a work in progress
Thoughts float across the mind, and some of them end up here.
Consider this the “blog” section, I guess.
Note: Unlike most of the pages on this site I expect that this page may update over time, as I am constantly reading and re-reading webcomics in fits and spurts. I once had a text file containing almost 300 comics that I was semi-regularly reading and wanted to keep track of, this is a bit of a callback to that era. I make no claim that this list is complete, or accurate, or even useful.
Continue reading "Webcomics"The American Tour de Sol existed and I’m tired of pretending that it didn’t. From 1989 to 2006 teams of students, companies, and individuals from around the world came together once a year to show the potential of electric and alternative-fueled vehicles. The event ran with a ton of volunteer assistance and funding from a few public agencies, but sadly it could no longer continue when the funding began to disappear.
Continue reading "American Tour de Sol"While I was reading an article on Soblow Xaselgio’s website about a completely different topic (yes, I plan to get back to the comments project at some point) I happened to notice her page on the topic of the well-known/button schema. After a few minutes of banging around and some other updates I am happy to say that this site is now compliant as well! :D Yes, yet another never requested feature for this completely useful site.
Continue reading "Buttons"As an exercise in learning some modern CSS I decided to rebuild this website template from scratch. I transitioned it away from the Poison theme to a brand new one I made by hand. I’m still working on where I want to put some things. Putting my link buttons back, maybe on their own page, and deciding if I’m going to add more social media links. But I’m pretty pleased with how it looks here now.
Continue reading "Redesign"I decided today to update my website, boy oh boy that was a saga. First I had to remember where I kept these files, then remember how to compile and upload the site. There was some brief detours with troubleshooting (tip: hugo won’t compile pages in the future by default, check your date when posting). I decided that since I’m playing with NixOS for my coding environments now anyway, it was time to move everything over there and maybe do it more correctly.
Continue reading "New Toys"This is a test of the new comments system. I wonder if it works? Update: Nope. Due to the site’s hosting we can’t fetch data cross-site. Sad.
Continue reading "Comments"Recently there’s been a resurgence of ‘old web’ idealism in the cloud of folks I’m following. This is mostly evident in simpler static websites, but things like Webrings and button links are coming back as well. I decided to get in on the action by making my own (crappy) little link button for this site. I made it pixel by pixel in Aseprite, which was a fun process. No outside fonts or anything, it’s all from my own silly brain.
Continue reading "Graphics"
