23 Jul 2026 · SillyLaird — Changelog
Ops, security, and visual cleanup pass. Fixed nightly backup and uptime cron scripts (executable bits so maintenance actually runs); removed a broken missing-script cron entry. Blocked public download of ops docs, tools, and SQLite databases on the blog and changelog hosts; locked guestbook internal PHP bootstrap files at the edge. Blog public pages no longer open a session for anonymous readers; guestbook sessions start only when a form/captcha needs them. Blog gained HSTS/CSP headers; legacy b…
12 Jul 2026 · SillyLaird — Changelog
Hardening and hygiene. Admin password moved out of the web root (supports password_hash + legacy sha256); robots.txt disallows admin/API/tools; security headers are nginx-only (no PHP duplicates); homepage no longer sets a session cookie for anonymous visitors. /mstartpage/ permanently redirects to /startpage/. Shared head_meta on section indexes; locale dicts filled to parity; image budget scans startpage/gaming/computers and oversized assets recompressed; maintenance cron for backup, uptime, a…
3 Jul 2026 · SillyLaird — Changelog
Homepage polish pass III. Removed scanline screen textures in favour of soft radial ambient glows; improved secondary text contrast, prose typography for blog/changelog panels, and section breathing room. The vibe video placeholder now uses a terminal-style overlay; protocol pills gained a sidebar alt-nets nav; Friends, Countries, and Buttons collapse into accordions on mobile. Images stay PNG — no WebP conversion.
1 Jul 2026 · SillyLaird — Changelog
Visual polish pass across the homepage and startpage. Added a hero block with the Lain avatar, animated monospace tagline, and a more prominent "Where to start" card grid with emoji icons and neon accent hovers. Introduced subtle CSS-only ambient background textures (soft radial glows in dark mode, paper grain in light mode), section accent underlines, timeline-style update panels, guestbook card containers, and unified badge hover styling for friends/country/tile grids. Protocol pills and theme…
17 Jun 2026 · SillyLaird — Changelog
Homepage structure pass. Promoted the Gemini, Gopher, Tor, and I2P links into coloured monospace protocol pills in the header, collapsed the theme and language controls to icon buttons, and added a desktop homepage sidebar for quick orientation. Reworked "Where to start" into compact entry cards, simplified the contact block with Tor/I2P and alternate XMPP addresses folded into a details panel, and split the network area into clearer friends, countries, games, and buttons groups. Country links n…
9 Jun 2026 · SillyLaird — Changelog
Small-web day. Brought the Gemini capsule and Gopher hole fully online — fixed the servers, set them to start automatically with the box, and wrote a proper Gopher menu and Gemini index. The Gemini capsule now serves over the real sillylaird.ca certificate. Added Gemini and Gopher buttons to the header across the whole site and every subdomain, alongside the existing Tor and I2P links. Launched a gemlog (the Gemini name for a blog) at gemini://sillylaird.ca/gemlog/, mirrored automatically from…