new photo gallery: messages from the world
plus a new photo hub page linking to it and other galleries
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antisense manifesto
a short manifesto on making (anti)sense for manifesto jam 2026 mirrored on itch.io
new game: bugtone
it's spring! the weather is warm, the bugs are out, and meewillis and i are back to running around the park and taking bug photos. to celebrate, here is a game for you. we made it together. it is called bugtone. play bugtone here or on itch.io (real bug photos included) it was made with plano , a new game engine that i think everyone should try because it's so easy and fun to use. thank you kate…
blue hyperlinks
i made some changes to how links are styled around the site. unvisited links are now blue, and visited links are teal/aqua (the color that all most links were before today). also, internal links have been given a dotted underline, while external links keep the normal solid underline (with 2px emphasis on hover). it's a subtle change, but one that hopefuly makes all these links more…
one billion questions for webmasters
{ questionnaire from mouseling.net } 01. Please introduce yourself. i'm loren! hi 02. How long have you been making websites? i feel like i got started when i made this site (september 2022), but that's not actually true. i made my first site almost nine years ago (april 2017). i didn't do much with it, so i sometimes forget about it. it's been a while! 03. And what got you into the hobby? well,…
new layouts for old pages
this week, some renovations! media recommendations old layout: mostly unchanged since i first made it, back before i knew much css. it was all tables! new layout: more condensed and shelf-like. it has sorting and filtering now :-) games old layout: boxes of different sizes smushed into the center of the page new layout: more detailed + organized game sections, new column for navigation + external…
new gallery page: bug grid
the photos from my abandoned insect photography account on instagram have a new home on my site! check out the bug grid to see some bugs.
oops i forgot to make an RSS update for weird web october and now we're halfway through november
erm here are my weirdwebtoberpages 👍 lots of little changes to other areas of the site too
goodbye blaugust
in the first half of august, i wrote 4,825 words. my biggest takeaway from the experience is that i don't enjoy blogging very much. that's it. farewell!
free time
we're halfway through blaugust and i've posted something every day, somehow. i feel a mix of satisfaction and relief. we're halfway through, so it's possible for me to write. we're halfway through, so i might as well keep going... even though it leaves me with very little time to do anything else. many of the other blaugust participants run gaming blogs, and i look at them with a little bit of…