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March 7, 2026
You may have noticed at the footer of the site are a few radio buttons with the labels of what looks like ice cream flavors. Well that's actually a reference to the game Earthbound on the Super Nintendo, and if you haven't heard of Earthbound then all you need to know is that it's a beloved RPG that is the inspiration for many-a other indie RPGs and fans will never not talk about how it's the greatest video game ever made.
I can't say that as a game have the same affection for it that I do with a lot of other titles from that era, chalk it up to me only playing it after it's heyday when it got re-released onto other Nintendo online services or whatever but that's beside the point.
What IS inspiring though, and something I've clearly taken from the game is it's UI particularly the window colors that one can select when starting up a new game.
After selecting some basic choices about text speed and sound mode, you get the option of five different "flavors" that change the window borders to different colors and I thought that was such a cool feature that I wanted to recreate it for this website.
By clicking any of those options below, you can change the theme of this site on the fly and all the choices will carry over between the pages as you navigate--which was probably the biggest pain in the ass to get that working as it should (never mind that as of this writing I STILL need to set it up properly on mobile). But it was all worth it just to add some more interactivity to this place and have the door open to thinking of even more wacky flavors beyond the six provided.
I'm almost inspired to make some candy now.
--Kevin
Current Book: Yaiba: Samurai Legend; Gosho Aoyama
Current Game: Resident Evil Requiem; Xbox Series X
Current Food: Al Pastor Chicken Bowls from Chipotle