changelog

2026/04/10

• nine new mac theme borders /free/snippets/borders.html

2026/04/07

• four more personal site buttons /links.html
• two more 88x31s /free/graphics/index.html

2026/04/05

• nine new videogame borders /free/snippets/borders.html

2026/04/03

• new collage game: bugtone :-) /bugs/tone/index.html
• linked from /bugs/index.html and /games/index.html
• posted about it /blog/bugtone.html
• color/bg/border update (greener now) /games/index.html

2026/03/31

• new page: border image collection /free/snippets/borders.html
• one new 88x31 /free/graphics/index.html

2026/03/27

• four more recs /recs/index.html

2026/03/25

• rebuilt /microscopy/
• server side includes instead of iframes
• no more hotlinking a script from 3Dmol.org
• changed the color of the navigation box

2026/03/22

• RIP tilde.32bit.cafe
• archived the pages for events i hosted /archive/32bit-destination.html and /archive/32bit-valentine.html
• updated links /sunday/index.html
• fixed 22 broken links (most dead, some alive) /glitch/index.html

2026/03/16

• two new 88x31s /free/graphics/index.html

2026/03/14

• new section for redistributed graphics w/ creative commons licenses /free/graphics/index.html
• first addition: compost stickers!

2026/03/03

• moved a site from /links.html to /graveyard.html
• mobile-ified /toybox/index.html

2026/02/28

• changed links style almost everywhere /style.css++
• unvisited = blue, visited = teal
• internal = dotted underline, external = solid underline
• dotted outline on hover, no more color inversion
• heheheh /mecha/xenogears/billy.html and /mecha/xenogears/chu-chu.html

2026/02/26

• more 88x31s, made mine click to download /links.html

2026/02/25

• no more dependence on github!
• moved ribozone.github.io/artsite/ to /free/guides/artsite.html
• changed github links to .zip downloads /free/layouts/index.html

2026/02/22

• reduced file size by 60% yay /cell-culture/index.html

2026/02/16

• webmaster questionnaire /blog/100q.html
• renamed/redirected /colophon.html (too fancy) to /credits.html

2026/02/07

• some new links, some dead links swept /links.html
• converted and compressed the largest images in my 88x31 folder

2026/02/06

• new layout for info hub /info.html, /about.html, /map.html
  • subpages now match /changelog.html (hi), /colophon.html, /uses.html, /now/index.html, /archive/index.html
• old info hub layout archived /archive/info-v1.html

2026/02/05

• added a little more style to /feed.xml with /style.xsl

2026/02/04

• added 4 beasts, increased speed /toybox/open.html
• remembered dragon fruit, kaffir lime, and galangal /plants/ive/eaten.html

2026/01/31

• new list style /map.html

2026/01/20

• stub pages up /mecha/xenogears/

2026/01/17

• ate lotus root /plants/ive/eaten.html

2026/01/14

• new layout /blog/index.html
• old blog layout archived /archive/blog-v2.html

2026/01/04

• open the door... /plants/index.html

2026/01/01

• new layout (like recs, it's more condensed, with css filtering) /sunday/index.html

2025/12/09

• joined webchain links.html

2025/12/07

• new layout (more condensed, with css filtering & sorting) /recs/index.html

2025/12/05

• new layout /games/index.html
• more organized game sections, with extra info in <details>
• new column for navigation & external links
• finally added cell culture link haha oops
• total overhaul of webcraft supplies (formerly known as free stuff) /free/
• standardized layout for /graphics/, /snippets/, and /layouts/, with a new navigation bar linking them together
• no more image backgrounds... hello conic gradient
• there may be still be a few vestigial css classes
• new stub page /guides/

2025/12/02

• wareware 88x31 /free/graphics/index.html
• more game buttons /links.html

2025/11/26

• added lazy loading and popover self-closing /bugs/grid/index.html

2025/11/25

• new page! gallery of mys old bug photos /bugs/grid/index.html

2025/11/23

• added 4 more personal site buttons /links.html

2025/11/17

• added around 250 bots to /robots.txt and created /ai.txt
• added 6 more personal site buttons /links.html

2025/11/02

• new (old) page /neopets/faben.html
• added mini fio by corrupted unicorn! /ffxiv/fio.html

2025/11/01

• moved hosts to nearlyfreespeech.net and added a .htaccess file to rewrite URLs (like neocities does) and prevent hotlinking (new! ha!)

2025/10/01

• weird web october! trying to make a page every day /weirdweb/#2025
• 10/31 update: made 24 pages!

2025/09/23

• info hub restructuring /info.html
  • moved changelog section to /changelog.html (hi)
  • moved code & image credits section to /colophon.html
  • removed 88x31s :O
• moved wwo section of /sunday/index.html to /weirdweb/index.html
• moved mantisdance.html to /bugs/dance.html
• moved recs.html to /recs/index.html

2025/09/17

• added newspaper popover /index.html

2025/09/16

• moved /birthday/2/index.html to /archive/birthday/2.html, and added comments directly to the HTML file (instead of loading them with javascript)
• button wall maintenance /links.html

2025/08/01

• i'm blogging daily /blog/blaugust-2025/

2025/07/27

• post /blog/nice-day-at-greenhouse.html

2025/07/26

• added comission by fern!! /ffxiv/fio.html

2025/07/21

• css tweaks to guestbook /contact.html

2025/07/20

• added section for itch jams /sunday/index.html
• added navigation to wwo pages finally /weirdweb/

2025/07/19

• gamezinething /cell-culture/index.html

2025/07/16

• added my webring! nature camp :) /neighborhood.html

2025/07/09

• new bg for info hub /info.html + /about.html + /map.html

2025/07/03

• more /free/graphics/index.html
  • new layout
  • added tmbg 88x31s to handmade
  • added cats and aliens to smiley world
  • added foray to educational software (WIP)

2025/06/29

• added one butterfly /sketchbook/index.html

2025/06/28

• new page: greenhouse /plants/index.html

2025/06/23

• code for pkmn-style border /free/snippets/index.html

2025/06/18

• new border style from broider /style.css

2025/06/08

• finished sunday sites section /glitch/index.html

2025/06/05

• dawntrail relic pic yaay /ffxiv/fio.html

2025/06/01

• site update post and new background /blog/

2025/05/30

• added myself /neighborhood.html

2025/05/29

• more links /glitch/index.html
• more links /links.html
• new page (with more links) /neopets/adoptables.html

2025/05/25

• RIP glitch
• new page :( directory of archived glitch pages /glitch/index.html
• moved codejam pages from glitch.me subdomains to this site
• /glitch/grab-a-bug.html
• /glitch/eight-stripes.html
• linked directory on /sunday/index.html and /graveyard.html

2025/05/14

• ate ramps, changed font to match the rest of the site /plants/ive/eaten.html
• color and heading style adjustments /historyofsci/index.html
• links to related projects /recs/state-songs.html

2025/05/11

• new layout (kombucha) /free/layouts/index.html

2025/05/05

• made first section less friendly because i keep getting uncomfortable emails. removed the long link list and replaced it with a row of buttons /contact.html

2025/04/30

• added link to cloud storage botanical station (plus a link to my notes about it) /games/index.html
• post /blog/real-plants-fake-plants.html

2025/04/12

• new pages! /neopets/index.html and /neopets/archive.html

2025/04/01

• april fööl
  • smooth mode /index.html -> /archive/aprilfools25.html
  • post /blog/homepage-redesign.html

2025/03/30

• three more /screenshot/garden.html

2025/03/28

• new section of the bug zone /bugs/fiction/
  • first page /bugs/fiction/hulkenberg.html
  • placeholder at /bugs/fiction/nausicaa.html
• one new toy /toybox/open.html
• dead link check on /links.html and /bugs/index.html

2025/03/17

• to-do list replaced by subdomain list + descriptions /info.html

2025/03/03

• announcing "notes" subdomain /blog/something-different.html

2025/02/13

• all states have songs now :) /recs/state-songs.html

2025/02/10

• two beasts /toybox/open.html
• two pages /sketchbook/index.html

2025/02/05

• new page to log housing lottery results /ffxiv/house.html

2025/02/02

• added pride flags /index.html

2025/01/24

• commission by freakphone!! and a few more screenshots /ffxiv/fio.html

2025/01/20

• twelve more songs /recs/state-songs.html

2025/01/20

• little is known /screenshot/garden.html
• pacrim button /mecha/index.html
• five more site buttons /links.html
• nine more songs /recs/state-songs.html

2025/01/15

• 32-bit cafe code jam page /sunday/light/index.html

2025/01/11

• added zeta gundam AMV /mecha/index.html

2025/01/03

• added interactive photo pile /free/snippets/index.html

2024/12/31

• happy new year! /blog/2024-in-review/index.html

2024/12/16

• condensed top section /info.html
• moved two sites from /links.html to /graveyard.html

2024/12/14

• added favorite mug /uses.html

2024/12/09

• added webfishing /sunday/fish/index.html

2024/12/08

• new page /ffxiv/index.html

2024/12/01

• site update post /blog/

2024/11/20

• new page /recs/state-songs.html

2024/11/16

• major layout revamp /ffxiv/fio.html

2024/11/11

• new page /virtualworlds/index.html

2024/11/03

• reflected on weird web october /blog/

2024/11/01

• remembered juniper, sassafras, sarsaparilla, star anise, and sumac /plants/ive/eaten.html
• halloweenmode deactivated /archive/halloween24.html

2024/10/24

• big changes! each blog post and RSS item now has its own page /blog/
• old blog retired /archive/blog-v1.html

2024/10/21

• added personal site buttons /links.html

2024/10/16

• new folder for old layouts /archive/
• new page for old nows /now/archive.html

2024/10/15

• halloweenmode activated /index.html

2024/10/09

• added one newly eaten plant (pawpaw) and two i just remembered (soursop and jicama) /plants/ive/eaten.html

2024/10/04

• little bandcamp friday list /blog.html

2024/10/01

• attempting to make a page every day for weird web october! see the list on /sunday/#wwo

2024/09/24

• site birthday card! two years old :) /birthday/2/index.html

2024/09/23

• new layout + short term update /now/index.html

2024/09/19

• two 88x31s based on road signs /free/graphics/index.html

2024/09/17

• three beasts /toybox/open.html

2024/09/08

• visual refresh for both site buttons yayyy

2024/09/05

• new page for exploring the personal web /neightborhood.html

2024/09/02

• dark mode bg + more personal sites /links.html

2024/09/01

• RSS update /feed.xml

2024/08/30

• 2 new 88x31s /free/graphics/index.html

2024/08/29

• added mastodon script /now/index.html

2024/08/27

• new sections on char's counterattack, pacific rim, and gunbuster, plus a much needed CSS upgrade /mecha/index.html

2024/08/25

• look at this leaf /blog.html

2024/08/24

• 2 new sketches /sketchbook/index.html
• 1 new 88x31 /free/graphics/index.html

2024/08/13

• 3 new 88x31s /free/graphics/index.html

2024/08/11

• tungsten filament /sunday/lamp/index.html

2024/08/05

• 3 new 88x31s /free/graphics/index.html

2024/07/28

• i made my first game! play it at /eukaryotestory/index.html
• new hub page /games/index.html
• linked through psx /index.html

2024/07/20

• two new pages! /uses.html and a "hidden" one

2024/07/13

• manatee adopted /toybox/open.html

2024/07/12

• some image compression around the site, ongoing
• updated some personal site buttons/links and added some musician sites /links.html

2024/06/29

• indieweb carnival entry /sunday/diy/index.html

2024/06/22

• emoji biodiversity image /screenshot/garden.html
• code jam passport and stamps added /sunday/fish/index.html

2024/06/18

• 32-bit cafe code jam page /sunday/fish/index.html

2024/06/15

• added minimal styling to /feed.xml with /style.xsl

2024/05/20

• reimplemented guestbook emojis /contact.html

2024/05/19

• wrote about random site portals /blog.html

2024/05/18

• converted layout from float to flex /contact.html

2024/05/17

• replaced 123guestbook iframe w/ comment script by virtualobserver /contact.html
• added gunpla 88x31 to /free/graphics/index.html

2024/05/16

• added 123guestbook emojis to /free/graphics/index.html

2024/04/21

• glitch code jam section added to /sunday/index.html

2024/04/20

• two new pages: /now/index.html and /screenshot/garden.html

2024/04/13

• four pixels captured /toybox/open.html

2024/04/12

• random page portal link and some new site buttons /links.html

2024/04/06

• added a redirect page for showing off my other sites on the neocities feed /offsite.html

2024/03/23

• code jam page /sunday/website/index.html

2024/03/09

• new layout (cyanobacteria) /free/layouts/index.html

2024/03/06

• added sketchbook code /free/snippets/index.html

2024/03/04

• new page for drawings /sketchbook/index.html
• back to summer window because the winter one is bumming me out /index.html

2024/03/02

• two (three?) creatures and a printable zine /sticky/note.html
• two pseudomonadota /microscopy/index.html
• some site buttons and a new section for non-biological sciences /links.html

2024/02/24

• read about /plants/ive/eaten.html

2024/02/22

• new free stuff hub /free/index.html
• /layouts/ moved to /free/layouts/
• new graphics page /free/graphics/index.html
• new code snippets page /free/snippets/index.html

2024/02/15

• /info.html split into separate pages again! /about.html and /map.html are standalone

2024/02/13

• valentine's page /sunday/sweetheart/index.html

2024/02/04

• LOL (lots of links) /links.html

2024/01/28

• finally made my first sunday site /sunday/calm.html

2024/01/18

• mecha monday thursday
• style improvements and brief updates to existing sections /mecha/index.html
• view source for a peak at upcoming sections
• new model kit page /mecha/kits/index.html
• kit #1 /mecha/kits/qubeley.html

2024/01/08

• my first zine now lives at /bugs/holding.html
• adjusted style, added zine and collage sections /bugs/index.html
• message to friends /contact.html

2024/01/08

• three guys /toybox/open.html
• more bugs /bookbug.html
• improved style /sunday/index.html

2023/12/31

• new free layout (amoeba); page now links to github for downloads /layouts/index.html
• parts two and three of crime & punishment /bookbug.html

2023/12/26

• part one of crime and punishment /bookbug.html
• nature webcam section & some new personal site buttons /links.html

2023/12/14

• new bookclub page /bookbug.html
• linked on /sunday/index.html
• added links in most sections /links.html

2023/12/04

• two claymations /clay/index.html

2023/12/02

• winter window /index.html
• one new doodle; lazy loading for all images /sticky/note.html
• links to digital copies of a few more books; style adjustments /historyofsci/index.html

2023/11/18

• style adjustments and 7 new molecules /microscopy/index.html
• more site buttons /links.html
• better organization of links /contact.html
• new page for my guys /virtualpets/index.html
• technically went live a week or two ago (sorry)

2023/10/29

• added fanlistings /info.html

2023/10/17

• link graveyard page for 32-bit cafe's halloween event /graveyard.html
• linked on /links.html and /sunday/index.html
• four new img /toybox/open.html
• one new img /sticky/note.html

2023/10/14

• intro section on linking + some new artist portfolio sites + lazy loading for buttons /links.html
• adjusted size a little /index.html

2023/10/08

• three new doodles /sticky/note.html
• one "new" animation /clay/index.html

2023/09/25

• font sizes in rem instead of px /style.css
• no more target="_blank" /info.html + /links.html + /toybox/open.html + /contact.html
• links to pet sites /contact.html
• more personal sites and visual artists /links.html
• fourteen new thingies /toybox/open.html

2023/09/10

• new history of science page /historyofsci.html
• linked to by chemistry setup /index.html
• three new cyanobacteria /microscopy.html
• new site buttons /links.html

2023/09/03

• dark mode!!! /style.css
• two new pixels /toybox.html
• three new amoebazoa /microscopy/index.html
• a few new web resources and site buttons /links.html
• alt text on all images /sticky/note.html
• quality of life improvements /index.html
• more contrast on nav text
• added recycling bin as a link to the layouts page
• made clock link to code jam page
• chemistry setup and plant hint at future pages

2023/08/24

• minor adjustments /style.css
• better organization & more href /links.html
• three new categories: visual art, video games, directories
• merged webweaving communities and website building resources into webweaving with subcategories
• added page navigation menu to header
• buttons and banners galore
• added header text and link to sitemap /index.html
• style update and added back button /not_found.html

2023/08/16

• major style rework
• changed from texas instruments font to DOS/V re. ANK24 and made font-size larger
• moved a lot of styling off individual pages and onto /style.css
• replaced some div tags with semantic HTML elements
• dark mode (via browser preference) on /index.html; still working on other pages
• changed clay page layout to stentor template /clay/index.html

2023/08/11

• free to use layout(s) now available /layouts/index.html
  • first one is live at /layouts/stentor/preview.html

2023/08/09

• new site button! you can find it here on /info.html and on /links.html

2023/08/08

• accessibility improvements /index.html
• blank alt text so screenreaders will skip reading image names
• font size can now be increased with browser zoom + scales better on small screen sizes
• general bettering /links.html
• buttons now have outline effect on hover
• fixed issue where alt text was in the wrong spot for all the buttons...
• new links under site building resources
• alt text for all images; most considered nonessential/decorative /info.html
• alt text on images, links to RSS feed and postcrossing account /contact.html
• style changes for divs and links, blank alt text to skip decorative images, no new content yet /recs.html
• four new notes /sticky/note.html

2023/08/03

• new entry /blog.html
• more personal site buttons /links.html

2023/07/28

• narrower scrollbars /style.css

2023/07/27

• RSS feed is live /feed.xml
• rss2html updates (requires js) /info.html
• added a bunch of buttons /info.html
• changed to image-rendering: pixelated /style.css
• finally made a favicon (amoeba)

2023/07/25

• added a:focus styling so that the page can be more easily navigated by keyboard /index.html
• layout tweaks + new stamps and text on the webkeeper tab /info.html

2023/07/19

• new site resources section, plus a few new links in other sections /links.html

2023/07/12

• homepage overhaul
  • splash page replaced by homepage /index.html
  • /home/index.html redirects to /index.html
  • text appears on hover through css instead of title attribute
  • new images and links
    • pigeon -> contact
    • sticky note -> sticky note gallery
    • desk drawer -> blog
    • aetheryte -> ffxiv
    • caterpillar -> clay

2023/07/01

• new!! /toybox/index.html + /toybox/open.html
• buttons everywhere /links.html
• one more blinkie /info.html
• four new notes /sticky/note.html
• new post + some layout adjustments /blog.html

2023/06/17

• updated style and made layout responsive /contact.html

2023/06/15

• a few new links and site buttons /links.html

2023/06/09

• new post /blog.html

2023/05/25

• fifteen new molecules /microscopy/index.html
• four new notes /sticky/note.html
• removed RSS to HTML widget (too slow) /info.html

2023/05/16

• new page! made a gallery for the sticky notes drawings i've given to my boyfriend over the past year and a half /sticky/note.html
• more site buttons, more links, starting to organize a bit /links.html

2023/05/10

• new site buttons, new links, brand new layout! /links.html

2023/04/28

• added some blinkies :) /info.html

2023/04/26

• added a fanlisting section + a new song, some minor formatting changes /bugs/index.html

2023/03/24

• new page for my ffxiv character /ffxiv/fio.html

2023/03/21

• added a painting of me to my bio (thank you ben <3) /info.html
• made a bug garden page for 32bit.cafe's spring event! /bugs/spring23/index.html

2023/02/17

• new page for the clay models i've been making lately at /clay/index.html

2023/02/09

• rearranged things, added stamps /info.html

2023/02/07

• custom domain! ribose.neocities.org is now ribo.zone :-)

2023/01/22

• new info hub /info.html
  • replaces /about.html, /changelog.html, and /sources.html
  • new sections (site): sitemap and news feed
  • new widgets (about): imood and status.cafe

2023/01/14

• added organisms + molecules /microscopy/index.html

2023/01/12

• new site buttons /links.html

2023/01/01

• first blog post! /blog.html
  • no link on home page yet because i am shy

2022/12/31

• mecha page is live! /mecha/index.html

2022/12/29

• new site buttons /links.html

2022/12/24

• new organisms /microscopy/index.html

2022/12/21

• new page about the little guys /microscopy/index.html

2022/12/20

• new font everywhere! (it's the one used by TI calculators)
  • thank you int10h.org
  • this font is much wider than the last one i used, so i adjusted div widths on most pages
• games and more music and a proper intro section in the bug zone /bugs/index.html

2022/12/15

• desk and contents now resize based on window width! (woooo) /home/index.html
  • thank you px to vw converter

2022/12/11

• sitemap/nav now viewable on all screen sizes /home/index.html

2022/12/10

• page navigation menu for mobile screens /home/index.html
• made my first 88x31 site button /links.html

2022/12/09

• my other site, drawingsformusic, is now responsive to window size (even mobile!)

2022/12/08

• made a links page! /links.html

2022/12/07

• general housekeeping!
  • added div border styling to /style.css and removed it from inline css
  • made outgoing links open in a new tab
  • deleted defunct pages /home.html + /bugs.html

2022/12/05

• guestbook and mail sections added /contact.html

2022/12/03

• new bug page is live! /bugs/index.html

2022/11/27

• updated all (?) links to direct to new homepage
• added image sources for new homepage /sources.html
• moved changelog to its own page (hi) /changelog.html

2022/11/26

• brand new homepage!! way more fun than the old one /home/index.html

2022/11/22

• vertically centered on different size windows + screens (woooo) /index.html
• reduced header size /home.html

2022/11/21

• new links and gifs /home.html
• formatted /not_found.html

2022/11/20

• created /contact.html
• created /sources.html
• added links to above pages /home.html

2022/11/16

• major reformatting /recs.html
  • replaced hotlinked images!!
  • new table format
  • new section breaks
  • new background
• changed background /index.html

2022/11/15

• major rework /home.html
  • added changelog (hi)
  • new table format
  • new top banner
  • added drawings for music link
  • changed background
  • changed construction warning
• moderate rework /about.html
  • added blinkies + stamp
  • changed text from 3rd to 1st person
  • changed background
• minor formatting /recs.html
• slowed color change /mantisdance.html