Perhaps of interest to a few people here, this absolute time capsule of a website, http://www.melville.org/. Last revised July 25, 2000!
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ghostscape
5 months ago
I like this, I've been meaning to try something similar for a while. My weak point is remembering projects I had ideas for but never got round to starting, and I think this could easily be adapted to work for that
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nohappynonsense
5 months ago
appreciate the write up of the Bonelkasten system greatly. i'm on my third iteration of "put everything on cards" but i haven't yet found my system
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pixelglade
5 months ago
I've gone through a few different organisation systems with varying success. At the moment there's a In-Progress and Previous foldee where each project has a folder. A project gets a folder when it has either a research document or reference images associated with it. A project I'm actively working on is on the Desktop layely and gets moved later. Concept or loose ideas are in a spreadsheet that I don't use enough.
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pixelglade
5 months ago
Like you I'm still working on making a system to finish projects and maintain work on them. I like the idea of putting a dot on a paper to tick off some progress. I need to find something similar to keep me working on projects instead of adding them to the ever larger WIP pile. Mine is much larger than 10 unfortunately.
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oopsiedoodle
5 months ago
Like this idea a lot. I often forget about projects, including those that I really want to work on but don't in favor of completing easier projects. Something like your system would be a good way to remind myself.
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Gonna go on a writing retreat for a few days. I'll get no work on the website done but maybe I'll have some stuff to post when I get back.
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Thank you for the Christmas card! It arrived right on time. :) 🎄
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skep
5 months ago
Dang, I put that in the mail a week ago. Now I'm worried about all the ones I mailed after.
skep
5 months ago
(Just kidding, I'm a pro. My Christmas card recipient list is sorted by distance in descending order)
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emilynhoward
5 months ago
Did something different with my /now page. For those on mobile, you can click into the image and read. And yes, all of it is in alt text.
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smallcypress
5 months ago
I am excited to see your creatives systems work, I am trying to make sense of mine right now too
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It occurs to me, I -have- seen custom HTML tags. Zendesk's knowledge base software uses them now; the WYSIWYG editor inserts them to power some of its functionality, but since they're unstyled containers they don't affect the published page.
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emilynhoward
6 months ago
I understand about 50% of what you're saying, so I'll take your word for it.
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skep
6 months ago
I could explain it in detail with images and code snippets and stuff but I'd need some sort of dedicated web space for that
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Website redesign is now underway. Expect to see it in a few months because I'm slow. The outward result will be simpler, but the code will be more solid, modern, and responsive.
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emilynhoward
6 months ago
@pixelglade I won't talk about specifics of the layout or colors because all of that might change, but I am looking for something simpler visually than the current layout, where the content feels a little more unbounded and bubbled than the current layout.
emilynhoward
6 months ago
@skep I have already desaturated the Windows 2000 desktop and photoshopped some headstones in.
Does anybody use custom HTML tags like in this article? https://matthewjamestaylor.com/custom-tags I am wondering about other people's experience with it.
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skep
6 months ago
I don't, but it makes sense to me, I vaguely recall that HTML and XML use a similar methodology and XML is basically nothing but made-up tags.
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skep
6 months ago
Biggest caveats I can think of would be to not replace semantic tags (which the article mentioned), and your code could be less intuitive for others to interpret (likely not a huge concern)
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emilynhoward
6 months ago
@skep, Yeah the advice is not to replace the semantic tags, which I don't want to do. Problem is, even semantic tags like "section" and "article" can get really vague really fast when you're trying to figure out what is where. And since I insist on doing everything by hand I want my code to be more legible.
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emilynhoward
6 months ago
@irony-machine The only thing that feel really wrong to me is that you can use emoji (!!!) in them.
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myrtletribe
6 months ago
I tried this a while ago with a friend and we were stunned that it worked! but I haven't used them so far
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brachypelmide
6 months ago
really late to the party but i've used custom html tags myself and they work just fine. in fact, i've used them against the spec without any problems - before i redesigned my reviews page, each review was literally a element. no hyphen or anything, so they're not necessary, but you do run the risk of creating conflicts with existing semantic tags and potentially ones that could be added in the future.
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brachypelmide
6 months ago
ok it turns out neocities doesn't like parsing element-like text. i meant that "each review was literally a [review] element"
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emilynhoward
6 months ago
I know that everyone was waiting for me to issue a public statement, so here it is: the top 5 national dishes of the United States (and some honorable mentions.)
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pixelglade
6 months ago
Dang I had no idea nachos is american. It's one of my favorite foods (and very easy to make animal-free)
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emilynhoward
6 months ago
@pixelglade It turns out that I misremembered. Nachos were invented on the Mexican side of the border to cater to the tastes of American restaurant customers. So pretty close. But have you tried the real game-changer: nacho tots???
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altalenae
6 months ago
loved reading the list!! I had never heard of detroit style pizza (I’m italian lol), might try making it…
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pixelglade
6 months ago
nacho tots - I haven't had it, but I know what tater tots are (in Australia we call them potato gems). Next time I buy some I'll give it a try
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emilynhoward
6 months ago
You call them potato gems???? This is the best thing I have ever heard. This is the best day of my life.
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pixelglade
6 months ago
Evidence from a grocery store: https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/96403/birds-eye-potato-gems?cvosrc=affiliate.impactradius.60181
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nohappynonsense
6 months ago
"yeah i'm a bit of a rockhound" "oh cool what have you found so far?" "potato gems, mostly"
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can't believe herman melville created his own site, pretty rad
that line.gif is something special