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I usually write a blog post about once a week. The latest post can be viewed here: Confidence vs Competence: Forget confidence, give me competence instead! (posted 2024-09-10 at 21:26:31). I do podcasts too!. You can listen to my latest podcast, here: OJB's Podcast 2024-08-22 Stirring Up Trouble: Let's just get every view out there and fairly debate them..