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+# What is this?
+
+This is a repo of our personal blog. It is here for posterity and so that others can see how we did what we did.
+This is likely not what you're looking for.
+
+# The License
+Please note the license (zlib), and its terms before using anything in this repo. We will go after anyone who miuses the 
+content in this repo, or claims that it is theirs. Do not make us take this repo down. It is here as a learning
+and posterity resource (and so that patches can be suggested in a streamlined way).
+
+# Why is this here then?
+Mostly to make it easier to host. That and so that people can suggest corrections or optimisations via Issues.