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Old Web

Small web pages are better

I remember a time when all web pages were walls of text, images were rare, and JavaScript was just something you used to scare each other. It wasn’t necessarily a better time, but I felt like sites had more purpose, then came the Flash era, and now the “everything flashes” era. Most blog site templates are more concerned with your header images than making your content visible and readable. I feel like this is definitely not the optimal way to move forward.

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Graphics

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.

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