Personally, I see no reason why the first thing a visitor to a site like this should see is my (not) smiling face. Not that it's a bad face. It’s just that it has zero relevance to the quality of information presented.

Actually, I do not see any particular value in an introductory page such as this. A site either has merit or it does not.

However, in today's roboticized, social media‑crazed world, if one does not pretend to care about such things, one will be ignored by search engines that are ultimately soulless librarians who do not care if the jokes are funny, but do notice if the site is written in a unique style, provided it ultimately conforms to what is expected.

So, as you have probably figured out by now, this intro is just my playing along.

I do hope, however, that you find the rest of this site more useful than its superfluous intro.