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+#blahblah
+##Flat-file blog compiled from SQLite
+
+blahblah is a simple blog engine that reads markdown-formatted files or direct input into an SQLite
+database, and compiles the blog into static html formatted with jinja2 templates on publishing.
+
+This is a very early form of the software, heavily tailored to my site, just to get it running.
+
+##Todo
+-Robust configuration
+-More generic templating options, provide CSS
+-Expand content generation to entire site using markdown, templating, and CSS
+-CSS configuration tool
+-Actually be able to navigate past one page (seriously, this thing barely works yet)
+-Navigation by dates
+