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skep

11 months ago

Obviously, DDOSers are targeting Neocities in an attempt to prevent me from divulging some hidden truth about Calvin & Hobbes. Fight back by reading my newest entry of Tiger Tracks: https://skep.place/tiger-tracks/03-squabbles-spats

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harakanvarpu 11 months ago

I used to wonder about that about Calvin and Hobbs as well when I read them as a kid xD

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skep 11 months ago

I actually never did! Until a couple months ago when I saw a sticker of Hobbes on the back window of somebody's truck and instantly had an idea for something to write about.

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skep updated their site.

11 months ago

tiger-tracks/03-squabbles-spats

tiger-tracks/02-tea-party

tiger-tracks

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tiger-tracks/01-tommy-chesnutt

tiger-tracks/pre-01

tiger-tracks/pre-02

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skep sleepycrow

11 months ago

Heck yeah first geese now crows.

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silliestgoose-online 11 months ago

bird page bird page bird page

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skep silliestgoose-online

11 months ago

Will there be more goose facts? If I ever meet a goose I am banking on impressing it with goose facts in the hopes it decides to let me go.

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silliestgoose-online 11 months ago

We got the essentials already, thankfully.

silliestgoose-online 11 months ago

Seriously though, I'll be adding to this as time goes on :)

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skep updated their site.

11 months ago

playdate/wirewalk

playdate

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miela583 11 months ago

I think I am going to pick this up on Steam, you really sold this as a charming little game!

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harakanvarpu 11 months ago

This seems like an interesting game 👀 I hope you dropped a review for the devs as well! I'm sure they would appreciate the constructive criticism! I've also never seen a Playdate before. Seems like a cool console, but unfortunately not within my budget :')

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skep 11 months ago

I understand! But if it ever is in budget, it's just a cute way to play some thoughtful games and use your phone for one less thing. Nice, but ultimately extraneous!

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skep updated their site.

11 months ago

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classics/threekingdoms/map2

classics/threekingdoms/map3

classics/threekingdoms/map1

classics/threekingdoms

classics/threekingdoms/120

classics/threekingdoms/119

classics/threekingdoms/118

classics/threekingdoms/117

classics/threekingdoms/115

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skep 11 months ago

And one entire site re-upload because we are DONE. The conversion is officially complete. That said I'm gonna need y'all to each pick a section and go through it for QA. Sorry to whoever gets Three Kingdoms.

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skep 11 months ago

Actually I take that back, you ought to consider yourself damn lucky to get to read Three Kingdoms again

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sorbier 11 months ago

wow skep congratulations, it's incredible how avidly i followed this project, so happy you one-and-doned it, hope it pays off in much lower faff for years to come~

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skep updated their site.

11 months ago

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misc/eleventy/09-almost

misc/eleventy

misc/eleventy/08-musings

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skep

11 months ago

It's quarter of ten on Sunday night and I'm finally starting to convert all my existing pages so I can use them with my new, mostly-working site generator setup, yeehaw

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sorbier 11 months ago

hellya fuckya

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skep drinkmoretea

12 months ago

Finally, a site with a message we can all relate to.

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drinkmoretea 12 months ago

RAAAAH TEA SUPREMACYᕙ( •̀ ᗜ •́ )ᕗ

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skep

12 months ago

Yo, anybody taking commissions and want to draw my dumb face for the website

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nohappynonsense 12 months ago

ten steps ahead of you https://nohappynonsense.net/images/skepdemonhacker.jpg

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skep 12 months ago

Do you want demons purging your site again because being so cavalier with my true form is how you get demons purging your site again.

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nohappynonsense 12 months ago

skep i do know a guy though if you're looking for an actual pfp

skep updated their site.

12 months ago

misc/eleventy/08-musings

misc/eleventy/07-wrapup

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sorbier 12 months ago

lol… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntactic_sugar programmers are the worst. even worse than scientists

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skep 12 months ago

Now that is irony.

readingproject 11 months ago

I am convinced by your various posts that you are NOT a paid promoter of Eleventy.

skep

1 year ago

Calling it a wrap on the Eleventy conversion for now... god I'm exhausted. https://skep.place/misc/eleventy/07-wrapup

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skep 12 months ago

[12 hours later] wait I just figured out how to make the sections work let me back at it

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nohappynonsense 12 months ago

no retreat, no regrets

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skep updated their site.

1 year ago

misc/eleventy/07-wrapup

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misc/eleventy/06-mon-morn

misc/eleventy/05-sun

misc/eleventy/04-sat-aft

misc/eleventy

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sorbier 1 year ago

i'm so emotionally invested in this project

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skep updated their site.

1 year ago

misc/eleventy/04-sat-aft

misc/eleventy/03-sat-morn

misc/eleventy

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emilynhoward 1 year ago

Not that I was thinking about using a static site generator, but this is affirming my sense that it's easier to code by hand than use one. Which is wild.

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skep 1 year ago

The idea is that USING it will be easy. Initial setup is the pain point (I hope). I would definitely be very selective who I recommended this to.

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emilynhoward 1 year ago

I want my pain points to be consistently painful throughout.

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nohappynonsense 1 year ago

tried a ssg years ago when i first started using neocities, way too much upfront pain for not enough relief afterwards, in my experience. a few spreadsheets codes i've written to autopopulate things and copy + pasting pages has made hand coding the only approach i'll take now

skep updated their site.

1 year ago

misc/eleventy/03-sat-morn

misc/eleventy/02-fri-eve

misc/eleventy/01-fri-morn

misc/eleventy

misc

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skep 1 year ago

My previews don't seem to be previewing but I'm doing something plenty dumb, don't you worry

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miela583 1 year ago

I think so much of the peoblem with tech documentation is people assuming if it makes sense in their head, it makes sense for everyone. A lot of my job is going "oh! Yeah, that's the blue button, don't worry about the instructions," snark free from my end, that I think there needs to be a revolution in how-tos.

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skep 1 year ago

It turns out the documentation is not the only thing I have fundamental issues with. STAY TUNED.

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sorbier 1 year ago

> Seems pretty elegant. If you're reading this, I owe you a drink.

sorbier 1 year ago

happy to see it come to fruition after discussions. anxiously anticipating updates

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sorbier 1 year ago

btw, i've seen it in other ssgs do the "pretty url" thing too and it's so frustrating

skep 1 year ago

And I just learned that Neocities does some trickery to support clean URLs anyway.

skep puzzlechronicle

1 year ago

Love this energy.

puzzlechronicle 1 year ago

Thanks!!

skep updated their site.

1 year ago

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tiger-tracks/02-tea-party

tiger-tracks/01-tommy-chesnutt

tiger-tracks

tiger-tracks/pre-02

tiger-tracks/pre-01

games/2025q1

games/2024q4

games/2024q3

classics/mashup/pp-3k

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skep 1 year ago

Nothing interesting today, just some restructuring and making those dang image folders consistent. Carry on.

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skep 1 year ago

Actually I take it back, could be a good day to re-read my commentary on The Canterbury Tales.

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skep updated their site.

1 year ago

top-10s/underused-emoji

top-10s/albums

top-10s

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notesfromearth 1 year ago

the top 10s series is genuinely a great contribution to society (i didnt even think of unused emojis, fittingly)

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skep 1 year ago

Thanks Vúi. Plus I had a lot of fun writing it, too!

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miela583 1 year ago

No joke, I very nearly wore out a copy of Astro Lounge in late junior high/early high school.

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skep 1 year ago

Miela, you were already cool, but now you're 20x that original amount of cool.

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indynet 1 year ago

Skep confirmed fellow badminton enjoyer.

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harakanvarpu 1 year ago

I've used the garlic emoji once to react on an image of a hamster that looked like garlic on Discord. Me and my friend also used to be obsessed with Burkina Faso in elementary school. Not the country, but just the name of it, because it was so fun to say. I also remember its capital is named Ouagadougou, also very fun to say.

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harakanvarpu 1 year ago

You also made me delve into some hecking research on some of these emojis! I guessed right that since emojis originate from Japan, love hotels have some cultural signifigance there which would explain the emoji's existance. Also eyeball speech bubble is apparently from an anti-bullying campaign 😮

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fri11s 1 year ago

I'm adding garlic to all of my digital communications going forward. Thank you for your contribution to digital society 🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄⚜️

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skep 1 year ago

@Harakan I did have to look up the eyeball myself because it was so baffling without context. It's a good sentiment, but it's hard to find any info on how effective it's been.

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skep 1 year ago

I summarize 120 chapters of a classic Chinese epic but I get the most engagement from a goofy listicle I threw together in 30 minutes. I suddenly understand why modern journalism is the way it is.

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indynet 1 year ago

hey i did read the three kingdoms summary. at least a good chunk of it. and then i decided i should read the three kingdoms myself but thats an insane undertaking that skeps review is literally here to help me avoid

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asterion 1 year ago

Have you considered a Top 10 "tens" article yet? It would be interesting to see how Base 10 stacks up with binary, or how Roman numerals stack up against Mayan stacks up against Arabic.

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skep 1 year ago

@Indy Remember, if you skip my summary to go read the actual book, I fade out of existence.

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skep 1 year ago

@Asterion HMMMM I really love that idea but knowing me I'll end up taking it and doing something dumb with it instead.

skep

1 year ago

"Boy Skep, you're so meticulous you think you would have committed to a consistent naming scheme for image folders" "Yeah, you'd think that"

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skep

1 year ago

ICYMI: Would love to start a small, cozy, discussion-based community with some fellow Small Web folks! Details here: https://skep.place/blog/2025-04-27

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emilynhoward 1 year ago

Thanks for the reminder! I am interested but cannot 100% guarantee that I will contribute.

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wildbread 1 year ago

shortbread hands down

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harakanvarpu 1 year ago

Sounds like a fun idea! I just know I'd probably end up being very inactive and shy. Just like sending this comment has taken me way too long 😅

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