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Life & fun · April 9, 2019

A minimalist blog based on Tufte CSS

Eric Lawler, Boise-based software engineering leader: Scrivings, musings, and more

A minimalist blog based on Tufte CSS launched on April 9, 2019 with 260 votes, #57 of 3,128 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.

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A minimalist blog launched in 2019 that uses Tufte CSS for its design. The site focuses on clean typography and simple layout principles, making content the primary focus. It is for people who prefer uncluttered reading experiences and appreciate web design based on Edward Tufte's principles of information display. The blog serves as a personal space for sharing thoughts and ideas without unnecessary visual distractions.

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2023 certainly ended up being an unusual year. I started the year with one goal Albeit a goal I still have no idea how to achieve. in mind, but that was disrupted a whopping ten days into January and never seriously revisited. If there’s one thing we can know for sure when setting goals at the beginning of the year, it’s that we have no idea what December 31 will look like. ⊕ …but I’d wager this is not the Year Of Full Self Driving Teslas nor AGI. Reflecting back on 2021’s goals shows I’ve made solid progress on my mountain bike bunny hop height since leaving San Diego for Boise–a totally normal metric that totally normal people…from lawler.io

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