Add Abstract and Process Narrative

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@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-outline
 hi
 my
 name
@@ -9,6 +8,69 @@ this
 is
 my
 thesis
+autocento
+of
+the
+breakfast
+table
+is
+an
+inter/hypertextual
+exploration
+of
+the
+workings
+of
+inspiration
+revision
+and
+obsession
+i've
+compiled
+this
+work
+over
+multiple
+years
+and
+recently
+linked
+it
+all
+together
+to
+form
+a
+hopefully
+more
+cohesive
+whole
+to
+make
+this
+easier
+than
+collating
+everything
+by
+hand
+i've
+relied
+on
+a
+process
+that
+leverages
+open-source
+technologies
+to
+publish
+my
+work
+onto
+a
+web
+platform
 process
 steps
 write
@@ -16,101 +78,396 @@ poems
 convert
 to
 markdown
-generally
-easy
+markdown
+originally
+by
+john
+gruber
+is
+a
+lightweight
+markup
+language
+that
+allows
+me
+to
+focus
+on
+the
+content
+of
+my
+writing
+knowing
+that
+i
+can
+work
+on
+the
+presentation
+later
+the
+original
+markdown
+pl
+program
+is
+buggy
+and
+inconsistent
+with
+how
+it
+applies
+styles
+to
+markup
+it
+also
+only
+works
+to
+convert
+text
+to
+html
+because
+of
+these
+limitations
+i've
+used
+john
+macfarlane's
+extended
+markdown
+syntax
+which
+lets
+me
+write
+richer
+documents
+and
+programmatically
+compile
+my
+work
+into
+multiple
+formats
 compile
 to
 html
 with
 pandoc
+at
+first
+i
+used
+this
+code
+in
+the
+shell
+to
+generate
+my
+html
+bash
+for
+file
+in
+txt
+do
+pandoc
+file
+-f
+markdown
+-t
+html5
+template
+template
+html
+-o
+file
+txt
+html
+done
+but
+this
+proved
+tedious
+with
+time
+after
+a
+lot
+of
+experimenting
+with
+different
+scripting
+languages
+i
+finally
+realized
+that
+gnu
+make
+would
+fit
+this
+task
+perfectly
+you
+can
+see
+my
+makefile
+here
+it
+is
+kind
+of
+a
+mess
+but
+it
+does
+the
+job
+see
+below
+for
+a
+more
+detailed
+explanation
+of
+the
+makefile
 style
 the
 pages
 with
 css
+i
+use
+a
+pretty
+basic
+style
+for
+autocento
+you
+can
+see
+my
+stylesheet
+here
 use
 github
 to
 put
 them
 online
+github
+uses
 git
-has
-been
-used
-throughout
-to
-keep
-track
-of
-changes
-it
-is
+under
+the
+hood
 a
 version
 control
 system
-usually
-used
+developed
 for
+keeping
+track
+of
+large
 code
-but
-adapted
-for
-creative
-writing
-write
-makefile
-for
-ease-of-compilation
+projects
+my
+workflow
+with
+git
+looks
+like
+this
+change
+files
+in
+the
+project
+directory
+revise
 a
+poem
+change
+the
 makefile
-is
+add
 a
-collection
-of
-instructions
-to
+style
+etc
+if
+necessary
+re-compile
+with
 make
-that
+git
+status
 tells
-it
-how
+me
+which
+files
+have
+changed
+which
+have
+been
+added
+and
+if
+any
+have
+been
+deleted
+git
+add
+-a
+adds
+all
+the
+changes
 to
-compile
-a
-set
-of
+the
+staging
+area
+or
+i
+can
+add
+individual
 files
-it
-is
-made
+depending
+on
+what
+i
+want
+to
+commit
+git
+commit
+-m
+message
+commits
 the
-other
-parts
-of
+changes
+to
+git
 this
-much
-easier
+means
+they're
+saved
+if
+i
+do
+something
+i
+want
+to
+revert
+i
+can
+git
+revert
+back
+to
+a
+commit
+and
+start
+again
+git
+push
+pushes
+the
+changes
+to
+the
+remote
+repository
+in
+this
+case
+the
+github
+repo
+that
+serves
+http
+//autocento
+me
+lather
+rinse
+repeat
 write
+makefile
+to
+extend
+build
+capabilities
+as
+of
+now
+i've
+completed
+a
 hapax
 legomenon
 compiler
-write
+a
+back-link
 compiler
+and
+an
+updater
 for
-backlinks
-todo
-write
+the
+random
+link
+functionality
+that's
+on
+this
+site
+i'd
+like
+to
+build
+a
 compiler
 for
+the
 index
 of
 first
 lines
 and
+index
+of
 common
 titles
+once
+i
+have
+time
 the
 beauty
 of
@@ -152,9 +509,8 @@ anyone
 to
 see
 and
+use
+for
+their
+own
 work
-off
-of
-something
-something
-intertextuality