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diff --git a/_site/archive/neo4j-a-star-search/index.html b/_site/archive/neo4j-a-star-search/index.html
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@@ -50,13 +50,11 @@ Performance issues with Neo4J’s shortest-path algorithms limited our search to
 about 4,000 route points.</p>
 
 <p>A graph is a finite set of vertices, and a subset of vertex pairs known as
-edges. Edges can have weights.</p>
-
-<p>In the case of vessel tracking, the route points can be modeled as a graph
-with the distances between them as weights. For different reasons, people are
-interested in minimizing (or maximizing) the weight of a path through a set of
-vertices. For instance, we may want to find the shortest path between two
-ports.</p>
+edges. Edges can have weights. In the case of vessel tracking, the route points
+can be modeled as a graph with the distances between them as weights. For
+different reasons, people are interested in minimizing (or maximizing) the
+weight of a path through a set of vertices. For instance, we may want to find
+the shortest path between two ports.</p>
 
 <p>Dijkstra’s algorithm is one such algorithm that finds the shortest path between
 two vertices. The one drawback of this algorithm is that it computes all the
@@ -345,10 +343,8 @@ public class ShortestPathAStar extends Algorithm&lt;ShortestPathAStar&gt; {
 </code></pre></div></div>
 <p>The heuristic function is domain-specific. If chosen wisely, it can
 significantly speed up the search. In our case, we achieved a 300x speedup,
-enabling us to expand our search from 4,000 to 13,000 route points.</p>
-
-<p>The Neo4J graph algorithms open-source project <a href="https://github.com/neo4j-contrib/neo4j-graph-algorithms/releases/tag/3.4.0.0" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">v3.4</a> shipped
-with my implementation of the A* search algorithm.</p>
+enabling us to expand our search from 4,000 to 13,000 route points. The <a href="https://github.com/neo4j-contrib/neo4j-graph-algorithms/releases/tag/3.4.0.0" class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">v3.4.0</a> of the
+Neo4J graph algorithms shipped with the A* search algorithm.</p>
 
 </div>
         <p class="post-author right">by Wickramage Don Sadeep Madurange</p>
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diff --git a/_site/projects/fpm-door-lock/index.html b/_site/projects/fpm-door-lock/index.html
index cfa3287..66a578d 100644
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@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ physical world around you by uttering a few lines of C code.</p>
 fingerprint sensor module, is enclosed in the tarball linked at the end of the
 page.</p>
 
-<h2 id="the-circuit-board">The circuit board</h2>
+<h2 id="the-pcb">The PCB</h2>
 
 <p>For this project, I designed a custom PCB and had it fabricated by JLCPCB. Like
 the software, the circuit is chiefly concerned with optimizing power