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    diff --git a/src/about.md b/src/about.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c2834b1 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/about.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +--- +title: About +layout: article.njk +date: git Last Modified +--- + +This site exists because I got sick of what the web has become. I wanted to return to the web I remember from the late 90s and early 2000s, before every web site and every search results page were just trying to sell you something. I went searching to find if that web still existed. + +![Animation of Futurama character Professor Farnsworth saying "good news, everyone!"](./assets/images/about/good-news-everyone.gif) + +[It does](/blog/the-old-web)! + +The next step was to try to get involved, and that meant building my own site. I already have web sites online, but I hadn't had a *personal* site for a while. It still gives me that same feeling of excitement I used to get when I was a kid knowing that when I publish something, anyone could see it. It's liberating to create things without trying to monetize them. + +I'm so glad you found me! I'll probably write about video games, technology, the internet, and maybe other things like urbanism and philosophy. If you like those things, you've come to the right place! + +## See how this site was made + +This site is built with [the Eleventy static site generator](https://11ty.dev). It's entirely open source, so [you can see exactly how it's built](https://codeberg.org/RadDevon/devon.lol). It's hosted on [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com). + +## Let's be internet friends! + +You can follow me [on Mastodon](https://techhub.social/@RadDevon). I tend to be pretty quiet on there, but if you mention me, I will respond. + +If you want to link to my site, you can use these buttons! + +![A button with "Devon.Lol" in green text giving off a neon glow on top of a purple background with shapes on top of it in green, a lighter purple, pink, and blue. The background is inspired by the funky carpeting at the arcades of the 90s.](./assets/images/about/devon.lol-button-01.png) +![A button with a purple border and a character from Earthbound glowing green on top of a black background. To his right, "Devon.Lol" is written in pink and glows blue.](./assets/images/about/devon.lol-button-02.png) diff --git a/src/feed/new-about-page.md b/src/feed/new-about-page.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8e96f5a --- /dev/null +++ b/src/feed/new-about-page.md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +--- +title: About Devon.LoL +relativeUrl: /feed.xml +tags: feed +--- + +I added an [about page](/about) with some information about why and how this site was built and some cool buttons you can use if you want to link to me. Someday, this may be the home to my links out to other sites and potentially some web rings? Not sure yet. diff --git a/src/index.md b/src/index.md index 7fb38c1..72e920a 100644 --- a/src/index.md +++ b/src/index.md @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ date: git Last Modified **Last updated {{ page.date | formatDatetimeForHumans }}** +Added an [about page](/about) with some information about why and how this site was built and some cool buttons you can use if you want to link to me. Someday, this may be the home to my links out to other sites and potentially some web rings? Not sure yet. + Just shipped minor updates to the YouTube channel list and the internet video list. All the lists are relatively new, so check those out if you haven't already: - [better alternatives to popular things](/lists/better-alternatives-to-popular-things) (warning: very opinionated; feel free to make your own list if you disagree)