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First post on this blog
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Emiel Kollof
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March 27, 2025 15:00:00
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Every blog has a first post. This one is mine. We gotta start somewhere, right?
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A new blogging engine
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Yes, this is an engine I wrote to turn .groff. pages into blog posts. The only
external dependancy it has on OpenBSD is groff. It's written entirely in OpenBSD
ksh(1) and it's a single script. It's not perfect, but it works for me.
It has the following features:
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Templates
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Themes through CSS
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Static pages (no database, no problems)
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Open Source:
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If you look at the bottom right, you can actually see the groff source of this page.
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So, why a new blog?
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Well, I have this domain and I wanted to do something with it. I might as well
be something nerdy. Topics are going to be all over the place, but mostly
Music, OpenBSD, UNIX, and programming (or whatever one calls what I cobble
together).
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It also helps if I can point people to a place where I can explain things in
text rather than in a YouTube video. Or at least where people can read stuff
back at their own pace.
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Given my track record, I might not post that often, but I'll try to keep it
updated often enough. We'll see how it goes.
