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start [2021/04/21 02:32] – [Why have a website?] Owen Mellemastart [2021/09/07 15:11] (current) Owen Mellema
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 Congratulations! Assuming you typed the URL for this webpage into your browser's search bar, you have successfully spelled both the words "Owen" and "Mellema"! (( Not to mention the ever-so-important "www" and "com"! )) Congratulations! Assuming you typed the URL for this webpage into your browser's search bar, you have successfully spelled both the words "Owen" and "Mellema"! (( Not to mention the ever-so-important "www" and "com"! ))
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 +===== Things that you can find here =====
 +^ Category   ^ Topic                  ^ Featured Article                  ^
 +| Technology | [[projects:Projects]]  | [[projects:archevo:ArchEvo]]    |
 +| | Opinions  | [[technology:opinions:abiasedguidetounittests | A Biased Guide to Unit Tests ]]|
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 +===== About Owen =====
 +// See also main article: [[ misc:whoisowen | Who is Owen? ]] and [[https://old.owenmellema.com/content/resume.pdf | Resume]]//
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 +Hi! I am Owen. I really like computers. I like computers so much that I studied computers in college, and at work I work on computers. When I am not tinkering with computers, I will usually be gaming or reading. 
  
 ===== About this website ===== ===== About this website =====
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 ==== Why a wiki? ==== ==== Why a wiki? ====
  
-Although my [[https://www.owenmellema.com|old webpage]] is quite nice, I found that some of the tasks I wanted to accomplish were either extremely inconvenient or impossible in pure HTML. Firstly, one of my projects, [[ projects:archevo:ArchEvo ]], was becoming absurdly complex, and having a branching documentation structure seemed like the only way to sanely document what I was doing. Secondly, using this wiki structure makes it a lot easier to make changes to webpages. Previously, I would have needed to make an edit locally and upload the file via FTP. This is a bit of a chore, and I would end up putting off uploading. Finally, the presence of an ACL makes it easy to determine **who** gets to see **what**.+Although my [[https://www.old.owenmellema.com|old webpage]] is quite nice, I found that some of the tasks I wanted to accomplish were either extremely inconvenient or impossible in pure HTML. Firstly, one of my projects, [[ projects:archevo:ArchEvo ]], was becoming absurdly complex, and having a branching documentation structure seemed like the only way to sanely document what I was doing. Secondly, using this wiki structure makes it a lot easier to make changes to webpages. Previously, I would have needed to make an edit locally and upload the file via FTP. This is a bit of a chore, and I would end up putting off uploading. Finally, the presence of an ACL makes it easy to determine **who** gets to see **what**.
  
 Also, wikis are awesome. Also, wikis are awesome.
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