesses (Devon, South West UK).</li>
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<li>am an Open Source advocate/evangelist.
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<li>I try to use Open Source products in my personal and working life as often as possible.</li>
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<li>am data privacy conscious.
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<li>I believe we shouldn't pay for products or services with our personal data and "marketability"</li>
<li>I don't use the mainstream social media services. You shouldn't either.</li>
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<li>use <a href="https://archlinux.org">Arch Linux</a> btw …</li>
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<li>is built with efficiency in mind; It's small and light and quick to view.</li>
<li>uses no JavaScript (except a little bit for <a href="https://plausible.io">Plausible Analytics</a>, forgive me).</li>
<li>runs on an <a href="https://caddyserver.com">Caddy</a> server on top of a <a href="https://rockylinux.org">Rocky Linux</a> VPS provided by <a href="https://ovh.com">OVH</a>.</li>
<li>was written using the <a href="https://neovim.io/">Neovim</a> text editor on a <a href="https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/">PC Specialist</a> laptop running <a href="https://archlinux.org">Arch Linux</a></li>
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