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  • Time, Time, Time ⌛

    Time, Time, Time ⌛

    In which, I write about the Wheel of Time, zine making, freedom within structure, web design as worldmaking, and embracing my inner Samwise.

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  • Refining my Online Ecosystem

    After trying out several different blogging and newsletter platforms here’s what I’ve settled on for 2025 (and hopefully beyond!) No affiliate links. Just sharing in case it’s helpful. Newsletter 💌 This month I transitioned my monthly newsletter to Buttondown. It’s a paid service, but they do not take a percentage of paid subscriptions. The main […]

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    I remember the moment I discovered kening zhu’s website.

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  • This month I’ve undertaken a HUGE task of bringing all of my chickens home to roost on my own website. It’s going to take time to move all of the archives, but now everything (blog, newsletter, shop, portfolio, microblog) all live under sarahshotts.com. I’m also taking this opportunity to make my website more me.

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    Back in the 90’s when we built websites we would often put “under construction” banners and GIFS on pages we were still building. This Lemmings one was one of my favorites. (Tai’shar to whomever archived these from Geocities.)

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