The design considerations of this site

Server-side software used

None! This site used to be served with Writer’s Block, a Content Management System I programmed myself.

That changed in April 2015 when I converted this whole thing into a static website, generated by Jekyll.

Skeleton by Dave Gamache is a CSS framework that helps me ensure good mobile support and consistent content display across all platforms. It’s fantastic!
The navigation button icons at the top of the page come from Mark James’s amazing Silk Icon set.
Masonry by David DeSandro is a super cool Javascript library for producing irregular grids. I use it to render my article/book directory pages, since it can produce a columnar layout that sorts from left to right instead of top to bottom.
Karla by Jonny Pinhorn is used for titles, navigation and header/footer sections.
Open Sans by Steve Matteson is used for body text.
Consolas by Lucas de Groot is used for preformatted text.

Apologies for the poor image quality. I did a lot of the early stuff with a 56kb dial-up connection, and was trying to save bandwidth where I could.

“Side-by-Side” June 2002 — March 2004

“Front and Centre” March 2004 — September 2004

“Tabula Rasa” September 2004 — October 2005

“Newspaper” October 2005 — March 2006

“Manuscript” March 2006 — December 2012

“Display Case” December 2012 — April 2015

“Mobile Foam!” April 2015 — Current