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21 April 2026

I am currently working on a massive update for the site. In fact it's so massive that I'm having increasing amounts of decision fatigue and am frequently either staring blankly at the list of things to do or adding to it. So...are we really working? The world may never know.

This is the part of the website project where I have such a massive list of things I want to do that it starts becoming a "To Do" list rather than an "I Do This For Fun" list .I struggle with this in all areas of my life, mostly because I tend to self impose a set of rules on how a thing should be done. Turns out I'm the ideas guy, not the labour guy. The reality is I just want to build a good foundation quickly and efficiently, because that is generally the most labor intensive step. But if I can do the entirety of a thing all at once, somehow it relieves so much stress that I can continue to work at my leisure afterwards. It's the method of "doing stuff" that I excel at. (Excel might be a strong word.)

For example, the Museum was supposed to be a little side project I added to slowly over time, whenever I wanted to work but didn't have enough brain cells to do any real coding. Instead, over the course of about two weeks, I designed and coded an entirely new layout, completely rewrote the directory structure, and learned some new codeing tricks along the way. So much for not using brain cells.

In that same vein, the Library was simply meant to be where the blog was kept and archived. Now I want to make it a whole new layout and there's a freakin' roadmap of all the ways I want to expand it:

1. Welcome desk (most recent blog post)
2. Browse the stacks (blog archive)
3. Librarian's Recommendations
• featured media, weekly
• media log, long term
4. Community Engagement (blogroll, basically)
5. Reference Materials
• image & code credits
• free stock photos
• places I learn new tricks

The way I have a tendancy to dive into the deep end of everything can make it really difficult to remind myself that my hobbies are...hobbies. They are for fun. I do not need to monetize them. I do not owe them anything. I can give them up at any time if they are not working for me. And most importantly, treating hobbies like a job is STUPID and TAKES ALL THE FUN OUT OF IT (for me).

There are certainly people out there who can live by the phrase "do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life," but I am absolutely not one of them.

I hope you enjoy your stay, find something fun or thoughtful or inspiring, sign the Guestbook I will hopefully someday possibly install. May This Book help you grok things that elude, intimidate, and scare you. Or at the very least, may it entertain you enough to keep you off big scary newsfeeds for a little while.