A basic pizza tomato sauce. Adapted from other sources.

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A basic tomato soup recipe. Creamy but still vegan and gluten-free.

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The 2017 holiday PixelCard is now available: Holiday Memories 2017.

Here are the cards that appear in the game.

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Once the temperature outside drops down near 0°C, it's time to mull cider. A delicious, hot drink to warm you up on a long, cold night.

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A rightward walking cycle for the Robie the Robot sprite I designed.

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A first version of the Robie the Robot sprite. This may or may not become something in the future.

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I built a streaming radio station for my home network using a Raspberry Pi and open source software. This post explains how it was setup, and some additional customisations I made.

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I created a new social media avatar for Hallowe'en, but I didn't think to share it here until now.

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Mu drags her axe behind her as she enters The Fisherman's Noose. The inn's common room tries to tempt her with delicious smells and the noise of drunken fights, but all she wants is to sleep. It feels like weeks since she left this morning, and the day's battles and exploration leave her so weary that her light travelling clothes feel as heavy as a paladin's full metal plate mail.

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I created a favicon image for this website.

Here's the large version:

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A new theme! The default wasn't what I wanted.

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These days, every website should have a digital certificate. HTTPS isn't just for your login and shopping cart checkout pages anymore.

Fortunately, "Let's Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority (CA), run for the public’s benefit." [1]

Unfortunately, my website is on a shared host (Media Temple) where I can't run the automation tools required for Let's Encrypt.

Here's how I made it work:

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A recipe for delicious, cold coffee. Great for the 3 weeks of nice weather we see each summer.

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Ok, "better" is subjective. Is this website better than no website? Maybe. Is it overly convoluted? Almost certainly.

Here is the setup I've created for web development:

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