It's a new year! Fiscal year? Eh...well, I got a few more days on hand before I level up and hit 45. In application, this is all about the 2023 New Year's Resolutions—yeah, those things that nobody has paid half-a-mind toward since February. I pulled it back from "Destinations." Don't get me wrong, I like the nautical theme. Pairs nicely with The Expeditions. But, I've got enough I gotta explain. People know and have expectations of resolutions.

As I lay in bed last night toward what lies ahead and the requirements thereof, I thought 21 resolutions were heavy! I fiddled around with whittling them down, but shoved that off for the next morning to resolve. I woke up and really loved the idea of all 21. MAYBE I might switch out "Custom & Salvage Computing" because I don't want to invest TOO much cash in that. That said, I like it conceptually because to me, it is no different than restoring a classic car. And when it comes to custom rigs...the sky is the limit.

While they ought to go largely unnoticed, I cobbled together a few updates for this website. I am removing my dependence on FontAwesome icons and Google Charts. This came to me during the recent power outage and Internet outage. As I would run my site locally and see how it was hanging, I decided to remove the calls to external API/JS. Honestly, I prefer just using a system font stack but when I get creative, I will just host it myself.

Drawbacks? No cute icons? Meh: ASCII and emotions are overkill. No generated charts? Meh: I'll do it local and take a screenshot. Honestly, I probably could host it all on my server, but I miss the days when this site was far simpler—no "one-off" things.

And I decided to rework the nav for a cleaner interface. Who doesn't want a higher signal-to-noise ratio...in everything?