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 Hello there, I'm Satch!
-I live in Heath, MA, and am currently in my senior year of high school.
-This website is rather new and at present is an almost exact copy of [Tim Visee's site](https://vis.ee).
 
-*_Below this point, the text has not been updated from Tim's site yet_*
+I'm a homeschooled high school student who has been in college for over three years. I live at [The Benson Place Blueberry Farm](https://bensonplace.org) and I love it here.
 
-I prefer to make software free and open-source, because I believe it's
-important to allow anybody to inspect, modify, improve, contribute and verify
-it without restrictions. I also contribute to various other open projects as
-well.
+See the [Me on the web](@/about.md#me-on-the-web) section below for a overview of my online profiles.
 
-See the [Me on the web](@/about.md#me-on-the-web) section below for a
-comprehensive overview of my online profiles.
+See my [/now](/now) page for a hopefully-updated bit about <span><abbr title="More about now pages at nownownow.com">what I'm doing now</abbr></span>.
 
-Here is my usual developer sales pitch, as posted on my [LinkedIn][linkedin]
-page:
+## The *Who Is Satch* Scoop
+- Shakespeare nerd, director, and actor
+- Computer and website meddler
+- Farmer boy
+- Violinist (classically trained but I do fiddle stuff too)
+- Nature guy (building fires, not getting lost, identifying trees)
 
-## Sales pitch
-- Open-source & free software enthusiast
-- Linux fanatic
-- Rust evangelist
-- Git master
-- Vim wizard
+#### Music Tastes
+I like long walks on the beach. But more than that, of course, I like Pink Floyd, Yes, Jacob Collier, the Beatles, and lots of fiddlin' jams, mind blowing classical compositions, and snippets of birdsong, from the beginning of music way back in the day all the way through to the present.
 
-Self-educated software engineer started at 8 years old, always looking to expand
-my technical knowledge with challenging projects.  
-Drive to built reliable, secure, robust & high-performance software with the
-best technologies available to make the digital world a better place. Constantly
-searching for innovative solutions to develop software not just for robots, but
-also for humans.
+I also play the violin :)
 
-#### Interests
-- Application back-end development
-- Systems programming (Rust)
-- Automation, containerization (Docker)
-- Linux
-
-#### Experience
-- Java
-- Web technologies (PHP, HTML, JavaScript)
-- CI/CD
-- Python
-- Bash
-- C#
-- LaTeX
-- Windows
-- _and much more_
+Other killer bands and artists: Fleetwood Mac, <span><abbr title="Alt-J">∆</abbr></span>, Neutral Milk Hotel, Genesis, Van Der Graaf Generator, King Crimson, Radiohead, the Grateful Dead, Jethro Tull, Joanna Newsom, Gil Scott-Heron, Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Paul Simon (and Simon & Garfunkel), Peter Paul and Mary, the Band, Joan Baez, Liz Carroll, Crosby Stills & Nash, the Gaslight Tinkers, Solas, The Decemberists, The Flaming Lips, and (last but not least) the great Django Reinhardt.
 
 ## Me on the web
-I have an old website on Google Sites (I know, it's shameful) [here][othersite]
-Most of my [work](@/projects.md) are available on my git profiles:
-
-- [GitHub][github] <span class="muted">([projects](https://github.com/timvisee?tab=repositories))</span>
-- [GitLab][gitlab] <span class="muted">([projects](https://gitlab.com/users/timvisee/projects))</span>
-- [sr.ht][sr.ht] <span class="muted">([projects](https://git.sr.ht/~timvisee))</span>
-
-Like any developer, I use Stack Overflow and alike for development and IT related
-questions and answers:
-
-- [Stack Overflow][stackoverflow]
-- [Stack Exchange][stackexchange]
-
-I do my news reading and social activity through the following websites:
-
+I have an old website on Google Sites (I know, it's shameful) [here][othersite]. Most places online you can find me as `satchlj`.
+- [GitHub][github]
 - [Reddit][reddit]
 - [Hacker News][hackernews]
-- [Lobsters][lobsters]
-- [Mastodon][mastodon]
 - [Twitter][twitter]
-
-Here are some other noteworthy profiles of mine:
-
-- [LinkedIn][linkedin]
-- [Steam][steam]
-- [Mixcloud][mixcloud]
+- [Instagram][insta]
+- [Genius][genius]
+- [GitLab][gitlab]
+- [Stack Overflow][stackoverflow]
+- [Stack Exchange][stackexchange]
 
 To send me a message, please check out the [Contact](@/contact.md) page.
 
@@ -90,14 +48,9 @@ To support my current and future work, you can sponsor me.
 See the [Donate](@/donate.md) page for more information.
 
 ## Other things I like
-Some other random things I like besides my usual development activity that I
-didn't list above are:
+Some other random things I like:
 
-- Music, to listen to, usually while at work
-  - Deep house, House, Electronic, Techno and _related_
-- DIY (Do it Yourself) projects of various sorts, I like to be creative
-- Gaming, [oh yes][steam-games]
-- Scouting and other activities, outside, in-nature, such as camping or hiking
+- I dunno
 
 [github]: https://github.com/satchlj
 [gitlab]: https://gitlab.com/satchlj
@@ -106,4 +59,6 @@ didn't list above are:
 [stackexchange]: https://stackexchange.com/users/22677564/
 [stackoverflow]: https://stackoverflow.com/users/16692375
 [twitter]: https://twitter.com/satchlj
-[othersite]: https://www.satyajohnson.com
+[othersite]: https://sites.google.com/view/satyajohnson/me
+[genius]: https://genius.com/satchlj
+[insta]: https://www.instagram.com/satchlj