Archives for 2024/12

I've actually been toying with the idea of switching to Hugo to learn some Go and also because the org mode integration is a bit better.

I've been using Eleventy for my blog for the last 3 years or so, and I'm finding the experience...okay? It's more complicated to set up than Pelican, which I was using before, but also a lot more amenable to programming yourself out of problems.

Annual Christmas tree snap

4 photos

This is the year for tech upgrades, I guess. New tiny computer, new customizable keyboard and new smaller external storage.

My blog is based around Eleventy, which means I write my entries in plain text, using Markdown and YAML front matter, a combo which I'm sure is familiar to most users of static site generators.

I also participate in the IndieWeb, which means I post many different kinds of content other than your standard blog posts - notes, likes, photos, etc.

I find it useful to divide my content in two main types: original content, where the focus is on my own published material, and derivative content, which only makes sense in the context of another, external URL.

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First real snow fall of the year. Boot weather is here!

I can't be the only one who often catches himself saying "When I graduate" when I mean to say "When I retire", right?