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I’m John Williams

I build for the web and write about our digital culture. Posts here tend to be about whatever’s caught my attention. That usually means front-end development or the intersection of technology and the humanities, but sometimes other stuff sneaks in.

I also run a weekly lyrics guessing-game, because not everything has to be serious.

Black and white landscape photograph from the Blue Ridge Parkway. On the left in the foreground stands the trunk of a weathered, very dead tree with practically no branches; those that are left are near the top, and resemble twisted, broken fingers.
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Amazon Strolls Into Mordor

They ignored the obvious risks, but now the risks have become consequences and they’re looking for someone else to blame.

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Art sources

Good places to find free(ish) artwork for blog posts.

Ghost (and back again)

After years of running static sites, I had a brief flirtation with a hosted service.

Full Circle

Wanting more interactivity on my blog, even at a minimal level, has made static site generators more trouble than I want to deal with.

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