Add a --date argument to new-photo-post script

If this argument is passed, skip pulling dates from the EXIF data and use it as
the post date.

I recently tried to post a photo that had no EXIF data. This argument provides
an override so the script doesn't 💥 on missing metadata.

.gitattributes

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 *.jpg filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 *.jpeg filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 *.pxm filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+*.mov filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+*.mp4 filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+LightroomExports/
 node_modules/
 public/
 /documentation/mirrors/

Makefile

@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ site:
 	hugo --buildFuture --enableGitInfo --destination "$(BUILD_DIR)"
 
 deploy: site
+	@echo "Removing .DS_Store files from $(DEPLOY_LOCATION)"
+	find "$(BUILD_DIR)" -name .DS_Store -print -delete
 	@echo "Deploying to $(DEPLOY_LOCATION)"
 	rsync -avz --no-times --no-perms --delete "$(BUILD_DIR)/" "$(DEPLOY_LOCATION)"
-	git tag -f deploy-$(shell date +%Y-%m-%d)
+	git tag -f $(shell ./scripts/website deployment next-tag)
 
 deployall: nethack deploy
 
@@ -38,13 +40,5 @@ endif
 nethack-commit: $(NETHACK_LOGFILE_DATA_FILE)
 	if ! git diff --quiet $<; then git commit -m "Update Nethack logfile for $(HOSTNAME)" -- $<; fi
 
-weeknotes: YEAR=$(shell date '+%Y')
-weeknotes: WEEK_NUMBER=$(shell date '+%V')
-weeknotes: UPCOMING_SUNDAY=$(shell scripts/weeknotes show --date)
-weeknotes: PAGE_PATH=$(shell scripts/weeknotes show)
-weeknotes: $(PAGE_PATH)
-	hugo new -k weeknotes --clock "$(UPCOMING_SUNDAY)" -c "$(CONTENT_PATH)" "$(PAGE_PATH)"
-	sed -I -e "s/%%WEEK_NUMBER%%/$(WEEK_NUMBER)/" "$(PAGE_PATH)"
-
 clean:
 	rm -rf "$(BUILD_DIR)/"

archetypes/link.md

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+title: "{{ replace .Name "-" " " | title }}"
+slug: link-{{ .Name }}
+date: {{ .Date }}
+categories: links
+draft: true
+tags: []
+---
+

archetypes/weeknotes.md

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 ---
-title: "Weeknotes for {{ time.Now.Format "2006" }}W%%WEEK_NUMBER%%"
+title: "Notes on {{ time.Now.Format "2006" }}W%%WEEK_NUMBER%%"
 slug: weeknotes-{{ time.Now.Format "2006" }}w%%WEEK_NUMBER%%
-date: {{ .Date }}
+date: {{ .Date | time.Format "2006-01-02" }}
 categories: weeknotes
-tags: []
+tags:
+  - Weeknotes
 draft: true
 ---
 

assets/css/099_format_tweaks.css

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+/************************
+ * PARAGRAPH-SPACED LIST
+ ************************/
+
+p + .paragraph-spaced-list {
+  margin-block-start: var(--space-paragraph);
+}
+
+.paragraph-spaced-list {
+  li + li {
+    margin-block-start: var(--space-paragraph);
+  }
+}

assets/scripts/rubiks/scrambler.js

@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+class RubiksCubeScrambler extends HTMLElement {
+    static #RandomMoveHysteresisMaxLength = 2;
+
+    #shadowRoot;
+    #movesListElement;
+
+    #numberOfMovesToGenerate = 25;
+
+    constructor() {
+        super();
+        this.#shadowRoot = this.attachShadow({ mode: "open" });
+    }
+
+    scramble() {
+        console.log("Randomizing Rubik's cube...");
+
+        const movesList = this.#movesListElement;
+
+        while (movesList.childElementCount > this.#numberOfMovesToGenerate) {
+            movesList.removeChild(movesList.lastChild);
+        }
+
+        let randomMoveHysteresis = [];
+
+        for (let i = 0; i < this.#numberOfMovesToGenerate; i++) {
+            const randomMove = this.#randomMove(randomMoveHysteresis);
+
+            let moveItem;
+            if (i < movesList.childElementCount) {
+                moveItem = movesList.children[i];
+            } else {
+                moveItem = document.createElement("li");
+                movesList.appendChild(moveItem);
+            }
+
+            moveItem.classList.add("scrambler__move");
+            moveItem.classList.remove("scrambler__move--start", "scrambler__move--end");
+
+            if (randomMove.includes("2")) {
+                moveItem.classList.add("scrambler__move--start");
+            } else if (randomMove.includes("'")) {
+                moveItem.classList.add("scrambler__move--end");
+            }
+
+            moveItem.innerText = randomMove;
+        }
+    }
+
+    #randomMove(hysteresis) {
+        const faces = "FBLRUD";
+
+        let move;
+        do {
+            move = faces.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * faces.length));
+        } while (hysteresis && hysteresis.includes(move));
+
+        if (hysteresis) {
+            hysteresis.unshift(move);
+            while (hysteresis.length > RubiksCubeScrambler.#RandomMoveHysteresisMaxLength) {
+                hysteresis.pop();
+            }
+        }
+        
+        const modifierFactor = Math.random();
+        if (modifierFactor < 0.33333) {
+            move = "2" + move;
+        } else if (modifierFactor < 0.666666) {
+            move = move + "'";
+        }
+
+        return move;
+    }
+
+    #removeAllMoves() {
+        const element = this.#movesListElement;
+        while (element.hasChildNodes()) {
+            element.removeChild(element.lastChild);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: Custom Element
+
+    connectedCallback() {
+        let template = document.getElementById("rubiks-cube-scrambler-template");
+        console.assert(template, "Couldn't find RubiksCubeScrambler component template in the document");
+
+        const shadowRoot = this.#shadowRoot;
+        shadowRoot.appendChild(template.content.cloneNode(true));
+
+        this.#movesListElement = shadowRoot.querySelector(".scrambler__move-list");
+
+        shadowRoot
+            .querySelector("button[name='scramble']")
+            .addEventListener("click", () => this.scramble());
+
+        const patternLengthInputElement = shadowRoot.querySelector(".scrambler__pattern-length > input");
+        patternLengthInputElement.value = this.#numberOfMovesToGenerate;
+        patternLengthInputElement.addEventListener("input", event => {
+            try {
+                const integerValue = parseInt(event.target.value);
+                this.#numberOfMovesToGenerate = integerValue;
+            } catch (e) {
+                console.error("Non-integer value of pattern length field", e);
+            }
+        });
+
+        this.scramble();
+    }
+
+    attributeChangedCallback(name, oldValue, newValue) {
+        console.debug("RubiksCubeScrambler attribute changed", name, oldValue, newValue);
+        if (name === "count") {
+            try {
+                let newIntValue = parseInt(newValue);
+                this.#numberOfMovesToGenerate = newIntValue;
+            } catch (e) {
+                console.error("`count` attribute should have an integer value.", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+window.customElements.define("rubiks-cube-scrambler", RubiksCubeScrambler);

config/_default/permalinks.yaml

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 blog: blog/:year/:month/:slug/
 photos: photos/:year/:month/:slug/
+twitter: twitter/:year/:month/:slug/

config/_default/privacy.yaml

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-twitter:
+x:
   enableDNT: true

config/_default/services.yaml

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-twitter:
+x:
   disableInlineCSS: true

content/_index.es.md

@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
 ---
-title: Eryn Rachel Wells
 layout: single
+draft: true
+params:
+  renderHeadingAnchors: false
 ---
 
-{{< nobreak >}}Ingeniera de software,{{< /nobreak >}}
-alfarera, música, y
-{{< nobreak >}}nerd en general.{{< /nobreak >}}
+¡Hola! Me llamo Eryn Wells. Este es mi sitio web. ¡Bienvenidos!
+
+
+## Personal
+
+Soy mujer queer, 
+
+
+## Profesional
+
+Desde 2011, he trabajado como ingeniera de software en varios companías alrededor del área
+del Bahía de San Francisco. En 2016, me uní a [Apple][]. Hoy, trabajo en
+tecnologías que 

content/_index.md

@@ -6,53 +6,61 @@ params:
 
 Hi, I'm Eryn Wells. This is my website. Welcome!
 
+
 ## Latest
 
 Here are some of my most recent posts.
 
 {{< home/latest >}}
 
+
 ## Personal
 
-I'm a queer trans woman, {{< tess >}}' partner, and mom of [two cats][cats]. I
+I'm a queer woman, {{< tess >}}' partner, and mom of [two cats][cats]. I
 was born in Seattle, {{< abbr Washington >}}WA{{< /abbr >}} and grew up in
-Phoenix, {{< abbr Arizona >}}AZ{{< /abbr >}}. I attended [Oberlin College][ob]
+Phoenix, {{< abbr Arizona >}}AZ{{< /abbr >}}. I attended [Oberlin College][]
 where I got a degree in Computer Science. My pronouns are [she/her][pronouns]. 
 
 You can read more about me on my [about][ab] page, or [get in touch][where-am-i].
 
+
 ## Professional
 
 I've worked as a software engineer since 2011 for a variety of companies around
-the San Francisco Bay Area. I joined [Apple][a] in 2016, where I currently work
+the San Francisco Bay Area. I joined [Apple][] in 2016, where I currently work
 on password management and authentication technologies.
 
 My [résumé][r] has all the details.
 
+
 ## Hobbies
 
 When I'm not working, you can reliably find me hacking on this website or [some
-coding other project][gh]. I'm also a musician, and play piano, Irish tin
-whistle, and modular synthesizer. Occasionally I [record][bc] [things][sc]. I
-love outer space and astronomy; I will always get excited to look at the moon
-with you, or check out anything through a telescope. I enjoy [photograhy][p],
-mostly as a travel hobby. And I've been practicing iaido, a traditional Japanese
-sword art, since early 2024. Other things I've been into include: bread baking,
+other coding project][src]. I'm also a musician: I play piano, Irish tin
+whistle, and modular synthesizer. Occasionally I [record things][sc] or offer
+them [for sale][sc]. I love outer space and astronomy; I will always get excited
+to look at the moon with you, or check out anything through a telescope. I enjoy
+[photograhy][p], mostly as a travel hobby. And I've been practicing
+[iaidō][mjer], a traditional Japanese sword art, at [Nishi Kaigan Iaidō
+Dōjō][nkid] since early 2024. Other things I've been into include: bread baking,
 bicycling, calligraphy, ceramics, and knitting. 
 
-[a]: https://apple.com
+
+[Apple]: https://apple.com
 [ab]: {{< ref "/about" >}}
 [b]: {{< ref "/blog" >}}
 [bc]: https://erynwells.bandcamp.com/releases
 [cats]: {{< ref "/cats" >}}
 [eml]: mailto:Eryn%20Wells<eryn@erynwells.me>
-[gh]: https://github.com/erynofwales
+[src]: https://source.erynwells.me/eryn
 [ig]: https://www.instagram.com/erynofwales
 [m]: https://mastodon.social/@erynofwales
 [n]: {{< ref "/now" >}}
-[ob]: https://www.oberlin.edu
+[Oberlin College]: https://www.oberlin.edu
 [p]: {{< ref "/photos" >}}
 [pronouns]: http://pronoun.is/she
 [r]: {{< ref "/resume" >}}
 [sc]: https://soundcloud.com/purlsnbeeps
 [where-am-i]: {{< ref "/about/where-am-i" >}}
+[mjer]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C5%8D_Jikiden_Eishin-ry%C5%AB
+[nkid]: https://iaido.org

content/about/_index.md

@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 ---
 title: "Hi! 👋🏻"
+layout: single
 resources:
   - name: me
     src: me.jpeg
     params:
-      alt: "
-        Me, wearing a hat and smiling slightly, standing in front of a stone background.
-      "
+      alt: >
+        Me, wearing a hat and smiling slightly, standing in front of a stone
+        background.
 ---
 
-{{% section class=flow %}}
-
-{{< circular_image id=me name=me class="float-right" width=200 >}}
+{{% section class=content--small-right-column %}}
 
 I'm Eryn. My pronouns are [she/her][p]. I'm a queer trans woman. I live in San
 Francisco, CA, on the unceded ancestral lands of the Ramaytush Ohlone people,
@@ -21,6 +20,8 @@ I attended [Oberlin College][ob] where I got a degree in Computer Science.
 
 I speak English natively, and Spanish too, though I always need more practice.
 
+{{< circular_image id=me name=me class="content--right-column" width=200 >}}
+
 {{% /section %}}
 
 ## Hobbies

content/about/where-am-i.md

@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@ title: "Where to Find Me"
 date: 2022-11-11T08:35:26-08:00
 ---
 
-Here's a list of places you can find me online.
+Here's a list of places you can find me online. You can often find me on
+services not listed here with the `erynofwales` or `erynrwells` handles.
 
 ## Social Media
 
-- Cohost: [@eryn](https://cohost.org/eryn)
+I'm really only on Instagram and Mastodon these days. My Twitter account is
+still live, as an archive, but I don't post on it or look at it. Ditto for
+Facebook.
+
+- Facebook: [erynofwales](https://www.facebook.com/erynofwales)
 - Instagram: [@erynofwales](https://instagram.com/erynofwales)
 - Mastodon: [@erynofwales](https://mastodon.social/@erynofwales)
 - Twitter: [@erynofwales](https://twitter.com/erynofwales)
@@ -15,9 +20,10 @@ Here's a list of places you can find me online.
 ## Content
 
 - Bandcamp: [erynwells](https://erynwells.bandcamp.com/releases)
-- Soundcloud: [purlsnbeeps](https://soundcloud.com/purlsnbeeps)
-- YouTube: [Eryn Wells](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWb2pTDlC27R1PucyUPrypA)
 - GitHub: [erynofwales](https://github.com/erynofwales)
+- Soundcloud: [purlsnbeeps](https://soundcloud.com/purlsnbeeps)
+- StoryGraph: [erynrwells](https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/erynrwells)
+- YouTube: [Eryn Wells](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWb2pTDlC27R1PucyUPrypA)
 
 ## The Old Fashioned Way
 

content/blog/2023/netscape-meteors/index.md

@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ Navigator "meteors" animation. This one has a special place in my head and
 heart because it is so clearly connected to my memories of discovering the
 web as a kid. Here it is in its original 60×60 px glory:
 
-{{< figures/image name=netscape60 shouldShowTitle=false >}}
+{{< figures/image name=netscape60 shouldShowTitle=false size=small >}}
 
 I started out doing some web searches that turned up several versions. One was
 promising but far too big: 400&times;400 px. Worse, after some shoddy resize
 attempts, the "pixels" had become rectangular.
 
-{{< figures/image name=rectangular-pixels shouldShowTitle=false >}}
+{{< figures/image name=rectangular-pixels shouldShowTitle=false size=small >}}
 
 This would not do.
 
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ that replaces those pixels with ones that match the surrounding pixels. Here's
 the modified 60&times;60 one and a bigger 240&times;240 px one, for good
 measure:
 
-{{< figures/image names="netscape-modified60,netscape-modified240" shouldShowTitle=false >}}
+{{< content-grid columns=2 >}}
+  {{< figures/image name="netscape-modified60" shouldShowTitle=false shouldResize=false size=small >}}
+  {{< figures/image name="netscape-modified240" shouldShowTitle=false shouldResize=false size=small >}}
+{{< /content-grid >}}
 
 <script src="https://mastodon.social/embed.js" async="async"></script>
 

content/blog/2023/pajaro-dunes/index.md

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "Pajaro Dunes"
 date: 2023-05-30T08:31:34-07:00
-categories: Travel
-tags: [Beaches, Tess, EJ, Vacations]
+tags: [Travel, Beaches, Tess, EJ, Vacations]
 ---
 
 {{< tess >}}, EJ, and I took a weekend trip down the coast over Memorial Day

content/blog/2023/trip-to-japan/index.md

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 ---
-title: "Trip to Japan"
+title: Trip to Japan
 date: 2023-04-14T21:40:21+09:00
 categories: Travel
-tags: ["日本"]
+tags:
+  - Travel
+  - japan
 ---
 
 At the beginning of April, {{< tess >}} and I took a trip to Japan for two

content/blog/2024/books/index.md

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+---
+title: Books I Read in 2024
+slug: books
+date: 2024-12-31
+tags:
+  - Books
+  - Reading
+---
+
+I enjoy reading quite a bit. Nevertheless, it's something I need to be
+intentional about incorporating into my life. I usually to finish a modest
+number of books in a year. This year I made it to a nice round ten.
+
+A big theme of the year is the [Murderbot Diaries][murderbot]. My friend Jess
+recommended them to me a while back, and I finally got around to [All Systems
+Red][murderbot1] last year. I was hooked enough that {{< tess >}} bought me the
+subsequent three for Christmas last year. So you're gonna see almost all the
+Murderbot books on this list.
+
+[Bindle Punk Bruja](https://marthawells.com/networkeffect.htm) by Desideria Mesa
+: Mesa's debut novel is set in 1920s Kansas City and centers around Rose, the
+daughter of Mexican immigrants who takes on the city's mob bosses with the help
+of friends and some witchy magical powers. This was a gift from my sister
+[Anna][anna] for Christmas last year.
+
+[The Deep Sky](https://www.yumekitasei.com/projects-6) by Yume Kitasei
+: A murder mystery that takes place in space on a one-way mission to colonize a
+far-off planet. A gift from my sister.
+
+[Wolfsong](https://www.tjklunebooks.com/wolfsong) by TJ Klune
+: Warewolves, magic, queerness, and family. A gift from my sister.
+
+[Fingersmith](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/348400/fingersmith-by-sarah-waters/) by Sarah Waters
+: Mystery, intrigue, gay ladies, and some incredible plot twists. Tess gave me
+this one.
+
+[Artificial Condition](https://marthawells.com/murderbot2.htm) by Martha Wells
+: Murderbot investigates its past.
+
+[Rogue Protocol](https://marthawells.com/murderbot3.htm) by Martha Wells
+: Murderbot goes digging for evidence against its former corporate master,
+GrayCris.
+
+[Exit Strategy](https://marthawells.com/murderbot4.htm) by Martha Wells
+: Murderbot attempts to save its former owner from GrayCris.
+
+[Network Effect](https://marthawells.com/networkeffect.htm) by Martha Wells
+: Continuing the Murderbot obsession, I picked up this one from a [Books
+Inc][booksinc] in San Francisco's Marina district.
+
+[I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom](https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250285959/imstartingtoworryaboutthisblackboxofdoom/) by Jason Pargin
+: Anna and I decided to read this together, book club style. It's a ridiculous
+romp across the US with some deep commentary on the perils of social media: how
+it promotes dogpiling in ways that can destroy lives, and the groupthink that
+arises from being terminally online.
+
+[The Full Moon Coffee Shop](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746333/the-full-moon-coffee-shop-by-mai-mochizuki/) by Mai Mochizuki
+: A cute, short read about a mysterious popup coffee shop that appears in Kyōto
+during the full moon.
+
+[murderbot]: https://marthawells.com/murderbot.htm
+[murderbot1]: https://marthawells.com/murderbot1.htm
+[anna]: https://www.instagram.com/anna.e.az/
+[booksinc]: https://booksinc.net

content/blog/2024/cat-in-the-cream-cookies.md

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+---
+title: "Cat in the Cream Cookies"
+date: 2024-11-18
+tags:
+  - Cooking
+  - Cookies
+  - Oberlin
+  - Recipes
+---
+
+One of my favorite memories from my time as a student at [Oberlin][ob] was going
+to the [Cat in the Cream][cat]. I saw a lot of great plays, improv shows, and
+jazz ensembles by students, and several performances by visiting musical guests.
+
+The other highlight of these memories was the oatmeal chocolate chip cookies you
+could get for $1. They're somewhere between a small cake and a cookie, often
+fresh-baked (they often had a hard time keeping up with demand on show nights).
+Honestly they're everything I want in a cookie. I think the recipe was printed
+in an edition of the [Alumni Magazine][mag] at some point in the last several
+years, but this [video][video] I found online was the closest I had to hand, so
+I'm copying it here.
+
+
+## Recipe
+
+**Yield:** 20 cookies
+
+### Tools
+
+* Measuring cups and spoons
+* 2 large mixing bowls
+* Spoon or electric mixer to mix wet ingredients
+* Whisk to combine dry ingredients (optional)
+* 1 or 2 half-size sheet pans for baking
+
+
+### Ingredients
+
+* 2 cups butter, softened
+* 1 cup granulated sugar
+* 2 cups brown sugar or 2 tablespoons of molasses
+* 4 eggs, lightly beaten
+* 2 teaspoons vanilla
+* 4 cups flour
+* 2 teaspoons baking soda
+* 2 teaspoons salt
+* Dash cinnamon
+* 4 cups oats
+* 3 cups chocolate chips
+
+
+### Method
+
+1. Preheat oven to 375°.
+1. Combine butter, sugars, and/or molasses in a bowl.
+1. Add eggs and vanilla. Stir to combine.
+1. Mix flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a separate bowl.
+1. Add dry ingredients above to the wet. Stir to combine.
+1. Add in oats and chocolate chips. Stir to combine.
+1. Drop in large hunks (about 1/4 cup) onto ungreased baking sheets. They don't
+   spread during baking, but you'll only get six cookies on a half sheet.
+1. Bake until the edges are slightly brown. The original recipe says 20 minutes,
+   but 15 was enough in my oven.
+
+
+[ob]: https://www.oberlin.edu
+[cat]: https://www.thecatinthecream.com/our-menu.html
+[video]: https://vimeo.com/827645032
+[mag]: https://www.oberlin.edu/communications/editorial/alumni-magazine

content/blog/2024/chicago/index.md

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+---
+title: Chicago
+date: 2024-10-05T18:58:05-05:00
+description: >
+  Tess and I traveled to Chicago to attend the wedding of one of my oldest
+  friends, visit some family, and do a little sightseeing.
+resources:
+  - src: wedding.jpg
+    title: Bill and Ashley walked each other in. My dad officiated.
+    params:
+      alt: >
+        To the left, a man wearing a suit and white pastoral stole stands near a
+        mic. To the right, a woman in a white dress, and a man in a tuxedo walk
+        into the frame. Everyone is smiling.
+  - src: quincy.jpg
+    title: >
+      Wood plank platforms, Copperplate lettering, and wingding-style hands to
+      direct you where you need to go.
+    params:
+      alt: >
+        A large station sign, framed with a simple wood frame, hanging on the
+        railing around a station platform stairway. It declares the station's
+        name, Quincy, and points to exits to the left and right.
+  - src: tess-kerryman.jpg
+    title: >
+      The Kerryman is a great Irish bar in River North, owned and operated by
+      one of Tess' distant Irish cousins.
+    params:
+      alt: >
+        Tess, on the left, stands outside a large pub on a stree corner. The pub
+        has outdoor seating.
+tags:
+  - Travel
+  - Friends
+  - Family
+  - "Chicago, IL"
+  - Illinois
+---
+
+This past week {{< tess >}} and I traveled to Chicago to attend the wedding of
+Bill, one of my oldest friends, and his partner Ashley.
+
+{{< figures/image name=wedding.jpg >}}
+
+They've been a couple for a long time. I'm thrilled that they've decided to take
+this step together, and grateful to have been invited to witness it. Bill also
+asked my dad to perform the ceremony, and I think he did an excellent job.
+
+{{< figures/image name=quincy.jpg >}}
+
+After the wedding day, we spent several days in Chicago sightseeing and visiting
+with friends and family. We went record shopping at [Reckless][reckless], walked
+down Navy Pier and Michigan Avenue, rode the L (including a stop a the
+delightfully old timey [Quincy Station][quincy]), took selfies at the
+[Bean][bean], and caught Hokusai's [Great Wave Off Kanagawa][wave] at the [Art
+Institute of Chicago][artic] on a limited exhibition. We had breakfast at
+[Tary][tary], and stopped in for pints at [The Kerryman][kerryman], a pub owned
+by one of Tess' distant Irish cousins.
+
+{{< figures/image name=tess-kerryman.jpg >}}
+
+[reckless]: https://www.reckless.com
+[bean]: https://millenniumparkfoundation.org/art-architecture/cloud-gate/
+[artic]: https://www.artic.edu
+[tary]: https://tarycoffee.com/menu
+[kerryman]: https://kerrymanchicago.com/drinks/
+[wave]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa
+[quincy]: https://www.transitchicago.com/station/quin/

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+---
+title: "Christmas in Massachusetts"
+description: This year, I spent Christmas with Tess and Erin in Massachusetts.
+date: 2024-12-25
+resources:
+  - src: snow-friend.jpg
+    title: The tiniest snow friend
+  - src: erin-snowballs.jpg
+    title: Erin making snowballs
+  - src: minot.jpg
+    title: Minot Light sits on an undersea ledge far out from shore
+  - src: sand-hills.jpg
+    title: The sea wall along Sand Hills Beach, where Tess spent many summers
+  - src: bluey-erin-kathleen.jpg
+    title: Heading into the Heeler's living room with Auntie Kathleen
+  - src: bluey-green-door.jpg
+    title: Waiting to go through the secret door!
+  - src: bowling.jpg
+    title: Erin's first game of candlepin bowling
+  - src: old-brigade.jpg
+    title: Danny (on the center mic) and the Old Brigade at Fox & Hound in Quincy, MA
+tags:
+  - Holidays
+  - Christmas
+  - Family
+  - Tess
+  - Erin
+  - Candlepin Bowling
+  - Massachusetts
+---
+
+This year, {{< tess >}}, Erin, and I traveled to Massachusetts to spend
+Christmas with Tess' family. This was my first year spending Christmas away from
+my family in Arizona, and my first with Tess and Erin.
+
+One of my hopes for Christmas in a cold place was to see some snow. As luck
+would have it, I woke up on Christmas Eve to find a light dusting! Erin and I
+couldn't help ourselves: we rushed outside to make a few snowballs and the
+tiniest snow man you've ever seen.
+
+{{< 2col >}}
+  {{< figures/image name=erin-snowballs.jpg >}}
+  {{< figures/image name=snow-friend.jpg >}}
+{{< /2col >}}
+
+We opened presents and had a lazy Christmas morning. We had dinner at Tess'
+parents' house, and then went over for Christmas dessert at her cousin's house
+-- a truly massive family event with many extended family members attending.
+
+The next day, Tess and I went "down harbor" for lunch and a little walk around.
+We stopped at [Lucky Finn](https://www.luckyfinncafe.com) for a coffee, and Tess
+took me around to see some of her old summer stomping grounds. I asked her to
+help me get a good view of [Minot Light][minot], but it turns out it's really
+damn far out so I only managed a little speck on the horizon.
+
+{{< 2col >}}
+  {{< figures/image name=minot.jpg >}}
+  {{< figures/image name=sand-hills.jpg >}}
+{{< /2col >}}
+
+On Friday, Tess, Erin, and I went candlepin bowling at [Alley Kat
+Lane][alleykat] in Kingston. Despite some initial hesitation, Erin had a lot of
+fun. It was my first time at candlepin bowling too, and I found it really fun!
+Harder than "big ball" bowling, but also more approachable because of the
+lighter, smaller ball. The opportunities to strategize how to use the fallen
+pins to your advantage add an interesting element too.
+
+{{< 2col >}}
+  {{< figures/image name=bluey-erin-kathleen.jpg >}}
+  {{< figures/image name=bluey-green-door.jpg >}}
+{{< /2col >}}
+
+On Saturday, Tess, Kathleen, and I took Erin to an immersive [Bluey camp][bluey]
+in Burlington. She had a great time building a fort out of the big cushy
+oversized "blocks" in Bluey and Bingo's playroom.
+
+{{< 2col >}}
+  {{< figures/image name=bowling.jpg >}}
+  {{< figures/image name=old-brigade.jpg >}}
+{{< /2col >}}
+
+Our last day in town, we went out to brunch at [The Tinker's Son][tinker], and
+went up to [The Fox & Hound][fox] in Quincy to watch Tess' cousin
+[Danny][brigade] play Irish music.
+
+---
+
+I had a lot of feelings going into this Christmas. Apart from one pandemic year,
+I've spent every year with my family in Arizona. I was worried about being in a
+new place with people I didn't know well, breaking long-standing traditions with
+my own family, letting them down, and feeling homesick.
+
+Everyone in Tess' family was welcoming and supportive. Tess' mom even got me a
+stocking for their fireplce with my name on it, and her dad filled it with many
+of the same things he gives to the rest of the family members. I also got to
+watch Erin experience Christmas as a kid for the first time: opening presents,
+playing in the snow, snuggling and reading books or watching TV together.
+
+I was able to keep some of my family traditions too. Mom sent me a box of full
+of cookies; I shopped for presents for my parents and sister. And when we
+returned to California, I was able to have a video call with my family to open
+presents together.
+
+The older I get the more see the point of Christmas to be about the
+relationships to family, and the sense of home and community you get from being
+with people you love. Despite a whole new experience, I really felt that this
+year. In fact, I think being in a new place, enacting different traditions, let
+me hold the traditions and rituals of Christmas as I've experienced up to now a
+little more loosely, and to focus on the people that bring meaning to the
+holiday and make those rituals happen.
+
+[minot]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minot%27s_Ledge_Light
+[bluey]: https://camp.com/bluey-x-camp-boston
+[alleykat]: https://alleykatlane.com
+[tinker]: https://www.thetinkersson.com
+[fox]: https://www.foxandhoundquincy.com
+[brigade]: https://www.instagram.com/theoldbrigade/

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+---
+title: "Departure Mono"
+description: >
+  A fun fixed-width font evoking old school terminals and pixel fonts
+  from early computing.
+date: 2024-12-28T08:19:53-05:00
+resources:
+  - src: screenshot.png
+    title:
+    params:
+      alt: >
+        A screenshot of the Departure Mono website. On the left, a small caption
+        "Departure Mono is a monospaced pixel font with a lo-fi technical vibe".
+        On the right are two examples: a personal letter on continuous feed
+        paper, and a notice on small stationary.
+tags:
+  - Fonts
+  - Design
+  - Web Design
+---
+
+Here's a fun fixed-width pixel font I came across the other day: [Departure
+Mono][dep]. It's got a neat old school terminal vibe, think VT100 or Commodore
+64.
+
+{{< figures/image name=screenshot.png >}}
+
+[dep]: https://departuremono.com

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+---
+title: Eclipse
+date: 2024-04-09T20:26:31-05:00
+description: >
+  I traveled to Austin, TX to watch the total solar eclipse that passed over
+  North America, and visit my friend Breanna Carzoo.
+tags:
+  - Travel
+  - Space
+  - Eclipse
+  - "Austin, TX"
+  - Texas
+  - Food
+  - Conchas
+  - Books
+  - Reading
+resources:
+  - name: preparing
+    src: preparing.jpg
+    title:
+  - name: sol
+    src: sol.jpg
+    title: Sol
+  - name: ringoffire
+    src: ringoffire.jpg
+    title: The Ring of Fire
+  - name: diamondring
+    src: diamondring.jpg
+    title: Diamond Ring
+  - src: breanna-reading.jpg
+    title: Breanna read Greenlight to a room full of kids wearing bee antennae.
+  - name: concha
+    src: comadre-concha.jpg
+    title: >
+      An earl grey concha from Comadre. The most delicate, flavorful pan dulce
+      I've ever had.
+    params:
+      alt: >
+        A small round bun with a pinkish topping sittin on a napkin in front of
+        a traditional cardboard donut box.
+---
+
+{{< figures/image name=preparing >}}
+
+On April 8, the earth experienced a [total solar eclipse][nasa] tracking over
+North America. I was so excited to be able to travel to the path of totality and
+observe the eclipse with my friend and fellow space nerd, [Breanna
+Carzoo][breanna].
+
+My setup for all my eclipse photos was a [Fujifilm X-T5][xt5], with a [Canon EF
+100mm Macro][lens] lens. I used a [Fringer EF-XT converter][converter] to mount
+the EF lens on the X-T5. Of course I also had a solar filter.
+
+Here's one of my first test images. You can see a sun spot!
+
+{{< figures/image name=sol >}}
+
+During totality, when the moon fully covers the disc of the sun, a phenomenon
+known as the "Ring of Fire" occurse. The sky is dark and most of the Sun's light
+is hidden. In this state, it's possible to see the Sun's corona.
+
+{{< figures/image name=ringoffire >}}
+
+Just before and after totality is the "Diamond Ring" phase, when the last bit of
+light from the Sun's disc shines through the craters and valleys of the moon's
+surface.
+
+{{< figures/image name=diamondring >}}
+
+Austin, TX was pretty cloudy that day. I'm grateful we were able to see as much
+of the eclipse as we did. The clouds made for some awesome effects too. I'm
+particularly proud of my Diamond Ring image (above) with the additional drama
+the clouds brought to an already stunning event.
+
+Apart from the eclipse, I got to see Breanna do a book event in Bee Cave, TX.
+This town is adorable and leans hard into its name -- everything has a bee
+theme.
+
+{{< figures/image name=breanna-reading.jpg >}}
+
+I was also eager to try [Comadre Panadería](https://comadrepanaderia.com) after
+hearing about it from Claire Saffitz on [one of her videos][comadre-yt] on her
+Dessert Person YouTube channel. I have a huge soft spot for conchas -- Mexican
+pan dulces shaped like shells -- and these were _incredible_.
+
+{{< figures/image name=concha >}}
+
+All told, a very successful trip! Breanna and I had a great time hanging out
+together, and despite the clouds we got some great views of the eclipse.
+
+[nasa]: https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/
+[breanna]: https://www.breannacarzoo.com
+[xt5]: https://fujifilm-x.com/en-us/products/cameras/x-t5/
+[lens]: https://www.usa.canon.com/shop/p/ef-100mm-f-2-8l-macro-is-usm
+[converter]: https://www.fringeradapter.com/canon-ef-to-fujifilm-x
+[comadre-yt]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJTHTfJ-91E

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+# A Makefile that explores pattern and grouped rules. This Makefile expects the
+# GNU version of Make.
+
+# Relevant docs:
+# https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Automatic-Variables.html
+# https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Pattern-Match.html
+# https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Pattern-Intro.html
+# https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Multiple-Targets.html
+
+
+NAMES=zip zap
+
+.PHONY: all clean
+
+all: $(NAMES:%=%.x) $(NAMES:%=%.y)
+
+
+# Here's a simple pattern rule that generates a .txt file from a name. In this
+# rule % represents the name (the 'stem' in Makefile lingo) in the targets and
+# prerequisites, and $* represents the stem in the recipe.
+
+%.txt:
+	@echo "=> Making $*.txt"
+	python -c 'print("$*!".title())' > "$@"
+
+
+# Here are a couple explicit rules that generate a single file given some input
+# files. Note the input files (prerequisites) will be generated with the pattern
+# rule above.
+
+zip.a : florp.txt
+	@echo "=> Making $@ with $<"
+	cat "$<" > "$@"
+
+zap.a : bloop.txt
+	@echo "=> Making $@ with $<"
+	cat "$<" > "$@"
+
+
+# This is a Grouped rule, marked with &:. It indicates that the two target files
+# are produced together in one invocation of the rule, rather than two separate
+# files produced by the same rule.
+
+zip.x zip.y &: zip.a
+	@echo "=> Making XY files from $< with explicit rule"
+	echo "[X]" > zip.x
+	cat "$<" >> zip.x
+	echo "[Y]" > zip.y
+	cat "$<" >> zip.y
+
+
+# Pattern rules with multiple targets are always Grouped, so you don't need the
+# &: separator.
+
+%.x %.y : %.a
+	@echo "=> Making XY files from $< with pattern rule"
+	echo "[X]" > $*.x
+	cat "$<" >> $*.x
+	echo "[Y]" > $*.y
+	cat "$<" >> $*.y
+
+
+clean:
+	rm -f bloop.txt florp.txt
+	rm -f $(NAMES:%=%.a)
+	rm -f $(NAMES:%=%.x)
+	rm -f $(NAMES:%=%.y)

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+---
+title: "Makefile Pattern Rules"
+date: 2024-12-04T14:26:57-08:00
+publishDate: 2024-12-05
+resources:
+  - name: makefile
+    src: Makefile
+tags:
+  - TIL
+  - Make
+  - Software
+---
+
+I recently found myself hacking on a Makefile (the GNU kind, not the [BSD
+kind][bsdmake]) that made heavy use of pattern rules and grouped rules. These
+are concepts I haven't spent a lot of time with so I wrote myself a small test
+Makefile to explore them in a little more detail.
+
+
+## Pattern Rules
+
+[Pattern rules][patterns] drive most of the usage of `make` as a tool for
+building software. `make` includes a bunch of pattern rules for many of the
+kinds of source files you're likely to encounter. For example, it has implicit
+rules for building `.o` files out of `.c` files.
+
+Here's a simple pattern rule that generates text files:
+
+```make
+%.txt:
+	@echo "=> Making $*.txt"
+	python -c 'print("$*!".title())' > $@
+```
+
+The `%` is tells `make` that this is a patten rule. It's a placeholder for a
+string of non-whitespace characters, which `make` calls a _stem_. You can
+reference the stem in the body of the rule with the [automatic variable][auto]
+`$*`.
+
+This particular rule creates a text file with a particular stem by echoing a
+string to a file with this little Python snippet.
+
+Here's a slightly more complex pattern rule:
+
+```make
+%.x : %.a
+	@echo "=> Making X file from $< with pattern rule"
+	echo "[X]" > $*.x
+	cat "$<" >> $*.x
+```
+
+The major difference with this rule is that it has a prerequisite (the part
+after the colon) that also has a `%`. So, this rule defines how to build a `.x`
+file from a `.a` file with the same stem.
+
+Later on, if I write a rule like this:
+
+```make
+zip.a : florp.txt
+	@echo "=> Making $@ with $<"
+	cat $< > $@
+```
+
+`make` will understand that it first needs to generate `florp.txt` with the
+pattern rule for `%.txt`. Then it can execute this rule to build `zip.a`.
+
+
+## Grouped Rules
+
+Grouped rules are another feature of `make` that lets you specify [more than one
+output][multiples] for a given rule. If you're writing C family languages, this
+is useful for generating a header and source file pair, and making sure that
+they get updated together.
+
+```make
+zip.x zip.y &: zip.a
+	@echo "=> Making XY files from $< with explicit rule"
+	echo "[X]" > zip.x
+	cat "$<" >> zip.x
+	echo "[Y]" > zip.y
+	cat "$<" >> zip.y
+```
+
+Generally when you write a rule with more than one output, `make` understands
+that each of the ouput files is built separately with the same rule. However, a
+rule with a `&:` separator indicates that the outputs are built from a single
+invocation of the rule. `make` will rebuild the rule if any of the outputs is
+out-of-date.
+
+
+## Altogether Now
+
+You can combine pattern rules and group rules into a single rule too. This rule
+creates a pattern for building a pair of `.x` and `.y` files from a `.a` file
+with a particular stem.
+
+```make
+%.x %.y : %.a
+	@echo "=> Making XY files from $< with pattern rule"
+	echo "[X]" > $*.x
+	cat "$<" >> $*.x
+	echo "[Y]" > $*.y
+	cat "$<" >> $*.y
+```
+
+These rules are always treated as a group. It doesn't matter if you use `:` or
+`&:`.
+
+
+## Rule Precedence
+
+The way `make` decides which rule to use to produce a file are a little subtle,
+especially when you combine pattern rules and explicit rules. In general an
+explicit rule should take precedence over a pattern. In my Makefile, the rule
+that explicitly builds `zip.x` and `zip.y` will win over the pattern for `%.x`
+and `%.y`. When multiple pattern rules match a target, the rules are [more
+complex][matching]. 
+
+---
+
+Download the full [Makefile]({{< page/resource-ref makefile >}}).
+
+[bsdmake]: {{< ref "blog/2024/bsd-make" >}}
+[auto]: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Automatic-Variables.html
+[patterns]: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Pattern-Intro.html
+[multiples]: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Multiple-Targets.html
+[matching]: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Pattern-Match.html

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+---
+title: Milk Bread Rolls for Thanksgiving
+date: 2024-12-01
+resources:
+  - name: rolls
+    title: 
+    src: IMG_5143.jpeg
+    params:
+      alt: >
+        A set of ten rolls with golden brown tops arranged in a circular
+        cake pan.
+tags:
+  - Cooking
+  - Recipes
+  - Baking
+  - Bread
+  - Thanksgiving
+---
+
+I made [Japanese Milk Bread Rolls][r] from King Arthur Baking for Thanksgiving.
+They were a big hit!
+
+{{< figures/image name=rolls >}}
+
+The weirdest part for most Western bakers is probably the tangzhong, but it's a
+pretty straight-forward roux, like you'd use to make gravy. The recipe has some
+good instructions on how to do it.
+
+The most difficult part -- at least for me -- is probably the shaping because of
+the coordination you need to turn the lump of dough in a circular motion on the
+counter between your fingers. It took me a little while to get that, but now it
+comes almost second nature.
+
+Totally recommend this one for holiday dinner!
+
+[r]: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/japanese-milk-bread-rolls-recipe

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+---
+title: Moon
+date: 2024-12-22T14:41:48-08:00
+tags:
+  - Space
+  - Moon
+---
+
+This post from Bartosz Ciechanowski all about the [Moon][moon] is as delightful
+as it is educational. Their blog is full of extremely detailed posts about all
+sorts of things.
+
+[moon]: https://ciechanow.ski/moon/

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+---
+title: "Orlando Pride Win the NWSL Final!"
+date: 2024-11-24T08:44:08-08:00
+resources:
+  - name: marta
+    src: marta.jpg
+    title:
+    params:
+      shouldResize: false
+      linksToFullSize: false
+      source:
+        url: https://www.instagram.com/p/DCvb5qzOi-E/
+tags:
+  - Sports
+  - Football
+  - NWSL
+  - Orlando Pride
+---
+
+On Saturday we watched the Orlando Pride play the Washington Spirit in the
+final. They won 1-0 in an exciting game! 
+
+{{< figures/image name=marta size=small >}}
+
+The Pride have had an amazing season, finishing first in the league standings
+with a 18-2-6 record.
+
+I think my favorite part of the game was seeing Marta's mom in the stands. It
+was her first trip to the United States. I love that she was able to be here for
+such a big moment in her daughter's career.

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+---
+title: Rubik's Cube Scrambler
+date: 2024-11-13T15:34:22-08:00
+tags:
+  - Tech
+  - Puzzles
+  - Rubik's Cube
+  - HTML
+  - JavaScript
+  - CSS
+  - Web Components
+---
+
+Here's a silly thing I made while I was home sick today. It's a widget that
+produces a randomized pattern of [moves][rmoves] to scramble a 3×3 [Rubik's
+Cube][rcube].
+
+<figure class="figure--main-column figure--object">
+  {{< rubiks/scrambler >}}
+</figure>
+
+This thing is a [Web Component][wc]. The interactive logic lives inside a custom
+[HTMLElement][htmlelement], and the content and styling are specified inside a
+[`<template>`][template] element.
+
+[rcube]: https://www.rubiks.com
+[rmoves]: https://jperm.net/3x3/moves
+[wc]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_components
+[htmlelement]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement
+[template]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/template

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+---
+title: Transgender Day of Remembrance 
+date: 2024-11-18T15:28:27-08:00
+publishDate: 2024-11-20
+tags:
+  - Transgender
+  - Queerness
+  - Death
+  - LGBTQIA+
+  - TDoR
+  - TDoR24
+---
+
+Today is [Transgender Day of Remembrance][wp], a.k.a. TDoR. According to
+[translivesmatter.info][tlm], 427 trans people were killed or committed suicide
+in 2024. This is a worldwide tragedy.
+
+With the spectre of political violence looming large in the US, and right wing
+politicians doubling down on attacking trans people -- kids and adults alike --
+this feels like a particularly scary time to be trans.
+
+Please join me in [saying their names][names] and remembering them. 🕯️
+
+[wp]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_Day_of_Remembrance
+[tlm]: https://tdor.translivesmatter.info
+[names]: https://tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports?from=2023-10-01&to=2024-09-30&country=all&category=all&view=list&filter=

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 slug: weeknotes-2024w24
 date: 2024-06-16T12:00:00-07:00
 categories: weeknotes
-tags: [Programming, Apple, Work, Arizona, Family, Blender, 日本語]
+tags: [Programming, Apple, Work, Arizona, Family, Blender, japanese]
 ---
 
 A very busy week.

content/blog/2024/weeknotes-2024w25.md

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+---
+title: Weeknotes for 2024W25
+slug: weeknotes-2024w25
+date: 2024-06-23T12:00:00-07:00
+categories: weeknotes
+tags:
+  - Basketball
+---
+
+Tess and I watched the [Celtics win the NBA Finals][celtics] on TV on Monday.
+The Celtics have 18 titles now, the most of any team in the league.
+
+[celtics]: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5571475/2024/06/17/celtics-mavericks-nba-finals-game-5-score-result/

content/blog/2024/weeknotes-2024w46.md

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+---
+title: 2024W46
+slug: weeknotes-2024w46
+publishDate: 2024-11-17
+date: 2024-11-15
+categories: weeknotes
+tags:
+  - Weeknotes
+  - Link Dump
+  - DNS
+  - Networking
+  - Trans
+---
+
+I was home sick from work for part of this week. I spent some of that time
+reading, solving a Rubik's Cube, folding some cute origami, and hacking on
+[silly projects][rubiks-scrambler].
+
+{{< tess >}} and I started watching the BBC miniseries adaptation of [Jonathan
+Strange and Mr Norrell][strange]. I haven't read the book but this show is
+making me want to. We've also been watching [Agatha All Along][agatha] on
+Disney+, a witchy and highly queer-coded sequel to [Wandavision][wanda]. I also
+caught up on [Shrinking][shrinking] on Apple TV+, which is great.
+
+Some stuff I found interesting this week:
+
+* Someone shared a link to this writeup about the proceedings of the [DNSSEC
+Root Signing Ceremony][dnssec]. Some things I found notable: the ceremony
+involves seven people who all must be present to sign the certificate; it is
+designed to support a 5% of dishonesty among the attendees. (5% is written into
+the spec.)
+* An acquaintance and colleague of mine, [Willow][willow], wrote a post about
+what they're doing to [live honestly][live-honestly] in a world that's
+increasing less hospitable to marginalized people.
+* This post entitled [Fixing the World][fixing] drew a good analogy between the
+work in front of us and the daily work of fisherpeople. Namely: maintenance,
+preparedness, community building, and vigilence for coming storms.
+* Tess sent me a post by Casey Plett called [And now, it's almost noon][noon]
+reminding us to tend to our grief, take care of each other, and "keep your head
+up."
+* Here's a 20 year old [comic][panic] from [Alison Bechdel][bechdel] (of the
+[Bechdel/Wallace Test][bechdeltest]) about trans bathroom panic.
+* [The Onion is buying Infowars][onion] with the backing of victims of the Sandy
+Hook shooting, saying they're going to make a "very funny, very stupid" website.
+{.paragraph-spaced-list}
+
+[rubiks-scrambler]: {{< ref "blog/2024/rubiks-scrambler" >}}
+[strange]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Strange_&_Mr_Norrell_(TV_series)
+[agatha]: https://ondisneyplus.disney.com/show/agatha-all-along
+[wanda]: https://www.marvel.com/tv-shows/wandavision/1
+[shrinking]: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/shrinking/umc.cmc.apzybj6eqf6pzccd97kev7bs
+[dnssec]: https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/dns/dnssec/root-signing-ceremony/
+[willow]: http://blog.bl00cyb.org/
+[live-honestly]: http://blog.bl00cyb.org/2024/11/living-honestly/
+[fixing]: https://write.as/malena/nov-8-2024-fixing-the-world
+[noon]: https://caseyplett.wordpress.com/2024/11/06/and-now-its-almost-noon/
+[bechdel]: https://dykestowatchoutfor.com
+[panic]: https://whyimnotanartist.net/2016/03/26/20-year-old-comic-on-trans-bathroom-panic-gender-policing/
+[bechdeltest]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test
+[onion]: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30p1p0j0ddo.amp

content/blog/2024/weeknotes-2024w47.md

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+---
+title: 2024W47
+date: 2024-11-18
+publishDate: 2024-11-24
+tags:
+  - Weeknotes
+  - Cooking
+  - Recipes
+  - Transgender
+  - LGBTQIA+
+  - Video Games
+  - Tech
+  - Arizona
+  - Daylight Savings
+  - NWSL
+  - Football
+  - Sports
+  - Orlando Pride
+---
+
+It was honestly a hell of week, with the combination of news, weather, and work.
+
+---
+
+Over the weekend I made some cookies. The recipe is one from my college days,
+and took a little digging to find, so I [wrote it up][c] on my blog to share
+with y'all.
+
+By coincidence, I read a [toot][genehack-toot] on Mastodon on Monday talking
+about writing and sharing recipes, and how the standard formats often don't
+serve us well. Gene's post about [Recipe Affordances][recipe-affordances] was a
+good read. All of that made me think of some conversations I've had with
+[Elaine][e] about how we format recipes, something she's thought a lot about
+too. It _also_ reminded me of some thinking I've done on how to share recipes
+here on this site in a more structured way. Maybe one day you'll see a
+[/recipes](/recipes) section.
+
+---
+
+Wednesday was [<abbr title="Transgender Day of Remembrance">TDoR</abbr>][tdor].
+
+---
+
+Someone on Mastodon raved about a new city builder that came out over the summer
+2024 called [Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic][wnr]. Design and build your
+own Soviet-era city!
+
+---
+
+Republicans in the US House of Representatives [worked themselves into a
+froth][morn] this week over newly elected House Representative Sarah McBride.
+The first in what will undoubtedly be a long string of attacks on the trans
+community from an emboldened right wing congress.
+
+---
+
+One of the best things about  my home state is the fact that it doesn't observe
+Daylight Savings Time. XKCD ran a [good strip](https://xkcd.com/3014/) this week
+about it.
+
+---
+
+Tess and I watched the <abbr title="National Womens' Soccer League">NWSL</abbr>
+final on Saturday night between the Orlando Pride and Washington Spirit. The
+Orlando Pride had an incredible season this year, and pulled out a [1-0
+victory][nwsl] against the Spirit.
+
+[c]: {{< ref "blog/2024/cat-in-the-cream-cookies" >}}
+[e]: https://diplograph.net
+[genehack-toot]: https://dementedandsadbut.social/@genehack/113501296814192706
+[recipe-affordances]: https://genehack.blog/2020/04/recipe-affordances/
+[wnr]: https://www.sovietrepublic.net
+[morn]: https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/congresswoman-mcbride-announces-she
+[nwsl]: {{< ref "blog/2024/orlando-pride-nwsl-final" >}}
+[tdor]: {{< ref "blog/2024/tdor" >}}

content/blog/2024/weeknotes-2024w48.md

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+---
+title: 2024W48
+date: 2024-11-26
+publishDate: 2024-12-01
+tags:
+  - Weeknotes
+  - Travel
+  - Arizona
+  - Friends
+  - Family
+  - Reading
+  - Transgender
+  - LGBTQIA+
+  - Cooking
+  - Thanksgiving
+  - Holidays
+---
+
+This week was Thanksgiving. This is a complicated holiday in the United States.
+We are taught a simple narrative in school about Pilgrims and American Indians
+sharing food together, but that's a vastly over-simplified narrative that papers
+over a long history of violence inflicted on Native tribes by the European
+settlers. This year I leared about the [Pequot War][pequot], during which many
+members of the Pequot tribe were killed or sold into slavery such that the trive
+was effectively eliminated.
+
+---
+
+I spent most of the week at home visiting family. I spent a lot of time
+visiting with family and friends, reading, and learning a [new method of solving
+a Rubik's Cube][cube].
+
+I made some [really tasty rolls][rolls] for Thanksgiving, among several other
+yummy things.
+
+My sister's boyfriend taught me how to play [snooker][snooker] one afternoon.
+I've long enjoyed billiard games, and snooker is pretty different from the 8 and
+9 ball games I usually play.
+
+---
+
+I finished "[I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom][doom]", a book
+my sister and I were reading together. It got very absurd at the end, and has
+some good thoughts for all of us about how technology affects our intra- and
+inter-personal lives. I could hardly put it down the last half. 
+
+---
+
+I've been reading and listening to a lot of journalism about what's coming for
+trans people in the United States once Trump takes office.
+
+* Slate's Outward podcast episode that asks "[Now What Do We Do?][nowwhat]"
+* "[Not Everyone Can Leave][leave]" in the Texas Observer
+* SF Chronicle ran an opinion piece about some [suggestions][sfc] legal experts
+have for LGBTQ families.
+
+I've been really torn on the question of how best to move forward since the
+election. There's a lot to sift through, and risks to weigh. I'm thinking and
+reading a lot, talking with {{< tess >}} and with my family. I don't know yet.
+
+[pequot]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pequot_War
+[cube]: https://www.speedcube.us/blogs/speedcubing-solutions/how-to-solve-the-3x3-last-layer-alternate-method-intermediate?shpxid=12516898-6e62-4655-b780-1f5397c1d24c
+[nowwhat]: https://slate.com/podcasts/outward/2024/11/journalist-mark-joseph-stern-joins-christina-cauterucci-to-assess-potential-rollbacks-on-equality-and-freedom-for-queer-americans
+[leave]: https://www.texasobserver.org/survival-advice-trans-teens-texas/
+[sfc]: https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/trump-lgbtq-legal-protections-19909773.php
+[doom]: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250285959/imstartingtoworryaboutthisblackboxofdoom/
+[snooker]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snooker
+[rolls]: {{< ref "blog/2024/milk-bread-rolls" >}}

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+---
+title: "2024W49"
+date: 2024-12-05
+publishDate: 2024-12-08
+tags:
+  - Weeknotes
+  - Software
+  - Trans
+---
+
+I did a little digging into some [advanced parts][make] of `make(1)`.
+
+---
+
+The US Supreme Court heard a case regarding a new law in Tennessee that would
+bar minors from receiving any kind of gender affirming medical care. This case
+has big implications for trans healthcare across the country, with many states
+having enacted new laws that limit access. I'm deeply worried for the trans kids
+who will be put at risk of violence and suicide because of the hate of a vocal
+minority.
+
+Slate's Amicus episode titled "[The Right's About Face on Parental
+Rights][amicus]" has a great interview with Chase Strangio, who works for the
+ACLU and argued the case to the Supreme Court.
+
+[make]: {{< ref "blog/2024/make-pattern-rules" >}}
+[amicus]: https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus/2024/11/trans-rights-at-the-supreme-court-a-huge-case-that-threatens-sex-discrimination-protections

content/blog/2024/weeknotes-2024w52.md

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+---
+title: "2024W52"
+slug: weeknotes-2024w52
+date: 2024-12-28T12:00:00-08:00
+categories: weeknotes
+tags:
+  - Weeknotes
+  - Meta
+  - Media
+  - Work
+---
+
+We've made it to the last week of 2024. Phew.
+
+---
+
+I've been working on [catching up]({{< ref "blog/2025/catching-up.md" >}}) on
+some blog posts from this past year. It's been hard to find the time to fill out
+posts the way I want to. This week, despite the hectic nature of holidays, I
+found some time to fill in some missing posts.
+
+---
+
+This [interview with Dr. Erin A. Cech][cech] about her new book _The Trouble
+with Passion_ was interesting. She's a sociologist focusing on social
+inequality, and she's written a bunch about how employers exploit people's
+passion for their work to compensate their employees less for the work they do.
+
+---
+
+A coworker told me recently about this website, [JustWatch](justwatch.com), that
+aggregates listings from various streaming services to answer the question
+"where do I watch this thing?". Very handy.
+
+[cech]: https://annehelen.substack.com/p/the-trouble-with-passion

content/blog/2025/_index.md

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+---
+title: 2025
+date: 2025-01-01
+---

content/blog/2025/ai-makes-me-sad.md

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+---
+title: "AI Makes Me Sad"
+description: Sad tooting about AI.
+date: 2025-09-05T13:56:40-07:00
+draft: true
+tags:
+    - AI
+    - Tech
+---
+
+[My own toot](https://mastodon.social/@erynofwales/115153168015169009) from a
+few days on Mastodon:
+
+> I don't know what to do with how much I dislike AI and its relentless creep
+> into my industry. The more I see of it, the more inevitable it seems, and the
+> more alienated I feel from the software engineering industry.
+>
+> It could very well push me out of the industry, not because it steals my job,
+> but because it robs me of the joy I had for this work.

content/blog/2025/america-tips-into-fascism.md

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+---
+title: "America Tips Into Fascism by Garrett Graff"
+slug: america-tips-into-fascism
+date: 2025-08-25T22:31:15-06:00
+categories: Links
+tags:
+    - Politics
+    - USA
+---
+
+From Garrett Graff at [Doomsday Scenario][post]:
+
+> Just months short of the nation’s 250th birthday, Donald Trump is close to
+> batting a thousand at speed-running the very abuses of power that led to the
+> Founders to write the Declaration of Independence in the first place. [Does
+> any of this sound familiar][l1]:
+>
+> * He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the
+>   public good.
+> * For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and
+>   altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments
+> * He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent
+>   of our legislatures.
+> * He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of
+>   Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
+> * He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to
+>   Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
+> * He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and
+>   waging War against us.
+> * For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world
+> * For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent
+> * For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury
+> * For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
+
+[post]: https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-tips-into-fascism-f51000e08e03254d
+[l1]: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

content/blog/2025/books/index.md

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+---
+title: Books I Read in 2025
+date: 2025-12-31
+draft: true
+tags:
+  - Books
+  - Reading
+---
+
+Here's a list of the books I read in 2025. My goal this year, like [last
+year][books24], was ten books.
+
+[On A Sunbeam](https://store.silversprocket.net/products/on-a-sunbeam-by-tillie-walden) by Tillie Walden
+: I bought this one at [Silver Sproket][silsp] in the Mission. It's space and
+young gay romance and found family. The art is loose but detailed; it's
+beautiful. I read it as a book, but it was originally published as a web comic.
+
+[The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1995][giovanni] by Nikki Giovanni
+: My dad gave me this book for Christmas. I haven't read a lot of poetry, and
+didn't know about Nikki Giovanni before I opened his gift.
+
+[books24]: {{< ref "/blog/2024/books" >}}
+[silsp]: https://www.silversprocket.net
+[giovanni]: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-selected-poems-of-nikki-giovanni-nikki-giovanni

content/blog/2025/catching-up.md

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+---
+title: Catching Up
+date: 2024-12-23T08:43:21-08:00
+publishDate: 2025-01-01
+tags:
+  - Travel
+  - Meta
+---
+
+I'm woefully behind on 2024 posts. While on holiday travel at the end of the
+year, I caught up on a couple.
+
+* In April, I went to Austin, TX to see the [Eclipse]({{< ref "blog/2024/eclipse" >}})
+with my friend Breanna.
+* In October, {{< tess >}} and I went to [Chicago]({{< ref "blog/2024/chicago" >}})
+to attend my friends' wedding.

content/blog/2025/crt-typography.md

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+---
+title: "CRT Typography"
+date: 2025-02-08T08:19:22-08:00
+tags:
+  - Typography
+  - Retro Computing
+---
+
+A fascinating [blog post][post] by Norbert Landsteiner about how the old DEC
+terminals (VT100, etc) rendered text. The glyphs in the terminal's ROM are
+pretty dramatically different from how they're actually rendered due to a
+vertical pixel doubling algorithm, and the physical effects of shooting
+phosphors with electron beams.
+
+[post]: https://www.masswerk.at/nowgobang/2019/dec-crt-typography

content/blog/2025/fixing-up-japanese-language-tags.md

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+---
+title: "Fixing Up Japanese Language Tags"
+date: 2025-01-07T13:33:20-08:00
+description: Updating Japanese language tag slugs to make them easier to navigate.
+tags:
+  - Meta
+  - Hugo
+  - japanese
+  - japan
+---
+
+Two years ago, I took a trip to Japan with {{< tess >}}. I wrote up my experiences on
+that trip in various posts, and shared several photos.
+
+Feeling perhaps overly-confident in my ability to read Japanese and my website
+engine's ability to handle non-ASCII content, I tagged many of those pages with
+Japanese language tags:
+[日本]({{< ref "/tags/japan" >}}),
+[日本語]({{< ref "/tags/japanese" >}}),
+[東京]({{< ref "/tags/japan-tokyo" >}}),
+[京都]({{< ref "/tags/japan-kyoto" >}}).
+
+This led to some unweildy URLs because of how Hugo rendered the Japanese
+language tags names into ASCII when generating file paths.
+
+```html
+<ul>
+    <li><a href="/tags/nature/">Nature</a></li>
+    <li><a href="/tags/temples/">Temples</a></li>
+    <li><a href="/tags/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC/">日本</a></li>
+</ul>
+```
+
+It's not necessary to convert URLs to punycode if your document is UTF8, but
+Hugo does it. Browsers should automatically handle converting to and from
+punycode when sending HTTP requests over the wire. Nevertheless...
+
+I went through my post tags and updated all of the Japanese language tags to
+have English slugs and Japanese titles. Now, these URLs are more friendly for
+typing (and the file paths are easier to navigate in a terminal) while still
+showing up in posts and tag list pages with the Japanese name.
+
+```html
+<ul>
+    <li><a href="/tags/meta/">Meta</a></li>
+    <li><a href="/tags/hugo/">Hugo</a></li>
+    <li><a href="/tags/japanese/">日本語</a></li>
+</ul>
+```
+
+
+## One More Thing
+
+I often tag posts with tags by location. For example, several of my posts from
+my Japan trip in 2023 are tagged with `/tags/japan` and with (e.g.)
+`/tags/tokyo`. For the place tags that are within a large region, like cities
+within countries, I added the larger region to the tag:
+
+* `/tags/tokyo` → `/tags/japan-tokyo`
+* `/tags/kyoto` → `/tags/japan-kyoto`
+
+I only did this for the Japan tags for now. I'll be making more such updates
+going forward.

content/blog/2025/hamonshu.md

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+---
+title: "Hamonshū"
+date: 2025-09-18
+tags:
+    - Art
+    - Web Design
+    - Design
+    - japan
+---
+
+Eric Meyer's [website](https://meyerweb.com) has a hand-drawn ink motif that I
+really dig. It's based heavily on drawings from the Hamonshū, a set of books
+produced by Yūzan Mōri. This work was new to me, and I enjoyed flipping through
+it on the Internet Archive, embedded below.
+
+<figure class="figure figure--small">
+    <iframe
+        src="https://archive.org/embed/hamonshuyv1mori"
+        width="800"
+        height="700"
+        frameborder="0"
+        webkitallowfullscreen="true"
+        mozallowfullscreen="true"
+        allowfullscreen>
+    </iframe>
+</figure>

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+---
+title: "I Am an AI Hater by Anthony Moser"
+slug: link-i-am-an-ai-hater
+date: 2025-08-28T08:36:59-06:00
+categories: links
+tags:
+    - AI
+    - Tech
+---
+
+A [fierce argument][link] against AI by Anthony Moser.
+
+> But I am more than a critic: I am a hater. I am not here to make a careful
+> comprehensive argument, because people have already done that. ... I am here
+> to be rude, because this is a rude technology, and it deserves a rude
+> response.
+
+[link]: https://anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/haterdom/2025/08/26/i-am-an-ai-hater.html

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+---
+title: "Japan"
+date: 2025-03-22T05:00:00-07:00
+draft: true
+---
+

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+---
+title: "MatrixPortal Metaballs"
+date: 2025-08-16T17:13:46-07:00
+tags:
+    - Hardware
+    - Arduino
+    - AdaFruit
+    - Metaballs
+    - Electronics
+---
+
+<figure class="figure figure--video">
+    <video controls width="100%">
+        <source src="metaballs.mov" type="video/mp4">
+    </video>
+</figure>
+
+I've had this [MatrixPortal M4][m4] from AdaFruit for a little while now. It's a
+fun little bit of hardware. Easy to hack on with the Arduino IDE. AdaFruit have
+published a bunch of useful libraries for doing fun things with these LED matrix
+displays. Here it is running a metaballs simulation on a 64&times;64 matrix
+display.
+
+[m4]: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-matrixportal-m4

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+---
+title: "Rings by ND Stevenson"
+slug: ndstevenson-rings
+date: 2025-08-28T07:43:45-06:00
+categories: Links
+tags:
+    - Comics
+    - LGBTQIA+
+    - Queer Joy
+---
+
+[Rings](https://www.imfineimfine.com/p/rings) is a beautiful love letter to
+their partner as he navigates a gender transition.

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+---
+title: Qud
+description: A short review of Caves of Qud, a roguelike video game I've been playing recently.
+date: 2025-01-01T10:48:30-08:00
+resources:
+  - name: screenshot
+    src: uumuuyushum.png
+    title: >
+      My best game so far. A vaguely turtle-shaped (?) being that can emit
+      sleeping gas when under threat, is pretty handy with a revolver, and eats
+      Snapjaws for breakfast.
+  - name: loading-screen
+    src: load-uumuuyushum.png
+    title: Uumuuyushum, level 10
+    params:
+      alt: >
+        A screenshot of the load game menu showing my most recent game: a
+        character named Uumuuyushum with a turtle-like carapace.
+tags:
+  - Video Games
+  - Roguelikes
+  - Caves of Qud
+---
+
+[Caves of Qud](https://www.cavesofqud.com) is an expansive roguelike game with a
+2D top-down perspective, and tons of procedurally generated content. It has a
+very <abbr title="The Dev Team Thought of Everything">TDTTOE</abbr> attitude,
+much like [Nethack]({{< ref "/nethack" >}}), and is notable for procedurally
+generating everything from maps to quests to characters to foundational in-game
+lore. Despite that, it does a really great job tying all that random content
+together into a cohesive world that feels rich, deep, and ripe for exploration.
+
+{{< figures/image name=loading-screen >}}
+
+After being initially a little put off for it, the recent 1.0 release along with
+a bunch of praise from folks I follow on social media persuaded me to grab a
+copy. I've put several hours into it now, including spending most of a 6 hour
+flight back from the east coast on the screenshotted game, and I am really
+enjoying it.
+
+{{< figures/image name=screenshot >}}
+
+Live and drink, friend.

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+---
+title: "I'm a Student Again"
+description: I started taking Japanese classes at CCSF.
+slug: student-again
+date: 2025-09-02
+tags:
+    - Life
+    - School
+    - japanese
+    - CCSF
+---
+
+I've been fortunate to take two trips to Japan over the last couple years.
+Leading up to those trips, I picked up learning Japanese, attempting to build
+some basic language skills for getting around. At first, I used [Duolingo][dja]
+but recently switched to [Migaku][mja].
+
+When I returned from our most recent trip, I decided to find a class so I can
+practice speaking skills. [Community College of San Francisco][ccsf] has an
+excellent program called "[Free City][fc]" that grants free tuition to residents
+of the city. It also has [Japanese program][ccsfja]. So I enrolled in their
+online Japanese 1A course.
+
+This is my first time taking formal classes since I graduated college. I'm
+looking forward to learning in a more structured way again, and also getting a
+chance to practice speaking with people rather than talking at my phone screen.
+
+[dja]: https://www.duolingo.com/course/ja/en/Learn-Japanese
+[mja]: https://migaku.com/learn-japanese
+[ccsf]: https://www.ccsf.edu
+[ccsfja]: https://www.ccsf.edu/degrees-certificates/japanese
+[fc]: https://www.ccsf.edu/free-city

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+---
+title: "I'm a Student Again"
+description: I started taking Japanese classes at CCSF.
+slug: student-again
+date: 2025-09-02
+resources:
+    - name: textbooks
+      src: textbooks.jpg
+      title: My textbooks
+      params:
+        alt: >
+            Three textbooks fanned out on a dark wood desktop. From left to
+            right: Japanese for Busy People Book 1, Genki Book 1 Workbook, and
+            Genki Book 1 Textbook.
+tags:
+    - Life
+    - School
+    - japanese
+    - CCSF
+---
+
+{{< figures/image name=textbooks >}}
+
+I've been fortunate to take two trips to Japan over the last couple years.
+Leading up to those trips, I picked up learning Japanese, attempting to build
+some basic language skills for getting around. At first, I used [Duolingo][dja]
+but recently switched to [Migaku][mja].
+
+When I returned from our most recent trip, I decided to find a class so I can
+practice speaking skills. [Community College of San Francisco][ccsf] has an
+excellent program called "[Free City][fc]" that grants free tuition to residents
+of the city. It also has [Japanese program][ccsfja]. So I enrolled in their
+online Japanese 1A (Intro to Japanese) and in-person Japanese 10A (Beginning
+Conversational Japanese) courses.
+
+The scheduling constraints are more complex this time around. Juggling the
+responsibilities of work, childcare, volunteer work, and other hobbies is a
+challenge. It makes me appreciate the freedom I had in my late teens and
+early-twenties.
+
+Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to learning in a more structured way again,
+and also getting a chance to practice speaking with real people rather than
+talking to the AI bots in my phone.
+
+[dja]: https://www.duolingo.com/course/ja/en/Learn-Japanese
+[mja]: https://migaku.com/learn-japanese
+[ccsf]: https://www.ccsf.edu
+[ccsfja]: https://www.ccsf.edu/degrees-certificates/japanese
+[fc]: https://www.ccsf.edu/free-city

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+---
+title: Termlite, A New Site Theme
+slug: termlite
+description: >
+  In 2024, I built a new theme for this site, incorporating Unix terminal
+  elements and making several architectural improvements over my previous theme.
+date: 2025-01-01
+draft: true
+tags:
+  - Meta
+  - Web Design
+  - Termlite
+  - Platters
+---
+
+In the latter half of 2024, I spent a decent chunk of the total time devoted to
+working on this site building a new theme. I'm calling it `termlite`, because it
+strives to incorporate some nerdy Unix terminal-y design while also prioritizing
+nice typography, readability, and accessibility.
+
+
+## Out With the Old
+
+The original theme, called `platters`, I also built from scratch. It was my
+first time building a theme for Hugo, and my first time doing substantial web
+development for my own site. So, I was figuring everything out as I went. It had
+a number of design elements I was proud of, but as it grew it got increasingly
+difficult to hack on to support the kinds of content I wanted.
+
+Some of the things I'm proud of:
+
+* the rounded corners and the drop shadows of the nav bar and home page platters
+* the animation of the home page elements after the page loaded, especially that
+it was adaptive so it worked differently on smaller screens
+* the text gradient of the site title in the nav bar, thanks to `background-clip: text`
+
+
+## In With the New
+
+My technical goals for a new theme are:
+
+* play around with Hugo's module system
+* structure templates to make them easier to work on, and crucially,
+* make it easy to make modifications to the styling to support new posts without
+  breaking older content
+
+I also had a design goal to incorporate some elements common to Unix shells in
+the theme. I am thoroughly at home in the terminal, having used one for the past
+twenty years or so.
+
+
+### Architecture
+
+This site is built with Hugo, which has a relatively new but extensive module
+system. I broke down my site into modules as follows:
+
+`termlite`
+: The core of the theme. The design system parameters (spacing, typography, grid
+scaffolding) is here, along with templates to display "list" content and single
+pages.
+
+`photostream`
+: Templates related to the [photo]({{< ref "/photos" >}}) section. The "list"
+template for the photo stream is substantially different from standard, and so
+is the single page template. So it lives in its own module that relies on
+`termlite`.
+
+`resource-builders`
+: Helper templates, a.k.a. "partials", for processing site and page assets. For
+example, there are templates in here for concatenating CSS files into single
+assets, then minifying and hashing them.
+
+`feeds`
+: Templates for RSS and Atom feeds. These are almost entirely unrelated to the
+content of the pages themeselves. I almost never touch these when I alter the
+site's layout.
+
+`image-utils`
+: Helper templates for processing images.
+
+I'm pretty happy with this division into functional components, but also
+unconvinced moving them into separate git submodules was the right call.
+Submodules are notoriously a pain to work with, and I'm feeling that a bit here.
+The docs around Hugo modules and Go modules seem to imply a one-to-one module to
+git repository mapping, and that's definitely the golden path. I wasn't able to
+figure out if that's a hard requirement, or something you can hack around.

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+---
+title: "Thirty Seven"
+date: 2025-01-14
+resources:
+  - name: eta-bootes
+    src: eta-bootes.png
+    title: >
+      Eta Boötes, indicated by the target reticle. Screenshot of Stellarium, an
+      open source planetarium package.
+  - name: ngc2169
+    src: ngc2169.jpg
+    title: >
+      NGC 2169.
+      Taken by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/buenosaires_skies/">Sergio Eguivar</a>.
+    params:
+      source:
+        url: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240514.html
+tags:
+  - Me
+  - Birthdays
+---
+
+Today is my birthday! :partying_face:
+
+[37][wp37] is prime, and also _sexy_ prime. It has the interesting property of
+being the number most likely offered when you ask someone to pick a number
+between 1 and 100[^1]. Thirty seven is neat!
+
+---
+
+Dennis is 37. He's not old!
+
+{{< youtube R7qT-C-0ajI >}}
+
+---
+
+{{< 2col >}} 
+{{< figures/image name=eta-bootes >}}
+{{< figures/image name=ngc2169 >}}
+{{< /2col >}}
+
+Eta Boötes, 37 lightyears away, is now in my [light cone][lightcone]. [NGC
+2169][ngc2169] is an open star cluster in Orion that looks remarkably like the
+number 37.
+
+---
+
+[thirty-seven.org](http://thirty-seven.org) is a website dedicated to the
+collection of artifacts marked with the number 37.
+
+---
+
+This Veritasium video is a cool roundup of the interesting things about 37.
+
+{{< youtube d6iQrh2TK98 >}}
+
+
+[^1]: When you control for 69 and 42, which have certain culteral significance.
+
+[wp37]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37_(number)
+[lightcone]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_cone
+[ngc2169]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2169
+[apod-ngc2169]: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240514.html

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+---
+title: "Two Neat Websites From Miriam"
+date: 2025-09-23T10:16:55-07:00
+tags:
+    - Pottery
+    - Web Design
+---
+
+A couple neat websites I learned about from [Miriam](https://www.miriamsuzanne.com):
+
+* [Learn Pottery](https://learnpottery.com) offers online pottery lessons. Makes
+me want to pick up throwing again.
+* [Utopia.fyi](https://utopia.fyi) helps you develop font size and spacing scales
+for responsive web design. I read about it in OddBird's recent blog post about
+[Designing for User Font-size and Zoom][ob].
+
+[ob]: https://www.oddbird.net/2025/07/22/size-preferences/

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+---
+title: "Notes on 2025W01"
+slug: weeknotes-2025w01
+date: 2025-01-05T12:00:00-08:00
+categories: weeknotes
+tags:
+  - Weeknotes
+  - Holidays
+  - Christmas
+  - Massachusetts
+  - New Years
+  - Friends
+---
+
+The first week of 2025 and I am still thoroughly in vacation mode. Let me the
+one millionth person to say: Happy New Year, Feliz Año Nuevo, and
+<ruby>あけましておめでとう<rt>akemashite omedetou</rt></ruby>.
+
+{{< tess >}} and I returned from our [holiday trip to Massachusetts][ma] with
+Erin. We had a great time visiting Tess' family. Erin and I were both excited to
+see a little snow too.
+
+We spent New Years with some close friends eating caviar and amazing roast beef,
+and playing [Sorry!][sorry] with the girls. In the morning, we went over to
+some other friends' place for brunch.
+
+The remainder of the week, an attempt was made to relax, but got hung up dealing
+with a case of head lice, moving logistics, and `some other things`.
+
+Despite all that, I played a lot of [Caves of Qud][qud].
+
+---
+
+I published some more catch-up posts and photos for 2024:
+
+* [Kona]({{< ref "/photos/2024/kona-hawaii" >}}) (photo)
+* [No Matter The Rubble]({{< ref "/photos/2024/no-matter" >}}) (photo)
+* [Christmas][ma]
+
+---
+
+I added my [StoryGraph][storygraph] profile to my [Where Am I]({{< ref
+"/about/where-am-i" >}}) page. Find me there if you want to see what I'm
+reading.
+
+---
+
+And now, some links:
+
+* [modernity is stupid][modernity] is a great rant about technology, politics, and the state
+of world. I read it a few weeks ago but forgot to share it.
+* [An Unreasonable Amount of Time][unreasonable] by Allen Pike, suggesting that
+magic, in the Penn and Teller sense, is simply devoting far more time to
+something than most other people would consider reasonable.
+
+[ma]: {{< ref "/blog/2024/christmas-in-massachusetts" >}}
+[qud]: {{< ref "/blog/2025/qud" >}}
+[modernity]: https://phirephoenix.com/blog/2024-11-05/modernity
+[sorry]: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/154343/sorry-with-fire-and-ice-power-ups
+[storygraph]: https://thestorygraph.com
+[unreasonable]: https://allenpike.com/2024/an-unreasonable-amount-of-time

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+---
+title: "Notes on 2025W03"
+slug: weeknotes-2025w03
+date: 2025-01-19
+categories: weeknotes
+tags:
+  - Weeknotes
+  - Me
+  - Birthdays
+  - Public Transit
+  - japanese
+  - Space
+  - Politics
+  - Mass Transit
+---
+
+My birthday was this week. I'm 37, which is a
+[pretty neat number]({{< ref "/blog/2025/thirty-seven" >}}), as it turns out.
+
+---
+
+Blue Origin [launched][newglenn] their New Glenn rocket [on Wednesday
+night][newglenn-yt]. A very cool launch of a very large rocket.
+
+Conversely, SpaceX launched Starship 7 and it .. [blew up
+catastrophically][starship] and spread debris all over the Gulf of Mexico. I
+hate seeing the environmental and human impacts of such accidents, but it does
+give me small joy when Elon takes the L. :upside_down_face:
+
+---
+
+Some articles I read this week:
+
+* [The Abuser Economy](https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/abuser_economy)
+* [A Secret Weapon in the Fight Against Trump: Better Public
+Transit](https://newrepublic.com/article/189842/public-transit-democrats-trump-climate)
+
+---
+
+An acquaintence referred to [Bunpro](https://bunpro.jp) in a conversation we had
+on social media about Japanese grammar. This site has lots of detailed
+information about the language and how it works.
+
+[newglenn]: https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/16/blue-origin-successfully-launches-new-glenn-rocket-into-space/
+[newglenn-yt]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hmOwYOO1G4
+[starship]: https://apnews.com/article/spacex-elon-musk-starship-e165e81ed2350ce684c7ed8d9357d7ba

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+---
+title: "Notes on 2025W06"
+slug: weeknotes-2025w06
+date: 2025-02-09
+categories: weeknotes
+tags:
+  - Weeknotes
+  - Middle East
+  - Trans
+---
+
+It has been a massive struggle the last few weeks to keep up with the news in
+the US. Coupled with some work stress, I've dropped the ball on posting week
+notes. This week I correct the error.
+
+---
+
+[States Don't Have a Right to Exist. People Do.][states] An excellent opinion
+essay about Israel's ongoing attack on Palestinians in Gaza.
+
+---
+
+A bunch of things about the Trump administration's attack on trans people.
+
+* [The Attack on Trans Rights Won't End There][atlantic-trans] by Adam Serwer in
+the Atlantic
+* [You Can't Post Your Way Out of Fascism][post] by Janus Rose for 404 Media
+* The Lempkin Institute put out a [Statement on the Genocidal Nature of the
+Gender Critical Movement's Ideology and Practice][lempkin]
+
+---
+
+I learned recently about the [End of Term Project][eot24] that archives US
+government websites at the end of presidental terms. They've been racing to
+preserve copies of many critical datasets before the Trump administration tears
+them down.
+
+[states]: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/opinion/israel-state-jewish.html
+[atlantic-trans]: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/trans-rights-skrmetti-trump/681485/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8L5fcZ8g4hk0vxwmQ79mPvw
+[post]: https://www.404media.co/you-cant-post-your-way-out-of-fascism/
+[lempkin]: https://www.lemkininstitute.com/statements-new-page/statement-on-the-genocidal-nature-of-the-gender-critical-movement’s-ideology-and-practice
+[eot24]: https://github.com/end-of-term/eot2024

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+---
+title: "Notes on 2025W33"
+slug: weeknotes-2025w33
+date: 2025-08-17
+categories: weeknotes
+tags:
+  - Weeknotes
+  - Life
+  - Me
+  - GitHub
+  - Forgejo
+  - Erynwells.me
+  - LGBTQIA+
+  - Trans
+  - Politics
+  - CLI
+---
+
+It has been a while since I wrote any weeknotes. Hi! I'm still alive. Life is
+keeping me busy and I find it difficult to fit in writing and sharing things
+sometimes.
+
+I had a goal this year of posting weeknotes like this on a roughly weekly
+cadence. I did not keep up. I got so frustrated with myself that my brain
+literally became this penguin and I stopped posting altogether.
+
+{{< figures/image global-asset-src=images/memes/not-doing-it.png size=small shouldShowTitle=false >}}
+
+This is all totally arbitrary and avoidable. And yet. Life is busy, the politics
+are shit, existing while trans is a constant source of stress. Maybe I owe
+myself some slack, right? Unfortunately, slack is not something I'm good at
+granting myself.
+
+---
+
+Tech Mastodon was abuzz this week about the new that [GitHub will be folded into
+the AI group][gh] at Microsoft. I have been meaning to move off of GitHub for a
+little while ago, and this kicked me over the edge. I set up a [Forgejo][fj]
+instance over at [source.erynwells.me](https://source.erynwells.me) to host my
+code going forward and migrated everything over there. Maybe one day I'll write
+more about this.
+
+---
+
+I also figured out how to get my VPS to mail me periodic emails of system status
+through FreeBSD's `periodic` system. I discovered that I get almost 1200
+unauthorized login attempts against my system every day. Wtf. Here's a small
+snippet of the attempts.
+
+```txt
+postgres    30 attempts
+ubuntu      31 attempts
+test        36 attempts
+debian      43 attempts
+user        64 attempts
+admin       124 attempts
+
+1156        total attempts
+```
+
+To my surprise, `root` is not among the attempted usernames.
+
+---
+
+Did you know [peacocks can shoot laser][peacocks] beams? Neither did I. I think
+this kicks them up about eighteen notches on the "Metalest bird" scale.
+
+---
+
+Someone tooted in my vicinity about [Terminal Trove][tt], a website that
+"curates and showcases all things in the terminal such as command line interface
+tools (CLI), text mode interface tools (TUI), developer tools and more no matter
+what platform or medium." Right up my alley.
+
+---
+
+Politics continues to suck in the United States. A few articles (of a great many)
+that stood out:
+
+[Impeachment is a Duty][impeachment]. Keep shouting about the house being on
+fire while the house continues to be on fire.
+
+There are [a lot of bills moving through state houses that limit access to
+gender-transition-related care][tcare], and seems a lot of these bills are
+flying under the radar.
+
+[It's not just burnout][bn] asks us to consider where we derive meaning in our
+careers, to stay mindful of how much is actually fucked about the current world
+order, and to cut ourselves some slack for the lethargy and demotiviation many
+of us are feeling.
+
+
+[gh]: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/github-will-be-folded-into-microsoft-proper-as-ceo-steps-down/
+[fj]: https://forgejo.org
+[peacocks]: https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/scientists-use-peacock-feathers-to-make-frickin-laser-beams/
+[tt]: https://terminaltrove.com
+[impeachment]: https://www.the-reframe.com/impeachment-is-a-duty/
+[tcare]: https://transnews.network/p/the-sweeping-anti-trans-bills-moving-through-congress-no-one-s-talking-about
+[bn]: https://newsletter.activevoicehq.com/p/it-s-not-just-burnout

content/blog/2025/weeknotes-2025w34.md

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+---
+title: "Notes on 2025W34"
+slug: weeknotes-2025w34
+date: 2025-08-24
+categories: weeknotes
+tags:
+    - Weeknotes
+    - Fonts
+    - AI
+    - LGBTQIA+
+    - Tech
+    - Politics
+    - Humor
+    - Standards
+    - IETF
+---
+
+What's this! Two weeknotes in so many weeks‽
+
+---
+
+[Kelmscott Mono][kelmscott] is a monospace font styled after blackletter scripts
+of the middle ages. Via {{< tess >}}.
+
+---
+
+I enjoyed this [tale about the trailing dot][dot] in a DNS entry.
+
+You [must listen][rfc2119-l] to this dramatic reading of [RFC 2119][rfc2119].
+
+---
+
+[This website is for humans][humans] by [Sophie][sophie]. Via {{< tess >}}.
+
+---
+
+The recent House budget bill [bans Medicaid for transition related care for
+transgender adults][cuts-medicaid].
+
+[House budget cuts could devastate LGBTQ+ people's health care][cuts]. No
+surprises here.
+
+[kelmscott]: https://github.com/seeddisperser/kelmscott-mono
+[humans]: https://localghost.dev/blog/this-website-is-for-humans/
+[sophie]: https://localghost.dev
+[cuts]: https://www.advocate.com/politics/budget-cuts-devastate-lgbtq-community
+[cuts-medicaid]: https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/house-spending-bill-now-bans-medicaid
+[dot]: https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/05/12/a-tale-of-a-trailing-dot/
+[rfc2119-l]: https://ericwbailey.website/published/you-must-listen-to-rfc-2119/
+[rfc2119]: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.html

content/blog/2025/weeknotes-2025w38.md

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+---
+title: "Notes on 2025W38"
+slug: weeknotes-2025w38
+date: 2025-09-21
+categories: weeknotes
+tags:
+  - Weeknotes
+  - Trans
+  - japan
+  - japan-tokyo
+  - Trains
+  - Yamanote
+  - uspol
+  - Travel
+  - Unions
+---
+
+I'm pretty behind on weeknotes again.
+
+-----
+
+It has been a truly awful few weeks for trans people in the US. I am worried for
+myself and for every other trans person navigating the daily terror of the
+political climate here. You are loved and valid, no matter what they say.
+:heart:
+
+----
+
+Someone [compiled all the station ditties](https://yamanot.es) along the
+Yamanote line in Tōkyō. Via [Jonathan Wight][wight], though the link is now
+dead.
+
+---
+
+[Jimmy Kimmel was removed from the air][kimmel] by a combination of ABC, Disney,
+and Nexstar over comments he made about Charlie Kirk. His comments were mild at
+best, and his removal portends bad things for freedom of speech and a free press
+in the US.
+
+---
+
+The US seems poised to pass a country-wide [bathroom ban][bathrooms] for trans
+people. It would deny trans people the right to use the toilets matching their
+gender, and _also_ deny them access to toilets matching their birth sex,
+effectively preventing trans people from using the bathroom in any public space.
+If this passes, I don't think I will be able to travel to the UK for any reason
+for the forseeable future.
+
+Sol Elias draws a comparison to the current [moral panic][panic] around trans
+rights and the "crack baby" era of the 1980s and 1990s.
+
+---
+
+The team behind the Diablo franchise at Blizzard has [unionized][diablo].
+Congrats to them!
+
+[wight]: https://mastodon.social/@schwa/115125526450662142
+[kimmel]: https://mastodon.social/@verge/115112175537370858
+[bathrooms]: https://www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bathroom-ban/
+[panic]: https://scalawagmagazine.org/2025/08/freak-generations-the-moral-panic-playbook-from-crack-babies-to-trans-kids/
+[diablo]: https://mastodon.social/@verge/115112175537370858

content/blog/2025/wnba-valkyries-mercury/index.md

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+---
+title: "Valkyries vs Mercury at Chase Center"
+date: 2025-08-19T19:00:00-07:00
+resources:
+    - src: full-court.jpg
+      title:
+      params:
+        alt: >
+            A wide angle view of the court and surrounding stands at Chase
+            Center. The stands are about half full. The large overhead display
+            above the court shows the logos of the two teams. 
+    - src: layup.jpg
+      title:
+      params:
+        alt: > 
+            Several players reach for the ball as it flies toward the basket.
+tags:
+    - Basketball
+    - WNBA
+    - Golden State Valkyries
+    - Phoenix Mercury
+---
+
+{{< tess >}} and I went to see the Mercury play the Valkyries at Chase Center in
+San Francisco tonight.
+
+{{< figures/image name=full-court.jpg shouldShowTitle=false >}}
+
+My own loyalties were divided for this game. As a girl from Phoenix, I rooted
+for the Mercury, but I couldn't help cheering for the Valkyries too.
+
+{{< figures/image name=layup.jpg shouldShowTitle=false >}}
+
+In the end the Mercury pulled through, finishing the game 98 to 91. Tess and I
+really enjoyed our seats and had a great time. :purple_heart:

content/blog/2026/_index.md

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+---
+title: 2026
+date: 2026-01-01
+---

content/blog/2026/thirty-eight/index.md

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+---
+title: "Thirty Eight"
+date: 2026-01-14
+draft: true
+tags:
+  - Me
+  - Birthdays
+---
+
+I'm turning thirty eight today!
+
+Neil Armstrong was 38 when he walked on the moon. (Buzz Aldrin was 39.) Jack
+Swigert was 38 when he timed the 14 second burn that brought Apollo 13 back into
+position for reentry to Earth.

content/photos/2023/fushimi-inari-torii/index.md

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 date: 2023-04-10T09:26:29+09:00
 series: 2023-japan
 categories: Travel
-tags: ["Nature", "Temples", "日本"]
+tags: [Travel, Nature, Temples, japan-kyoto, japan]
 ---
 
 The challenge at {{< ruby "Fushimi Inari-Taisha" ja >}}伏見稲荷大社{{< /ruby >}}, is to capture both the manmade and

content/photos/2023/happy-monks/index.md

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 date: 2023-04-19T04:53:09-07:00
 series: 2023-japan
 categories: Travel
-tags: ["Temples", "Buildings", "Nature", "Gardens", "日本"]
+tags: [Travel, Temples, Buildings, Nature, Gardens, japan-kamakura, japan]
 ---
 
 These cute little stone statues of happy, smiling monks were all over

content/photos/2023/heian-jingus-pagoda/index.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ linkTitle: Heian-Jingū
 date: 2023-04-12T04:13:23+16:00
 series: 2023-japan
 categories: "Travel"
-tags: ["Gardens", "Nature", "Buildings", "Kyōto", "日本"]
+tags: [Travel, Gardens, Nature, Buildings, japan-kyoto, japan]
 ---
 
 The pagoda at Heian-Jingū

content/photos/2023/imperial-palace-eaves/index.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ resources:
 thumbnail: eaves-thumbnail.jpg
 series: 2023-japan
 categories: Travel
-tags: ["Cities", "京都", "日本"]
+tags: [Travel, Cities, japan-kyoto, japan]
 ---
 
 This photo is a corner of the older part of the Imperial Palace in Kyōto. I'm

content/photos/2023/kinkaku-ji/index.md

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 date: 2023-04-11T14:52:07+09:00
 series: 2023-japan
 categories: Travel
-tags: ["Nature", "Temples", "京都", "日本"]
+tags: ["Nature", "Temples", japan-kyoto, japan]
 ---
 
 {{% ruby Kinkaku-ji ja %}}金閣寺{{% /ruby %}} was built as a private residence

content/photos/2023/kiyomizu-dera-pagoda/index.md

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 date: 2023-04-10T15:56:04+09:00
 categories: Travel
 series: 2023-japan
-tags: ["Nature", "Temples", "日本"]
+tags: [Travel, Nature, Temples, japan-kyoto, japan]
 ---
 
 [{{% ruby "Kiyomizu-Dera" ja %}}清水寺{{% /ruby %}}][website] is a Buddhist