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.
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 using analogies.
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!