Some time ago, I was looking for something in the Wayback Machine, and it struck me that I might grab a few shots of what this site has looked like.

As many changes and as radically different (yet the same) as the subjects of the blog itself…

First, there was the original look:

November 2004

It was running on Text Pattern, which was basic. And my design was basic. Because my skills were basic. But there was that classic header:

I still kind of like it…

Some years were unavailable in the Wayback Machine, so suddenly, we jump seven years to 2010:

May 2010

By then, I’d switched to WordPress, which gave me a lot more options as far as design goes.

February 2011

And with that freedom, I began to change the design regularly.

October 2011

With this being day 1500 of my daily posting streak, I thought it might be good to reflect on the site itself.

January 2013

I tried everything: magazine layouts,

March 2014

minimalist layouts,

December 2014

seasonal layouts, everything.

March 2018

Then I started using the Divi theme, and for about 6 years now, I’ve stuck with it.

May 2019

I’ve changed the header image,

June 2021

and I messed a bit with other design elements, but since about June of 2021, I’ve found something that I like and just hang with — except for the yearly change of the header image…