Neocities

empeethree

6 months ago

its been a while since I last came here, and recently, I found out that gematria is the word that refers to this whole practice of adding up letters as "numbers" to see what number words and names yield. I read an article about number 74, and its connections to rapping, Jesus, and Messiah, but for some reason, it left out Susan (another "Suzanne" name), and I learned the word gematria from that article.

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empeethree 6 months ago

even the word gematria itself has its letters add up to number 74. The nth letter cipher is what I favor when I find gematria of a word.

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empeethree 6 months ago

and this rap talk, well, rapper is the exact spelling which adds up to 74, while rapping has 81. But to be fair, the Suzan spelling shares a letter value sum with rapping, so theres that.

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skep updated Skep’s Place

6 months ago

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emilynhoward 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago

I want my pain points to be consistently painful throughout.

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nohappynonsense 6 months 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 Skep’s Place

6 months ago

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Skep’s Place

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skep 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago

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

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sorbier 6 months ago

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

sorbier 6 months ago

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

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sorbier 6 months ago

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

skep 6 months ago

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

no56 updated №56

6 months ago

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skep puzzlechronicle

6 months ago

Love this energy.

puzzlechronicle 6 months ago

Thanks!!

skep updated Skep’s Place

6 months ago

Skep’s Place

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skep 6 months ago

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

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skep 6 months ago

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

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hardmachine

6 months ago

Happy 23rd birthday, Charizard1246! We love you! https://hardmachine.neocities.org/shrine/charizard1246#23

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americasdecline 6 months ago

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Tell him congrats/shame on him for quitting drinking.

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hardmachine 6 months ago

I logged back in my account to get his birthday cupcake, and I was required to read the new rules that require no drug discussion. So he may be a square in real life standards but a good citizen in Neopia.

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skep updated Skep’s Place

6 months ago

top-10s/underused-emoji.html

top-10s/albums.html

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Skep’s Place

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notesfromearth 6 months 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 6 months ago

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

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miela583 6 months 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 6 months ago

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

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indynet 6 months ago

Skep confirmed fellow badminton enjoyer.

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harakanvarpu 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago

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

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skep 6 months ago

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

njn updated The Nonjoke Network

6 months ago

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connor7000

6 months ago

https://youtu.be/NYqoD60g678?si=8GpvyYo646sDSjZb I uploaded another video from my Minecraft server, mc.realmnations.net

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skep

6 months 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

6 months 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 6 months ago

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

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wildbread 6 months ago

shortbread hands down

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harakanvarpu 6 months 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 😅

hardmachine updated HARDMACHINE

6 months ago

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hardmachine 6 months ago

I'd be lying if I said that I'm self-concious of the 2020s gallery formats. I just don't want to split it into more pages, and I really can't promise anything like separate OC galleries anytime soon.

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hardmachine 6 months ago

*** NOT self-concious, how did I not notice that typo for 3 days?!

connor7000

7 months ago

Last day of school, after today I'm like an adult and stuff...

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