{"id":1763,"date":"2015-03-30T02:11:44","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T02:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/?p=1763"},"modified":"2015-03-30T02:12:04","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T02:12:04","slug":"website-introspection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/30\/website-introspection\/","title":{"rendered":"website, introspection"},"content":{"rendered":"

My 9-5 (or rather, my 7-4) consists of working with websites. And some of those are…cluttered. It seems like sometimes the question is – “How much can be shoved onto this site at once?”<\/p>\n

And while I can’t always simplify those sites, I do have complete control over my own site. Over the past few days – and much of that was this weekend – I tidied up my site and simplified it. The homepage is stark, the links are unstyled and straight-forward, and the images are reduced. It’s quite plain at the moment and I like it.<\/p>\n

I’ve got some more work to do – updating text and adding in the google analytics code – but it’s very clean at the moment.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/thunderofwade.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Cleaning up my website was much like cleaning out a basement. Some things got tossed – lists of links and jokes that were never very funny. Others got moved elsewhere – mostly the origami over to http:\/\/thunderofwade.tumblr.com<\/a> And some things got saved off-line or to other resources – like that web comic I was so proud of when I first did it and became less proud of over time.<\/p>\n

Some of it was good and made me smile – like the old blog entries where I just ranted up a storm.<\/p>\n

Some of it made me sad – like the pictures of costumes I had helped Jeff with. I saved those images, but moved them to their own archive.<\/p>\n

The most interesting bit were the photos of me. I really don’t like having my photo taken and those are really few and far between. I put all of those on one page and watched as my hair, facial hair, and build changed over time. The photos aren’t in any order and that’s okay – it’s more of a collage instead of a timeline.<\/p>\n

Made me a little introspective about where I’ve been and how things are going now. I’m not one to really dwell on the past or the future and much prefer to focus on the present.<\/p>\n

And things are good.<\/p>\n

My arm is getting better and I’m kicking ass in the pool again. I’m really happy with my house and my cat is the coolest. I like my car and my job and co-workers are interesting and fun. I’ve got a great family and wonderful friends that share my adventures. And a pretty amazing special someone who looks out for me – and who I look out for in turn.<\/p>\n

And now it’s time to put my blog and website – and me – to bed for tonight.<\/p>\n

Sleep well, internet – I’ll see you tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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