diff --git a/content/post/2021-01-06-refreshed-look.md b/content/post/2021-01-06-refreshed-look.md index ae446cb..acb581e 100644 --- a/content/post/2021-01-06-refreshed-look.md +++ b/content/post/2021-01-06-refreshed-look.md @@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ Yes. You read that right. I *forked* the theme. And to add the functionality I r Then... -# Then version updates happened +# Then, version updates {{< imgthumb src="images/2021/frankenstein.jpg" size="200x" class="w-third center" >}} -Jekyll had several compatibiliby-breaking updates. I couldn't update my fork because it was far beyond my ability (I'm a scientist, not a designer nor a coder in the strict sense), and many plugins started falling apart. I had to hastily prepare a makeshift Docker image containing the exact versions of everything I had (Jekyll 2.5.x, even) and spend several hours trying to make it work correctly (that included using obsolete versions of Alpine Linux, for example). +Jekyll had several compatibility-breaking updates. I couldn't update my fork because it was far beyond my ability (I'm a scientist, not a designer nor a coder in the strict sense), and many plugins started falling apart. I had to hastily prepare a makeshift Docker image containing the exact versions of everything I had (Jekyll 2.5.x, even) and spend several hours trying to make it work correctly (that included using obsolete versions of Alpine Linux, for example). -In short, I made even a worse job than what Viktor von Frankenstein did. Unfortunately, I do not really want to be proud of that. The horrible contraption I built made even *writing* posts problematic, because the process would sometimes break. +In short, I made even a worse job than what Viktor von Frankenstein did. Unfortunately, I am not really proud of that. The horrible contraption I built made even *writing* posts problematic, because the process would sometimes break. It's good having a blog where not even the main author can write and expect things to be published, eh? @@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ More recently, I've been reading about [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/), a rather fast Thus, I used the [Ananke theme](https://github.com/theNewDynamic/gohugo-theme-ananke) with some extra additions (documented in the [git repository](https://git.dennogumi.org/websites/dennogumi-new)). Importing things was pretty painless. The CSS wasn't, and I'm sure there are still loads of broken things, but at least I'm moving forward. Please leave a comment if you find anything broken, thanks! -{{< imgthumb src="images/2021/merlin.jpg" size="700x" caption="Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail - © 1989 Sierra On-Line" >}} - Hopefully I can blog a little more than just making an update and disappearing again (not that I've disappeared: I've been fairly active doing packaging work in openSUSE). But again, to quote the words of Merlin, "it is a secret only known to the ancient gods and me." +{{< imgthumb src="images/2021/merlin.jpg" size="700x" caption="Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail - © 1989 Sierra On-Line" >}} +