Design tenets of my website

really lovely and inspiring list of personal homepage principles.

these two were particularly comforting to me:

As with items in my flatfile or on my desk, organization shall not be an abiding concern, though resulting confusion shall never be an intentional effect. Data organization shall follow the terms of “I think I know where it is” and “it’s in there somewhere,” as elsewhere in my life.

All page content is subject to change, but no page’s styles or structure need ever be updated. Old pages retaining old markup should be considered kin to old subway stations retaining old signage with old typefaces. Pages shall be permitted to deteriorate.

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