January 2026 Website Updates: What did you do to your website today?

I have switched to using IBM Plex Sans as my default sans-serif font on PC, Android phone and my websites, including leilukin.com, my tumbleblog and fanlisting collective.

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I finished off a guestbook for my website. It runs on a tiny API and stores entries in markdown format which either get auto approved or flagged for approval depending on content I define.

Approved entries get committed back to the repo daily so I have a constant backup and timeline.

You can sign it if you like so it looks like I have some friends :smiley: ritual.sh | Guestbook

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I’ve further refined my recommendations page. I initially wasn’t going to use images, but I think it does create more visual separation between entries and is thus easier on the eyes. I also added more styling to each entry, to help better distinguish between the data itself and my thoughts. I think it’s a big improvement!

Before:

After:

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Today I added a stickers[1] page to my site… I’d love to add more 32bit cafe members to it, let me know if you have a sticker[2] I can add to my collection :smiley:


  1. buttons ā†©ļøŽ

  2. button ā†©ļøŽ

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I couldn’t sit still and added a new web page template to my site. It’s called Wintertime and takes inspiration from the weather we have these days. No big deal, but it nicely rounds out my design page, which was a secondary goal for me.

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Updated a bunch of pages on my site:

  • Added (and removed) some bunnies and fizzy drinks from the pixel clubs
  • Added 2 new links to the Digital Museums section of the Fun Links page
  • Updated 2025’s reading log in the Library with the last of December’s entries
  • Added a new link to the shopping section on the Cats page and removed a couple dead links
  • Have been adding new kitties in Kitty Friends pixel club since last update
  • Most exciting is I’m getting back to the Godzilla Chronicles and have added a new entry!

As I’m updating pages, I’m also trying to go through them and make my html/css more legit. I’m surprised at some of the mistakes I’ve made yet the web browsers still render everything ok!

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I recently imported all my data from letterboxd so it can live primarily on my website. Going forward I’m going to write new reviews on my own site, then copy them out to letterboxd, POSSE-style. I’ve made the individual components as ā€œshortcodesā€ so I can embed a film review or a list of films in blog posts and other pages going forward, if I want.

I also added a button to the bottom of almost all pages that lets you ā€œnodā€. I’m not totally sold on the term. I wanted a like button or a hit counter or something like that, but anonymous, without any numbers, and without it sounding like a social media thing. So I have a nod button. It sends me a message that just says ā€œSomeone nodded at ā€. Not sure if I’ll keep it, but it’s an interesting experiment. Has anyone else done anything similar?

Both are visible at my new /films page. I think next I want to put some stats or other data on that page. Then do the same for video games, board games, and probably some other stuff…

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I rejigged my shrines website, Songs and I’ve built a small shrine today, to one of my favourite songs, ā€œHe Lays In The Reinsā€, from Iron & Wine/Calexico.

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Love your films page! Expect several nods as I make my way through your past reviews.

I hope it’s okay to highlight here, but I really like @small_cypress’ approach to this. It’s cute and it makes me smile every time I see it :slightly_smiling_face:

e.g. the meaning of life: indieweb carnival january 2026 | small cypress

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It’s the standard bear.blog ā€œtoastā€ feature with a switched out emoji! I am sure someone smarter than me has figured out how to recreate something similar.

and thanks for tagging me, reminded me to dust the cobwebs from my index.html :slight_smile:

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created a custom 404 page for starbreaker.org in which I blame Smudge for missing pages.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <!--
     HTTP ERROR? FUCK! EVEN IN THE FUTURE NOTHING WORKS!
-->
  <head>
    <title>
      404 | starbreaker.org
    </title>

    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport"
          content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <meta name="description"
          content="page or resource not found">
    <meta itemprop="name"
          content="404">
    <meta itemprop="website"
          content="starbreaker.org">
    <meta itemprop="description"
          content="page or resource not found">
    <meta name="author"
          lang="en"
          content="Matthew Cambion">
    <meta name="generator"
          content=
          "GNU Emacs (X11, GTK3) and arachne.mk ver. OU812 (make, m4, sed, awk, tidy, hxincl, hxselect, avifenc, exiftool, and some custom shell and awk scripts) on Debian GNU/Linux (Unstable)">
    <link rel="stylesheet"
          href="./assets/styles/screen.css"
          media="screen">
    <link rel="license"
          href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <h1>
        HTTP error 404
      </h1>
      <p>
        page or resource not found
      </p>
    </header>
    <hr class="medium">
    <main id="content">
      <p>
        This page should be here. Maybe Smudge stole it.
      </p>
      <figure>
        <picture><source srcset="./assets/images/smudge.avif">
        <img src="./assets/images/smudge.jpg"
             width="360"
             height="480"
             alt=
             "a low-resolution photo of a long-haired brown tabby cat with white markings sitting in an old wingback chair"
             loading="lazy"></picture>
        <figcaption>
          Smudge, the assistant webmaster for starbreaker.org, taking a
          break
        </figcaption>
      </figure>
      <p>
        I’ll try to reclaim it from him. Sorry for the inconvenience.
      </p>
    </main>
	
    <hr class="medium no-print">
    <footer>
      <p>
        Further detail concerning this error code is available at
        <a href="https://http.cat/status/404"
           title="meow!">http.cat</a> and in <a href= 
           "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Status/404"
           title="HTTP response status codes | MDN">Mozilla’s
           documentation</a>. Please direct all technical enquiries to
           <a href="mailto:webmaster@starbreaker.org">the
           webmaster</a>.
      </p><noscript>
      <p>
        If you can see this, you’re browsing without JavaScript.
      </p>
      <p>
        You won’t miss anything; I only use JavaScript at my day job.
      </p></noscript>
    </footer>
	
  </body>
</html>

Here’s the cat tax:

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