Colophon

Published: 26 Jun 2024 | Updated: 12 Apr 2025

Hand-typed in minimal HTML/CSS in VSCodium, stored in Mega, transferred through SFTP, hosted by WPX. Set in Palatino Linotype. Colors: #f6e6cf, #503832, #ffd6a5.

Accessibility features: semantic HTML and a skip/back to top link. Privacy: no analytics, scripts, tracking, cookies, ever. All opinions are mine, not those of past, present, or future employers.

Designed for pleasurable reading, inspired these design ethe:

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Checklists

Publishing A New Page

Instructions

Open 'template.html' in VSCodium.
Copy the HTML template provided into a new file.
Save and name the file in the site folder.
Write the contents in Markdown and convert to HTML.
Update the title tag.
Update publication date in meta name="date"> tag and in p class="postmeta".
Update 'Copy & Share' link.
Calculate and update word count and estimated reading time in 'Statistics.'
Open the HTML file in a web browser with Live Server to see how it looks and test the links.
Proofread and fix contents.
Update the changelog and the word count.
Update the sitemap and the word count.
Update the homepage word count and updated date.
Update the sitemap.xml file.
Update the rss.xml file if applicable.
Upload to WPX using SFTP.
Check it's live on the site and for errors, fix as needed.
Go to the GitHub repository.
Upload the new file and commit the changes.
Update changelog.html, sitemap.html, sitemap.xml and rss.xml files on GitHub.

Credits

Chris Glass: For having a 'junk drawer' section on his site.
Derek Sivers: For inspiring me to make a site in the first place.
Everest Pipkin: For the genius notion of putting a 'trades' page on their site.
Leo Babauta of Mnmlist & Zen Habits: For the inspiration behind a (mostly) text-only site.
Maggie Appleton: For creating a beautiful site, and introducing me to digital gardening.
Manuel Moreale: For making me aware of many wonderful bloggers.
Winnie Lim: For the idea of a statistics section on my homepage.

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Statistics → Word Count: 361 | Reading Time: 1:48 mins