A silly little website

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About

I'm just messing around with web design and making pages about various hobbies and things as an excuse to do that. I always have way too many projects and ideas going on at once. This needs "under construction" GIFs all over the place, lol.

To Do (maybe)

  • ? full on wacky CSS, even more than this page
  • something DND random generator using JS
  • rework the character ref page to have small images in default view and drop down bigger ones with text box
  • I have books listed as a tag for this but I haven't worked out what book related thing to add
  • I have some newspaper layout ideas, another very specific personal interest
  • maybe do a mini portfolio of some random test pages I've done
  • it would be great if I was motivated and energetic enough to continue the game thing by doing really cool proper art for SNES games

Best viewed on ANY browser newer than 2020 or so. Also works on phones (probably, usually). Although I'm using newer CSS, I'm trying to limit the total size of everything to like ten megabytes for the authentic 2005 experience.

I know checking the Lighthouse score is sort of the opposite of what neocities is about but I got 100% accessability score so that's nice.

I added some javascript to save the palette but for some reason I'm having trouble with the rest, I'm not that good at JS oops

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rust monster from dungeons and dragons

DND

Yes of course the classic nerd thing. I don't remember ever hearing much about it back in the day though. And it is rare to find a long term group in adulthood. And also pandemics and junk. Where was I going with this? Oh, right, I drew some things.

Xbox

Games!

Games of course. Xbox and PC, which is now Linux for me lol. Sure it's trading one set of problems for another, but I haven't rage quit yet.

I did a whole page for Xbox games I played the most. Just because it seemed like fun.

chocolate chip cookies

Food

Gotta have snacks and making them is also a hobby.

Everyone on the internet complains about recipes sites with hidden recipes, but that works better for a CMS. I can throw one in though.

Chocolate chip cookies

This is a basic recipe, just cut in half for bachelors.

  • 1 1/3 cup of flour, about 10 ounces
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Whisk all these together in one bowl. If you are prone to spilling salt, pour it into the spoon over the measuring cup you used for the flour, instead of the bowl!

  • 3/4 cup brown sugar, about 4 ounces
  • 1/2 cup of butter, or one stick (or can use Crisco)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 egg

I normally soften the butter in the microwave to help blend it in. (Also, a spare bowl or measuring cup to drop the egg into to inspect for shell pieces is handy.) Once all the wet is mixed well, start adding in the dry, until it gets consistent, and add in a cup of chocolate chips.

Variation: add 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder to the dry, and a teaspoon of water to the wet, and substitute white chocolate chips.

This is enough to fill two baking sheets that are about ten by fifteen inches, which is what fills one rack of my oven. I tend to make them smallish so they are more bite sized but giant is good too. Bake 8-9 minutes at 350F (at least in my oven, vary as needed) and let cool a minute before sliding onto cooling rack (and eating all the bits that fall off)