adds README

Squashed commit of the following:

commit 3ab102d9d8c567ac198c8dc2cd3ac3fb0879df51
Author: Conor Schaefer <conor.schaefer@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Jun 2 12:25:49 2014 -0400

    adds explanation of automated steps

commit 56677a2b8336c529ec4b8119f5597db7b5933907
Author: Conor Schaefer <conor.schaefer@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Jun 2 12:23:27 2014 -0400

    adds lots of links

commit 93049521f89c3f6ea39451dc1d7d284381969e63
Author: Conor Schaefer <conor.schaefer@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Jun 2 12:19:17 2014 -0400

    adds README