Blog

A few months have gone by, so obviously it was time to redesign my entire website. This version is way more simple and also slightly more complicated than the last. I did end up removing all semblance of connectivity — for now, at least, this place has no comments or likes, doesn't receive or send webmentions, and has really never heard of the indieweb.

That may come back in the future. Actually, comments and likes should definitely come back soon, but we'll see if I ever bother with webmentions again.

Buglog

I hate that I have to keep track of my own bugs that I created on my own website 🤦🏻

• [Panel] Creating new note does not automatically set title & url anymore (thanks, Kirby 4!)
• Need to make sure that ul and ol blocks after a paragraph get some padding
• Really just in general, lists could get a little visual polish
• Maybe add some kind of highlight or something for <pre> and <code> blocks
• The social link/icons shouldn't have any padding or margin on the left
• I had wanted to add some animation to the hover color change as well
• Maybe the blog links on the homepage should look the same as the links on the rest of the site (text color, accent underline)
• lol wtf is <figure> doing
• .left-content should get a bit of padding on the right so text doesn't ever hit the line
• No formatting in the about page bio? There should be formatting in the about page bio
• The <title> appears to always be the site title
• Should throw in some cache-busting, at least for the stylesheet. Which btw is also called new.css for some reason?

Update September 5, 2024

Squashed most of the bugs. Only found one more:

• Books in the bookshelf sidebar aren't all the same size (and are too small anyway)

Sometimes it’s nice to wake up somewhere new.

Watching the sunset is one thing that always helps me remember that a bad moment, a bad minute or a bad hour doesn’t make a bad day, and a bad day doesn’t make a bad week, and a bad week doesn’t make a bad life. Everything is temporary, especially the shit moments. The bad day ends. A new day, a better day, is right around the corner.

In other news, Zeus turned 5 this week! Happy birthday to my son, my best friend, my ever-enthusiastic walking partner. Please stop barking so much. But also, please never change.

Someone mentioned that by using a smaller sketchbook they were able to get past their art block more easily, which is a great idea. It doesn’t take long to fill one of these pages and it’s been a great way to warm up each day before diving into some larger pieces I’m working on.

A cute little watercolour friend!

I went into this with low expectations but am surprisingly pleased with how it turned out!