PERPLEXING HODGEPODGE

My digital commonplace journal.

Launching version 1.0 - Orchid

I have been working very hard on this theme for the last two weeks and decided it's finally time to start introducing it.

Image credits:

  • https://pixabay.com/photos/orchid-flower-dendrobium-garden-6549325/
  • https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-of-exotic-flower-10981119/
  • https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-shot-of-purple-orchids-in-bloom-6725474/

let's get this Ball rolling

9 March 2026: 14:20

I just spent 2 hours trying to get xampp running so that I could open all my old .php files in a browser and screenshot them so they could be added to the /archive of all the old website designs I made years ago. Two hours. For screenshots. We kind of lost the plot a bit there, but also...it is not working. There are no screenshots.

This started when I found the hard drive which is an archive of aaallllll of my old computer files, as in, computers that no longer exist. Obviously I had to peruse. I clicked links. I opened jpegs. I spelunked into css. What was the entire point of this adventure? To steal code from myself, actually. Past me knew what she was doing. Today me does not.

Right: we are not here (in this hdd) for screenshots. We are here for theft.

Welcome to v1, last updated Monday 16th March 2026