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Trans women are women! Trans men are men! Trans rights are human rights!
I am human and therefore make mistakes. Be kind. If you find a mistake I'd be glad to hear from you. You can write an email to hello [-at-] theresmiling [dot] eu.
I use a tiny amount of Java Script on this site, namely for the "top" buttons that appear in the bottom left corner when you scroll down a page, and for the box right here on this page that tells you which track I've listend to last. This whole site is otherwise completely usable without it.
The song I listened to last should be visible here. If not, then you have JavaScript disabled. Which is ok.
General Updates
Some minor changes. One under the hood: I added the "fediverse:creator" meta tag to all the pages on this site, so that when someone links to this site in the fediverse, a little tag gets added to the link preview that links to my fedi account.
Another change is right on this page: I added a little java script to show you the last song I've listened to. The script is from Joel Chrono. It fetches the data from ListenBrainz. I tweaked Joel's script a tiny bit so that I could style the text with CSS.
I also updated the Currently... section on the About page and the Games page.
New on the blog: The one where I throw out another of my strong opinions. This time about the use of "AI" output.
I added a new category to the Links page: non-Star Trek podcasts. Most podcasts I listen to are indeed Trek related, but sometimes I find and like one that is not.
New on the blog: The one where I list some of my favourite Italian pop music.
I have also updated the games page with new plants for the Flowergame and a new camper card and a photo of my current camp ground design for Animal Crossing Pocket Camp.
New on the blog: The one where I talk about organ donation.
New on the blog: The one where I wonder why we're scrobbling.
Small updates to the Currently... section on the About page, and I added two new old German language poems on the Wrting page.
On the blog I once again wrote about Star Trek. What can I say, I love this damn show too much. This time I'm talking about what's canon and what is not and why that doesn't matter.
On the blog I answer some questions for another BQC, this time about TV series.
There are a few new links and as always some updates to my games page.
New on the blog: The one where I tell you how I drink my coffee.
I updated my camper card for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, so if you've scanned it before, you can scan it again for an updated look.
There's a new blog post: All the posts I ever made? A plea for letting go.
One link got added to the links page.
I updated my stylesheet. There are some visible changes: the text block is a little narrower, the text a little bigger, margins are a little different, and some other things here and there. There are also changes under the hood: I tried to get a better structure into the stylesheet, I added a lot of comments (both in English in German, whatever worked best at the time), and added custom properties for all the colours (background and font). I really enjoy tinkering with CSS. Though every once in a while it also gets frustrating. LOL But every time I sit down and try to make things better I also learn something from someone.
I also added some new links and a page where I want to show some art I made in Python.
On the blog I present you 10 pointless facts about me.
There's a new blog post all About my name.
I frequently update my Flowergame plants and/ or my Pixel Cat's End not-cats on the Games page, and I don't think I'll post about it here every time.
Also, look at the top of the page. I made a trans pride coloured statement about trans rights. Fits neatly next to the Fight Fascism! image, don't you think? Did you know there's a link behind that image? Why not click it?
I did some work on the Links page: I restructured the Star Trek section a little, fixed some typos and descriptions here and there, added new links, and marked them with a hotpink New!. I still have a lot to do on that page, like add more links, and find a better way to sort them all. But one step at a time. We're not in a rush here.
I've made some changes to the Sammelsurium page: I turned the Flowergame card into its own page, and added some more Games to it. I updated what I'm currently into on my About me, added a link and made some text changes to the Links, and made some more very minor changes here and there, like fixing typos and such.
Last time I forgot to mention that I have a 404 error page again, which I changed a little in looks and words.
New blog post, and my first one in my native language of German: I think about how a good web could look like.
I added a page for my writing. That is poetry for now, and maybe prose later. It's filed under Sammelsurium.
There's also a new blog about how I want to change my social media use.
I have a favicon now! It will probably change it in the not so distant future though, once I figured out what I really want up there.
I also made the RSS feed I have for my blog autodetectable. Thanks to Shellsharks for the suggestion and help with that!
There's also the info now above that I am using a bit of JavaScript on this site.
I added the page Sammelsurium, where I'll collect single pages and other things.
I also added a Sitemap. It does not look like I want it to yet, but it's there and that's important.
Finally, I put the change-log (this very thing right here) in a scrollable box. Do you like it?
I cleaned up the HTML and CSS of my Star Trek: Discovery re-watch section. I also added a custom font for it, which fans of the show will recognise. I also finally finished re-watching season 5 and added that page. Beware of spoilers!!
I updated the links page: shuffled some sections around and added links, particularly to the new Small Web section.
I cleaned up the HTML and CSS even more since the last update. I mainly made the font size a little bigger and changed the margins of the main text block. I also added some links and will continue to do so without announcing it here every time I do.
Big CSS update. Barely visible, but I did quite a bit of work. All thanks to Kevin Powell and his great YouTube series called "HTML & CSS for Absolute Beginners". However, while grid made my photos work better in my blog posts when the view port is small, I have now a new issue of a huge gap between text and image when the viewport is wide. I think it has to do with the way I set up the grid-template-columns, but do not know enough yet to fix that. Though eventually I will tackle that one too. There are more things I want to update and do better in the stylesheet, but for now it's ok as it is. After all, this is a hobby project, I am allowed to take my time.
Other small updated around the site: Links, Currently..., fixed some typos, etc.
Updated the Currently... section on the About Me page and added the beautiful "Fight Fascism" image in the top right. There's a link behind it, so don't forget to click it!
Updated the Currently... section on the About Me page, added a few links to the Links page, tweaked some text here and there, and started to clean up the HTML using a new programme (VS Code instead of Notepad++).
Updated the Currently... section on the About Me page, added a new blog post, and added a link or two to the Links page.
Sometimes there are months between updates, and sometimes only days... I have added a section about where my internet name "theresmiling" comes from to the About page. There's also a new blog post.
Some changes on the about me page: I changed the intro text, added audio files with pronunciations of my name and nick name, and updated the "Currently..." list, which was horribly out of date.
I updated the links page with links to Notepad++ and Neocities (which are what I use to make and host this website).
I also posted a new blog with a loooooong list of (almost) all the tings I've ever been interested in. That's it. Just the list.
I updated the links page with some more Star Trek related links and single other links like to friends' websites.
In the DISCO re-watch section I completed my notes for season 3 and added all of season 4. The schedule is updated with dates and episode titles for the upcomoing season 5.
I added a "Links" page. It's already long, but it will only become longer and longer in the future. I'm nowhere near to done.
I have also added a "Currently" section to the "About Me" page. I didn't want to make it a whole separate page as I don't want to add a lot to it. It's just a list with a few things I am into at the moment.
You'll now find a link to my Discovery re-watch in the nav bar above. I added more notes on Discovery episodes; season 2 is now complete.
A new blog post is... well, posted. This time I talk about how you can start a journal of any kind, even, and especially, if you always wanted to but never knew how.
Besides in the fediverse I can also be reached by e-mail now. You find the adress on the about me page as well as under each blog post from now on.
I am currently re-watching Star Trek: Discovery and made a section just for that. It's got a different colour scheme, but the design is the same as with this part of my website. --> Let's Fly!
I switched fediverse servers, therefore I updated my links on the about me page. You can now contact me through @theresmiling@ibe.social
You can now subscribe to my blog via rss. For now the link to the feed is only on all the blog pages. And here in this very update. I wanted to get it up, I worry about the actual position and design of these things later. It's also not looking as I want it to in my feedreader, but at least it's working for me. Please tell me if it is not for you!
I also updated the little intro text at the top.
I added my blog. This also means that I have a real nav bar now. I'm not finished with it at all though. There are some things I want to do but need to learn first. However, for now it's ok.
I will not update this section with every blog post I make. It is only for general site updates.
Fixed some typos and made external links open in a new tab instead of the current one.
Added a couple of links to the additional resources list on the about me page.
Complete re-design of the home page, as well as added an about me page.