diff --git a/Resources/Input/ThisSite.md b/Resources/Input/ThisSite.md index 74b958e..f6e99e7 100644 --- a/Resources/Input/ThisSite.md +++ b/Resources/Input/ThisSite.md @@ -1,4 +1,11 @@ # This Site -This site was a small project I worked on over the course of a few weeks while first returning back to university during my second year. The previous year I'd read a lot about the concept of (Permacomputing)[http://permacomputing.net/], the idea of reusing old computers and maximising their lifespan +This site is a small project I worked on over the course of a few weeks while first returning back to university during my second year. Its hosted on a small (lighttpd)[] server running on an old laptop from around 2003. I wrote a small C++ program that takes in MarkDown files and builds them into webpages. Everytime the server turns on it pulls from a repo, builds the code and runs it, this then builds the website and puts them in a folder for lighttpd to host. + +## The thoughts behind this + +During my first year at university I read a lot around the concept of [Permacomputing](http://permacomputing.net/). This is a set of ideas around reusing old computers and writing small systems that avoid [code rot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_rot) and use as little power as possible. +The driving idea behind this being that we've had computers that are powerful enough for most small jobs for quite a long time and realistically a lot of old e-waste is still perfectly good for these kind of small low-risk jobs and can be used in an eco-friendly way when worked with correctly. + +I'd been reading into Permacomputing for a decent while but never properly had the chance to experiment with my thoughts on it. Along with that I'd also spent time doing a module in my first year on the history of the internet and found the www's origins really inspiring diff --git a/Resources/Input/index.md b/Resources/Input/index.md index 50e91d5..f17323c 100644 --- a/Resources/Input/index.md +++ b/Resources/Input/index.md @@ -3,21 +3,22 @@ I'm Rosia Evans, this is my site where I log my work for myself and for me to show to others. This site is generated procedurally from markdown though C++ code I've written and hosted using [lighttpd](https://www.lighttpd.net/) on an old laptop through my router. You can find the code for it [here](https://github.com/Wil-Ro/Blog) and a more indepth talk about it on [this blog post](/ThisSite.html). - +_______ I'm currently studying at a small university in wales where I'm doing a BEng in software engineering whilst working on robotics and exploring my own interests on the side through various societies and personal projects. -Nowadays my interests lie mostly in low-power computing and electronics, experimenting with how computers can work in a more environmentally friendly world and how they can help us create that world. I find the environment is something I think about a lot and finding overlaps between it and my interests in computing has lead me to some really intersting communities. - -On the side of this I also enjoy using code artistically to create music through programming using [Sonic-Pi](https://sonic-pi.net/) and just creating programs in general with friends and colleagues. Most of my work can either be found in blog-posts here or on my [github](https://github.com/Wil-Ro). - -I've previously had interests in VR and XR and UI design, spending a lot of my secondary school years experimenting with both concepts so both websites also have a few probjects relating to those concepts. ![image of me](/profile.jpeg) +Nowadays my interests lie mostly in low-power computing and electronics, experimenting with how computers can work in a more environmentally friendly manner. I find the environment is something I think about a lot and finding overlaps between it and my interests in computing has lead me to some really intersting communities. + +On the side of this I also enjoy using code to create music through programming using [Sonic-Pi](https://sonic-pi.net/) and just creating programs in general with friends and colleagues. Most of my work can either be found in blog-posts here or on my [github](https://github.com/Wil-Ro). + +I've previously had interests in VR and XR and UI design, spending a lot of my secondary school years experimenting with both concepts so both websites also have a few probjects relating to those concepts. + To see my work, check the navbox to the side <- ## DISCLAMER! SITE STILL IN PROGRESS -This is all a bit everywhere rn +This is all a bit everywhere rn, the css will be given some frills at somepoint soon