2026-09-24
Oops, I remade the site again.
See, a static site generator's only good until it breaks. I like to customize things and tinker with the layouts, so I break stuff a lot. I'm not casual enough to just run with an existing template, and not experienced enough to work under the hood. I know html/css/javascript, some templating, and basic scripting in python and bash.
So what's a mouse to do?
Well, there's a nifty DIY project for making a basic ssg with a minimal amount of python code.
https://github.com/sunainapai/makesite
So I'm making my own modifications to the generator script and writing a few scripts of my own. It's a work in progress, but most importantly it does exactly what I need it to do, nothing more, nothing less.
I like this approach a lot better, because for A it keeps things simple and easy to experiment with, and B it's a valuable for me to practice in python rather than get bogged down with the particulars of a probject in a framework I know nothing about. I like figuring out how things work, so it can be very frustrating to put a bunch of time into learning something only to find out that there was a major update within the last two years that broke everything and made all the existing community tutorials, themes and plugins obsolete. ahem.
anyway, update highlights:
- layouts and stylesheets have been overhauled to scale better, so they will adapt to a phone or tablet screen.
- the themes have been overhauled to save your preference, default to dark mode if it's in your browser settings, and have nicer color schemes.
- the skeleton of a blog is now up and running. See, what started all of this was trying to make a layout for blog posts with summaries, date formatting, and pagination, and having it integrated with the existing site layouts. all to make a space for low effort posting and rambling. so, uh, enjoy that
I might try to fork the project to tinker with it more, but I'll leave that for another day. Mainly I want to start posting more regularly, about other stuff, and not just fiddle with the site itself.
Here, click on this cute sprite to go to the blog ----> 
ok I'm done writing this update now. mouse out
2026-09-01
It's been awhile, I got distracted. There's a lot of changes in this update, I decided to hold off until I finished a couple of the little projects I was working on. Also I redid the whole site, more or less. Long story short, I was having issues with Jekyll and SASS breaking because one or both updated to a new version. I couldn't find an easy fix, there doesn't appear to be anyone working on the project anymore, and I don't feel like trying to figure it out myself. So I decided to find a different site generator. Eleventy is based on javascript which I'm more familar with, and it's more flexible with structures and templating languages so it's easy to migrate the site over. My only complaint is the documentation. Outside of the basic installation instructions, the information is disorganized and hard to follow. Jekyll had some good guides and references in comparison. I'd recommend following this tutorial instead:
Create A Static Site Using 11ty & Deploy to Neocities (2026 Refresh)
(I skipped the parts about using ForgeJo or Codeberg, though. Uploading files through the CLI or web browser is always an option)
Anyway, other than moving everything over and redoing the css and making new templates, here's what's new:
- Notes section: A place to put some of the little diagrams and experiments I make when trying to learn stuff.
- Site Themes: A theme switcher with a few different color schemes to play with. More of a proof of concept to change the color palette of an entire page including the graphics. There's a lot more you can do with SVG's, like animations and interactive elements and even full on games, so it's fun to mess around with.
- Gallery: Totally redid the way I generate the gallery and the script for the lightbox. I go into more detail in the Notes.
Stuff I'm still working on:
- 3D model support: With some testing I've been able to use three.js to display 3D models on a webpage, and I've been practicing making 3D models in Blender, so when I have enough to show off I'd like to make a 3D model gallery.
- Blogging: Like the notes, but a more open ended dumping ground for whatever I feel like going on about.
- A comic: stg I'm not procrastinating I'm gonna get this damn thing done and post it on this site
So, until whenever I get around to touching this web site again, Later
2026-06-03
Welcome to my web site. If you're reading this then this site is online and mostly functional.
This is a place to show off my artwork, writing, and other personal projects.The site itself is an ongoing project in learning web design, and doing more with HTML, CSS and Javascript.
It took quite a while to set everything up, so there's not a ton of stuff here yet. Have fun flipping through pictures in the gallery, about 80% of the time spent on this site was getting that to work properly. I'll add more stuff soon.
(If it's been a long time since I posted this, then I got distracted working on something else. Hopefully I remember to post it here when I'm done.)