Credits

  • Entire site is hosted on Neocities.
  • The whole main design is inspired by or directly pulled from the game LOST SPHEAR by Tokyo RPG Factory, including the background image, everything in its secret shrine, and the footer quote from the studio's website.
    • (I don't own any assets from the game I just really really really love its aesthetic pls don't sue me squeenix)
  • Blogging script powered by Zonelets.
  • Website icon and the journal picture on the homepage are default assets from RPG Maker VX Ace.
  • Updating status box on the homepage is powered by status.cafe.
  • Gallery preview code shamelessly copied from Kalechips.
  • Shrine/reader layout code graciously provided by wren.

Changelog

18 August 2024
A new post, A Carton of Contradictions.
16 August 2024
A new photo gallery, John Lee Pratt Park, August 2024.
16 May 2024
Added a (WIP) light color scheme that automatically changes based on your device's light/dark setting.
8 February 2024
A new(?) post, 25 Videogames With the Most Lifetime Real Estate in My Head.
1 January 2024
Trimmed down the homepage's recent blog post list to show only the latest one, given the recent disparities.

2023
30 December 2023
Laid the foundation of the "shrine" that will hold my heap of Dragon Quest XI-related stuff. (about time.)
?? August 2023 to like late December idk
Grad school dragged me into a back alley and forced me to devote all my webdev energy towards another site for 3 months (it's around but good luck finding it)
17 July 2023
Transposed the "Good Articles" folder formerly nestled in the "Other Bookmarks" folder in the top right of the browser onto the site.
15 July 2023
Made a pair of new buttons, featured atop some tidied links and a couple new extras on the Zones page.
14 July 2023
Swapped out the old guestbook on the Contact page for a new "comment box." (sorry to the one person who left a message on the last one! I'm glad you liked the old design! It'll sorta be back eventually!)
12 July 2023
Added a new page showing the start what books I've read in 2023 so far.
9 July 2023
(Finally) uploaded and troubleshooted the new design, "archived" the old site, and added a new post, Exhaust Vents.
6 April 2023
Cleaned up a couple pages, added some developments to the semi-random facts on the About page, deleted a post that doesn't really belong anymore.
5 February 2023
Platypunks are now offered as consolation upon reaching the 404 page.
19 January 2023
A new post, Resolutions and Dissolutions.

2022
6 December 2022
Added a new page to the library showcasing the bulk of the books I read in 2022, plus added a couple new buttons to the Zones page.
14 September 2022
Added a fourth set of photos to the Teddy Bear Dwarf Sunflowers gallery.
8 August 2022
Added some new links to the Zones page and a third set of photos to the Teddy Bear Dwarf Sunflowers gallery.
13 August 2022
A new archival post, The World We Create (and the World Created). Renamed the Gallery page to the Library in anticipation for the myriad things that will eventually be displayed there.
7 August 2022
Added the first collection of images for the Teddy Bear Dwarf Sunflowers to the gallery.
5 August 2022
Wrestled with flexbox coding to finally give the About page the responsive layout it was always supposed to have, complete with a randomized image! Also added a dedicated Contact page.
3 August 2022
A new blog post, Tiny Plants, Taxing Hobbies, plus added some buttons to the index page.
6 July 2022
Added the Gallery page along with its first collection, a miscellany of old photos taken on a walk in Richmond last year.
23 June 2022
Quite a few changes, including a big one: I got my own domain! The original neocities.org still works, but every link should automatically redirect to jwhighwind.xyz. A new archival post on how to read Magus of the Library (or most commercial digital manga, honestly) in Japanese. Also added a few new sites and cleaned up some links on the Zones page.
16 June 2022
A new blog post, 日本語に戻る (Nihongo ni Modoru). Also added a guestbook on a whim. Kinda obliges the creation of a dedicated "contact me" page, but there wouldn't be much else to put on it...
23 May 2022
"Current status" dialogue box added to the homepage. Will this truly spur the creation of more microblogs compared to the infrequently used bird app? Only time will tell...
12 April 2022
Overhauled the Zones page to accomodate all my shiny new buttons and try to do justice for the sites linked without. I'm pretty sure I've forgotten a couple I've always meant to add, but I'll probably get them up there later. Also a new blog post, Food for the Soul (and Site).
11 April 2022
Changelog and credits page added, plus an overhaul of the footer. This will just record major changes or additions insead of the little touches I end up doing all over the place.