Pure Comments and the Fediverse
I've decided to revert the Fediverse integration I wrote into Pure Comments.
Tag: meta
I've never really tracked my #100DaysToOffload effort very well, so I decided to create a page to help me track it. Turns out I've completed the challenge 7 times!
Soooooo Hacker News happened. 🤣
Do you use :visited on links?
I always made the :visited attribute for hyperlinks look the same as links that haven't been visited, but now I'm questioning that behaviour.
Because a basic sitemap would be boring!
New Design for Sept 2026
I decided I was bored of the old site, so I created a new theme.
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.