as skep's #1 fan (skepperoniac) allow me to lead the charge with the rallying cry: RELEASE THE STAMP COLLECTION
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To answer your question, yes, I did convert to an SSG a couple months ago. Huge pain in the butt and I wish I would have known about them when I started my website. Still, I do really enjoy how much easier it is to make an update.
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dicjournal
10 months ago
I can imagine! But the workflow is nicer and more nimble, no? I built my professional website after this one and used Hugo from the outset and love it. My one hangup with this one is the migrating of my posts. I COULD simply paste them in a folder and leave as is, but I'm so tooky that I would inevitably end up attempting to convert 150+ html into md and I think I need some major hyping up to even tackle it >.<
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brachypelmide
10 months ago
i read this as "yes, I did convert to a super shotgun a couple months ago", goddamn doom getting into my head ARRGH
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skep
10 months ago
Yes, I definitely don't miss having to update all the navigation myself. No way I'd be converting all my 200+ existing posts to MD though; they can stay HTML for all I care. I am usually picky about these things but not here.
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nohappynonsense
10 months ago
imagine not posting on your site for over a month, lol, what kind of shit writer you'd have to be to do something like that
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skep
10 months ago
Yeah, after a month I think you'd have to give up writing altogether and take up stamp collecting or something
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acetaminophriends
10 months ago
A month isn't really that long to go without producing polished art of some kind I'd say. In any case I just wanted to say I admire your commitment to creating a polished experience, and ability to write about the most mundane of things in an entertaining way. Which makes me wonder, do you do some other kind of writing outside of this website?
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skep
10 months ago
"Art" might be overselling what I do a bit, but I appreciate the compliments. And I do! But not nearly as fun though. My day job is writing instructional documentation for software. Still a paid gig!
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emilynhoward
10 months ago
I am genuinely impressed by how often you update your site and how much content is on it. My site is just a trickle by comparison. I do know the feeling of "I should be writing something" all the time, but I also know that creativity is like the tide and comes and goes on its own terms.
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emilynhoward
10 months ago
Also, once in a state of extreme stress I almost took up stamp collecting as a hobby. I don't know how to say this in a way that doesn't offend actual stamp collectors, but if you find yourself starting a stamp collection that may be a cry for help.
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skep
10 months ago
I actually *did* have a stamp collection, and now that I've remembered that fact I realize it would be something good to write about. So I'm going to leave you in suspense, which is the first time a stamp collection has ever had that effect on anybody.
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dicjournal
10 months ago
It's nice to have that kind of rotation where one can tinker with the code, isn't it? I get writing droughts where I have nothing to say but then feel connected to my little site by adding little things here and there. It looks like you use an SSG? I regret not doing that, meh >.<
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your game reports are really engaging !! this website is awesome,, if i wasnt absolute ass at writing id definitely take inspiration and do something similar but unfortunately i simply cannot write
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skep
10 months ago
I think you should do it anyway! The way I see it, nobody gets "good" at writing until they start doing it about things they genuinely care about. If you're feeling inspired, why not roll with it?
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obsessed with your calvin and hobbes analysis
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skep
10 months ago
Hey, thank you! It's been a couple months, time to figure out which one I will unearth the truth of next...
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badgraph1csghost
10 months ago
Garfield: "I hate mondays." / Hagar the Horrible: "Before you go pillaging, remember to take out the rubbish!" / Cathy: "Summer dresses, ack!" / Calvin & Hobbes: "This preoccupation with Nietzschean perspectivism borders on the Kafkaesque."
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Wait, maybe I should have gone with Skepperonis
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I got your letter today! Will reply as existential crises allow.
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From here forward I'll be referring to all of my followers (you) as Skepperdoodles.
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emilynhoward
10 months ago
Is there a pin or patch or hat that we get? A secret handshake or hand sign?
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skep
10 months ago
@Emily Well gosh, I would think that's up to the Skepperdoodle Club president to decide
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YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!
Okay, I didn't keep it though...
skep you've never thrown anything out in your life we know you have them
So, funny (and true) loophole, I never technically threw it out. I just never took it with me when I moved out of my dad's place and told him he could do whatever with it.