New Design for Sept 2026
I decided I was bored of the old site, so I created a new theme.
Tag: meta
Linkception
The backbone of the internet is the hyperlink, so go forth and link out to your fellow bloggers with reckless abandon.
Create one of those Uses pages. Still a work in progress, but there's a good chunk of the stuff I use on there now.
Adding a Town Square
I added a town square to my site. Try it, it's fun!
Adding a Book Editor to My Pure Blog Site
I built a custom book editor into my Pure Blog admin, and it made me realise just how flexible the platform actually is.
Obfuscating My Contact Email
I read a great post about email obfuscation and decided to implement it on this site. Here's how I did it.
Another ANOTHER New Lick of Paint
Yes, that's right, I've given this site ANOTHER new lick of paint, but I think this one is gonna stick for a while.
Another New Lick of Paint
It wasn't long ago that I gave the site a new lick of paint, but I didn't really like it, so I've changed it...again.
Updates to My Commenting System
I've been making some updates to my self-hosted commenting system and I think it might be ready for release to the public soon.
I've Moved to Pure Blog!
Just a quick post to mention that I've now migrated this site to Pure Blog. Hopefully everything works...
How You Read My Content (The Answers)
Two days ago I published a simple survey asking how you read the content I put out on this site. Here's the results of that survey.
How Do You Read My Content?
I'm trying to get an idea on how people consume the waffle I put out, it should only take 5 seconds to respond, and I'd be very grateful.
Adding Comments to My Jekyll Site
I've been working on adding support for comments over the last few months. On a static site, that's hard, but it's finally done.
Giving My Jekyll Site a CDN Front End
I've managed to get my Jekyll based site working behind Bunny CDN, while maintaining my .htaccess redirects. Here's how I did it...
Switching from Buttondown to Sendy
I've spent some time this afternoon switching my email subscription system from the fantastic Buttondown, to a self-hosted Sendy instance.
Switching Back to Jekyll & Building My Own CMS
After flip-flopping about what I'm going to do with this site, I decided to flip to Jekyll and build my own little CMS while I'm at it. Because why not? 🤷🏻♂️
Making Some Website Changes
I published a post about simplifying this site recently, I've made some changes, but I don't think I've simplified much.
Thinking About Simplification
This site’s a fun playground, but it’s evolved into a cluttered maze. Lately I’ve been wondering if it’s time to strip it down so I can focus on writing.
💭 What Others Said...
I've been reading a lot about blog interactions, community echos, and manual Webmentions recently. So I decided to jump on the bandwagon and roll my own.
A New Lick of Paint
So I've been playing around with a new design for this site for a couple of weeks now, and it's finally to the point where I think it's good to go live.