minor graphical refresh of the site. redrew various graphics that i thought didn't look so good anymore, maybe never even did in the first place.
finally took on the not-actually-that-hard task of redoing some of the foundational css from almost two years back, such as how i was using outlines instead of borders. it was very bad before.
images that glow on hover actually do so seamlessly through a spritesheet now instead of having to loading a whole different image every time. i've been aware of this issue since the start and also have been aware of the fix too, just took me a while. i'll expand this to the gadgets and their buttons at some point too, i just don't want to stare at my javascript code right now.
a new, much sleeker, much more compact update log. not 100% sure if every log made it past me having to copy paste them.
updated fileto's button to his new one
made the last.fm album cover not be monochrome on hover. a nice compromise, i think!
the reviews page has been removed. anything i write about any given subject on this site will likely just end up in the
birdie's comms channel anyways, so... away it goes!
bye bye daylight savings
temporarily removed the button of a site in the middle of rebuilding
light graphical touchups to the memory bank
soulseek button
another convoluted machine built in javascript because making one of these is the only way i can be happy with a site update now. so flashy!
added um jammer lammy to the gechtag
updated some about pages... mainly the youtube one. it's a little more purposeful now.
favicon and selection color changed earlier in the month. i did not bother writing logs for that.
adjusted some graphics to remove omega symbols
made links and buttons - things that were previously colorful, into monochrome (inverted what was bright).
also the album cover on the last.fm widget, but i might revert that.
ATLYSS added to the gechtag
the radio has received the long-overdue volume slider. of course, it's not the most consistent thanks to some of the audio
files inherently being quieter than others, but if you think i'm gonna go and normalize all of that then i've got news for you.
the news: i won't do that
new radio station on 105.5.
gave the stars page some much needed attention.
P.S. i still remember the night when i wrote that whole thing, i was really feeling it. i've had days where i wanted to delete it,
it's probably the most earnest thing on this entire site.
the font anti-aliasing fix has been applied again, this time individually instead of wholesale. let me know if it breaks anything anywhere.
QFA character limit has been raised to 255, from the previous 100.
slight miscellaneous cosmetic changes for the QFA
the website will now use only web-safe colors outside of images that aren't my own site graphics, including the button.
rewrote most of the about site page, i said last time that "the idea" page was the first one i wrote, but technically it was this one;
it was what i wrote on my main page while i was first making the site.
stars page's background is now something i made instead of stole from somewhere else, there's some fun hidden constellations.
P.S. i might have made the grays a bit too light, may adjust next time.
overdue janitor work, adding additional layers of tape to stuff that was falling apart. among these, the last.fm widget
added more alt text, nevermind the many other glaring accessibility issues my site has.
bird reformed, you can no longer spam it.
replaced the reviews on the top bar with an "oddments" page, i realized that i didn't have many places to link to any misc pages, so now
that page is sort of a hub for that.
added the QFAQuestions (i) Frequently Ask page, just a fun idea i had.
i'm sure i'll have some better questions to put up there later, i thought i had some but evidently, i forgot them.
rewrote "the idea" page, i think it was the first about page i wrote way back last september.
the version of "Bike" i downloaded for the radio had "See Emily Play" attached to it at the end... oops!
two radio stations + dedicated kgatlw page moved over to 99.9
rhythm heaven in the gechtag
bye bye to chat on reviews page
rain world entry in the gechtag
P.S. not been exactly rarin' to work on the site recently, but i've got plans to tweak the radio and, ya know, give it more than one real station.
likely the next thing you'll see.
another weird gadget has been completed! wildly mobile-hostile.
temporarily removed the "perspective: 0" trick
body margins now adjust depending on whether or not the body width is odd or not (only on load tho). rejoice windows 11 users, the site is no longer blurry!
put the main.js file in the body on all pages, where it has more business being
font smoothing, begone! i've been waiting for this day
patapon 1 and 2 entry in the gechtag
cleaning up weird css from... 5 months ago now. wow.
adjusted how the top buttons function, as well as making them black.
P.S. this site's skeleton is a weird mix of "float: left" and after-the-fact flexbox.
on the music page, removed color from the post-its and made the knob turnable
nicely segregated scripts into their own folder
P.S. they say video killed the radio star, yet here i am building a radio instead of a video.
some about page reorganization, man page a little less... informative
more work on the radio, idk whether or not the amount of color on that page is TOO much for the monochromatic thing i'm going for...
pixel stuff is pixelated, big whoop
a buncha other more shit
the music page is receiving the "unintuitive gadget" treatment!
stuff preloads on about and games page for responsivity sake
new gechtag entry, lethal company!
the last early pond review is here. at least one person must be reading these.
additional tweaks to the gechtag, namely arrows that indicate in which direction you can scroll.
the G.E.C.H.T.A.G. is now functional, peek into it for plenty paragraphs of subjective information, with more to come!
greens pool EP review! the secret third and a half part of the early pond reviews!
frond review. honestly, i thought i'd be writing these more often
updates to the about site and music pages, delving into some more topics
along with smaller updates to the other about pages
i took the foobar pill, i will now sprinkle bits and pieces of the fact i use it into my personality until the novelty eventually wears off
christmastime is over, site back to normal
pushed the changes i made to the gechtag since last time, still not done cuz i just don't feel like dealing with JS' bullshit right now.
games page now has the GECHTAG! (Great Encyclopedia Containing Harrazel's Thoughts About Games). not functional yet, but you can gawk at parappa. he's there to entertain.
christmas decor is up!
continuation of the early pond reviews, Corridors Of Blissterday
first real review is up, and it's pond's first album: Psychedelic Mango
recap of what november's been like for me in the birdie's box
added a new button to the cool sites list
update log condensed even further, was getting QUITE long!
about page icons have been laid around, moved the kgatlw page link inside of the music page.
a LOT of long overdue clean-up: the page is finally an EVEN 1080px, began fragmenting my main.css file, reworded some things on certain pages to make more sense, etc.
the hustler's clause has been added, it's an idea i found to be pretty funny. i doubt anyone will actually take me up on it (especially considering how tucked away it is), but IMAGINE tho...
P.S. the solution to my problems all along was adding one pixel to the body's right margin... at least i don't have to suffer with that anymore.
the comms channel is now a box on the main page, i hated how big it made the page whenever i'd write something long
custom tooltips! instant like i wanted them to be.
P.S. running out of ideas for this again (or rather, ideas on how to put my ideas into practice)
+ other things beckon more and more for my attention. i'll still write in the comms channel tho
cuz it's fun to do that; it's a surprisingly effective way to clear your mind of rubbish!
made some adjustments to the icons on the about page, i'll scatter them 'round soon
I Added A Bird
first reviews entry, little preamble before i get into it
the about page finally has icons! i'm torn between putting them all in a grid and just laying them about randomly (as though they were disorganized thoughts in my head)
reviews page finished and ready to be filled with words!
about page for games i like is there, i wanted to get rid of the last link that didn't lead anywhere
MORE review page constructions
i added a chat to the reviews page, powered by chattable!
an about page concerning the music i like
some more review page constructions
did some work on the reviews page, finally!
a new about me page, kind of how i intended for it to feel like at first
talking. Lots and Lots of talking
added some stuff to the yt about page
P.S. i'm excited to get back into chiseling this site again, so many ideas!
a page concerning my desire to see the stars as they truly are
a very TBD about page concerning my hobby of collecting vinyl records. i'll have it be cool one day but for now it's just a list and some quick thoughts
stuff, & things!
went into full geek mode over king gizzard
P.S. i couldn't get the 7 day streak, an evil wizard cast a spell on me that made me wanna play videogames instead
an about page concerning my love for king gizzard has been created
P.S. i'm trying to get a 7 day update streak so that i can redeem my 50 diamonds or something
the about page guy now glows on hover. doesn't work EXACTLY how i'd like it to but if i feel like it i'll get back to that and tweak it. just uhh... don't do it too much, capiche?
laid out a couple of personal subjects i wanna make an about page on
notice how that update below is uncollapsed? from now on i'll have the TWO latest updates be like that
the main page has been finalized and is ready to serve as the main page for the forseeable future. might still add things to it tho
the clock is now awesome. is it very readable? maybe not as much... but its got soul! also it now shows Central European Time instead of local time
P.S. the main purpose of the clock originally was for me to have an analog clock i could sync Timeland up to, but now you can see what time it is for me!
not sure what use that information would have, but it's more useful than that!
added the unstyled skeleton of a clock to the main page, currently it just reads your local time but in the future i'll have it pull Central European Time instead
new section on the website about page, regarding the design of the website
MAIN PAGE CONSTRUCTIONS!! moved the latest update and to do thingies to the main page, turns out there's no real reason in having that be shown all the time!
this also shortened out the little section on the right which is good because it got WAAAAYY too long
went back and added more alt text for stuff, apparently a good thing to do!
P.S. i am honestly quite shocked i was able to get back into a good rhythm without much trouble. God sites are fun
added an about page regarding my youtube channel, accidentally vented. how personal is TOO personal?
continuing to build up the about page, brick by brick
planning to make a more permanent main page, idk if it should be some sort of... mini-blog? or what?
i added a guestbook which you can access by clicking that cool little graphic i made on the right :) i wasn't completely sure whether or not i wanted a guestbook in the first place and even then i originally wanted one that is built INTO the site. that's too much work tho, so i have this which i think is still neat
i've been doing more work on the about page, not much more to say there
i was a little special and instead of making the last.fm widget load with the panels on the right, i made it load 100ms after the page in general. this resulted in it sometimes not loading. i have corrected this.
P.S. i think i might take a break and start slowing down with these updates,
i'm mostly happy with how the site is atm and i'm starting to run out of steam,
so i think taking a break might be the right call
these sweet ass update logs are collapsible now! less endless scrolling! :D
sweeped up most JS into one neat file
did some work on the about page, try to find the one existing page (you're a pussy if you use my feed to see what pages i added)
my last.fm panel now detects albums and can display special messages for them! i'll use this at some point for something but rn it's just for Murder of the Universe (and for alt text)
OK this is from later in the day and i think i'm done tinkering with the widget, i'm happy with how it functions rn. here's the list of blurbs for albums at this moment: (hover to see)
Murder of the Universe - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizardthis is my fav album!
Hellfire - black midiRIP black midi [*]
The Weather - Pondpeak... its peak
Lonerism - Tame Impalacurrents WISHES it was almost as good
oh my oh my
the update page is now here, once the updates get too numerous i'll try to compress these somehow
the about page is here, tho its WIP and was technically added yesterday but whatever
now you can see my last played song on last.fm! it doesn't detect whether or not the song is currently playing or not yet, i'm working on that
added a custom marquee. i didn't just parrot code from somewhere else, i swear! i can't pinky promise for... um... reasons...
wrote up and added the final touches to the main page, it's time...
organized my site directory
decided on a title naming scheme
external links now open new tabs
animated page title!
switched from MM/DD/YYYY to DD/MM/YYYY, forgot i'm NOT american
this whole panel on the right is global across all (soon-to-be) pages, thanks gavyn!
a bunch of little undocumented changes, i'm finishing up the foundations so that i may start creating more pages with peace of mind
added guy™
gavyn's button
started honoring our benefactors (+ in style!)
made my own button and added a button panel along with it! you can click it to copy html code to add onto your website, if you want to!
reformatted the main page update log, will only show most recent update from now on
lotsa stuff i think
i made the page more rigid so that the pixel theme stays sharp more (sorry mobile phonesnot really)
unique domain! yippie!
had to make the container an odd 1079px width because of the scrollbar
favicon :D
website is up :) more work is in progress, me swear.