{"id":1,"date":"2013-01-24T21:03:41","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T21:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jsylvest.com\/blog\/?p=1"},"modified":"2013-04-26T12:38:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T17:38:40","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jsylvest.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello world!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is my new blog. I noticed that the book reviews and other notes on my personal webpage<\/a> were getting longer and unwieldy, so I've decided to migrate some of that content over here.<\/p>\n

I plan on posting notes on what I've been reading, as well as thoughts about science, computation, business, art, and... whatever else. You know, blog stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is my new blog. I noticed that the book reviews and other notes on my personal webpage were getting longer and unwieldy, so I've decided to migrate some of that content over here. 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