# Start exploring
Welcome. Do come in, make yourself comfortable. This is a digital garden curated by a living, breathing human just like you. Here are some of the things of interest it features.
Find out how to best get in touch on my /about page, as well as other places on the internet you can find me.
Read about why this place exists, how it’s made and how it evolved through its history on the /meta page.
Below you will find a selection of my blog posts, the full list can also be found in my /posts if you’re willing to binge-it-all. Point your feed reader at my RSS or Atom feed to subscribe to updates.
Take a look at my /bookmarks for some internet content I’ve been enjoying lately.
Looking for similar places like this? The list of webrings below is all you need to continue your exploration. I also have a curated list of other people’s blogs I appreciate on my /blogroll.
Before you leave, you can leave a trace of your presence by writing a message and leaving a book recommendation on my /guestbook.
Curious to explore places beyond the realms of the web? Learn about the Gemini protocol, Gopher, and the rest of the “small internet”. When you’re ready to dive in, check out my Gemini presence at gmi.hedy.dev.
# Posts
These are my long-form musings. Expect posts no less frequent than yearly but never more frequent than daily.
Comments can be sent via email directly to me, or by interacting on the various places a post has been syndicated to. Syndications (if any) and reply-via-email links are included at the bottom of each post. Webmentions are also supported.
You can subscribe using your favorite feed reader via RSS or Atom.
📚 The Anthropocene Reviewed
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Reviewing a book full of reviews by John Green.
Blog questions challenge
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My response to the blog questions challenge started by Kev Quirk.
📚 The Night Circus
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A much delayed book review for The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.
Default Apps 2024
Software I appreciate. Or, long lists of apps I would include if I had a /uses page.
The joy of feed readers and alternative ways to consume content
Experiencing the internet through different lenses: feed readers, textual browsers, the Gemini protocol, and more.
Removing comments on my posts
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How the comment system on my blog and gemlog worked, and why I am now removing it.
Webmentions
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How I've added Webmentions to my site over the years, and my general thoughts on the protocol.
Hugo shortcodes in Lume
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I needed HTML components in Lume similar to Hugo shortcodes and tried MDX. Here's how I implemented Hugo shortcodes in Lume after facing issues with MDX.
Starting afresh
Restart, from scratch.
A new webring for the weird and wonderful personal web
I made a webring!
Writing Fonts
A little story on my favorite fonts for writing and reading.
Custom syntax highlighting with Hugo and Tree-sitter
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How I made a Hugo site work with Tree-sitter for custom syntax highlighting.
Add a Meta page to your personal website
Why we should have more /meta (or similar) pages on our personal sites, and examples in the wild.
Typing vs Writing
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Exploring the effects of a difference in speed of typing vs writing with respect to the speed of thought.
Vim visual block mode for column editing
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The visual block mode in Vim/Neovim is quite powerful. You can use it for "column" editing and vertically pasting blocks of text similar to paste(1).
Setting up syntax highlighting for Hugo
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How I've set up syntax highlighting for my website with dark mode support.
Multiple emails in git for different computers
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How to have different git author configurations depending on the computer and have it tracked with dotfiles.
On rants about gemini
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A discussion about Gemini and addressing some of the complaints of the Gemini Protocol seen on the internet recently.
How this site works
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A walkthrough of my workflows for the site and a gentle introduction to tilde.cafe and the Tildeverse.
Hello world
I'm alive!
# Webrings
A webring is a collection of websites made by like-minded folks, usually centered around a topic, aesthetic, or common interest.
— from the safonts webring
Here are the webrings my personal website is part of. Click on the arrows to visit my neighbor sites on each ring. Some webrings also lets you visit a random site part of the ring. Pick a ring and you’ll be off!
Personal website tinkerers; those with meta pages or colophons.
“For folks adding IndieWeb building blocks to their personal websites to find (and be found by) other folks with IndieWeb building blocks on their sites!”
“Personal sites of any member of the fediverse (also known as fedizens).”
CSS enjoyers.
Cool people who like to make things.
“Some of us miss the messy old days of the Internet where we tried to get along and we’d link to each other’s sites and it was all so much fun.”
Digital accessibility practitioners.
Personal websites without any AI-generated content.
“For all those funny, quirky, interesting, personal, strange, offbeat websites that’s not page 1 on the search engines. Everyone here gets a chance to have their site viewed, and everyone will find something they have not seen before!”
“this is a list of personal websites that feature fonts and text as main design elements and/or as a featured part of their layout, either past or present. maybe you love particular fonts or you just prefer having minimalist layouts—regardless of reason, you’re likely a safont!”
My Gemini capsule is part of a few other webrings, also known as “orbits” in Geminispace.
Member sites & badges are listed on my meta page.
# Guestbook
Like what you see? Leave a public note by signing my guestbook. Write a message and leave an optional book recommendation for both the curator of this web garden, and the next visitor like you.
View all guestbook entries here.