I'm James John Deren, though most people call me Jim Deren. This is my personal site and a place where I document some of the things I'm interested in, including technology, self-hosting, home automation, artificial intelligence, cooking, travel, and various projects.
Beyond that, I like to cook vegetarian meals, and have recently started traveling a little bit farther to enjoy new places.
"I believe that Gandhi's views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence in fighting for our cause, but by non-participation in anything you believe is evil."