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@@ -3,45 +3,53 @@ Author: bnewbold
 Date: 2016-05-01
 Tags: tech
 
-For the past 9 years or so
-([February 2007](https://git.bnewbold.net/bnewnet/commit/?id=5b31039d4c581048959dc51436f6918f29fbf9ea)
-through April 2016), this website has run reliably despite being a weird
-machine: a custom prototype web application for archiving and sharing digital
-"artifacts" of all sorts. I remember a bold and sparkling afternoon at a
-coffee house in Santa Cruz agonizing over URL structure and refining categories
-to collect all the material that would (aspirationally) accumulate here over my
-adult life.  All things considered I think this effort wasn't wasted: I have
-indeed collected wiki notes, photos, images (distinct!), short links, one-off
-pages, and longer form writing over the years. My enthusiasm for maintaining and
-interfacing with idiosyncratic administrative and upload panels, however,
-declined rapidly. Neither the source code web interface nor the git-backed wiki
-were ever completed or used. I gave up on spam moderating the comment system
-pretty quickly, never actually posted any blog entries, and only ever pecked in
-a couple dozen web links and tweet-like microposts. Even the photo gallery
-system became too much of a time sink to deal with after traveling. Over the
-years I deployed [gitweb](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitweb) and
-[gitit](http://gitit.net/), and after RSS starting going out of favor I even
-started using [tumblr](http://journal.bnewbold.net/) for random content posts.
-I was still using the Django admin panel's "flatpages" plugin to update my
-contact info and project pages right up through this spring though.
+For the past 9 years or so ([February 2007][0] through April 2016), this
+website has run reliably despite being a weird machine: a custom prototype web
+application for archiving and sharing digital "artifacts" of all sorts. I
+remember a bold and sparkling afternoon at a coffee house in Santa Cruz
+agonizing over URL structure and refining categories to collect all the
+material that would (aspirationally) accumulate here over my adult life.  All
+things considered I think this effort wasn't wasted: I have indeed collected
+wiki notes, photos, images (distinct!), short links, one-off pages, and longer
+form writing over the years. My enthusiasm for maintaining and interfacing with
+idiosyncratic administrative and upload panels, however, declined rapidly.
+Neither the source code web interface nor the git-backed wiki were ever
+completed or used. I gave up on spam moderating the comment system pretty
+quickly, never actually posted any blog entries, and only ever pecked in a
+couple dozen web links and tweet-like microposts. Even the photo gallery system
+became too much of a time sink to deal with after traveling. Over the years I
+deployed [gitweb][] and [gitit][], and after RSS starting going out of favor I
+even started using [tumblr][1] for random content posts.  I was still using the
+Django admin panel's "flatpages" plugin to update my contact info and project
+pages right up through this spring though.
+
+[gitweb]:   https://git-scm.com/docs/gitweb
+[gitit]:    http://gitit.net/
+[0]: https://git.bnewbold.net/bnewnet/commit/?id=5b31039d4c581048959dc51436f6918f29fbf9ea
+[1]:        http://journal.bnewbold.net/
 
 While it's been amazing how simple and low maintenance running everything
 (email, repositories, website, etc) has been, the thrill of being on an old and
 unmaintained release of GNU/Linux (Ubuntu 10.04) has worn off, and I'm cleaning
 house. This website (`bnewbold.net`) is now a simple statically generated
-([pelican](http://blog.getpelican.com/)) site. I've kept `gitit`, but moved to
-`gitolite` (one of my favorite pieces of software) and `cgit` for repository
-hosting. The server runs Debian stable (`jessie` to start with), and SSL/TLS
-certificates come gratis via the Let's Encrypt project, for which I'm very
-grateful. I've stuck with [linode](https://www.linode.com) hosting for this
-server, though [digital ocean](https://digitalocean.com) is comparable and
+([pelican][]) site. I've kept `gitit`, but moved to `gitolite` (one of my
+favorite pieces of software) and `cgit` for repository hosting. The server runs
+Debian stable (`jessie` to start with), and SSL/TLS certificates come gratis
+via the Let's Encrypt project, for which I'm very grateful. I've stuck with
+[linode][] hosting for this server, though [digital ocean][] is comparable and
 cheaper for setups with fewer photos and large files.  Many of these components
 are deployed in an automated fashion using the `ansible` deployment tool; you
-could fork and edit my [infrastructure scripts](http://git.bnewbold.net/infra/)
-to set up those components in minutes if you like (though it would probably
-take an afternoon or longer if you've never done something like this before).
-Not everything is settled yet: I haven't moved email, and I'm not sure if I'll
-stick with [mediagoblin](http://mediagoblin.org) for photo hosting.
+could fork and edit my [infrastructure scripts][infra] to set up those
+components in minutes if you like (though it would probably take an afternoon
+or longer if you've never done something like this before).  Not everything is
+settled yet: I haven't moved email, and I'm not sure if I'll stick with
+[mediagoblin][] for photo hosting.
+
+[pelican]:  http://blog.getpelican.com/
+[linode]:   https://www.linode.com
+[digial ocean]: https://digitalocean.com
+[infra]: http://git.bnewbold.net/infra/
+[mediagoblin]: http://mediagoblin.org
 
 <br />
 <center>
@@ -57,15 +65,17 @@ ice shelf
 <br />
 
 The name of my old server is `adelie` (named after a small species of penguin
-that [I saw a lot of](http://bnewbold.net/photos/detail/527/) in Antarctica),
-and it's days are limited.  Though the
-[`hier`](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/hier.7.html) (filesystem layout)
-of most of my systems are almost identical, I'm particularly comfortable on
-this one. It's seen me through a lot, more than any other computer system, and
-I'll probably miss it in a weird way.
+that [I saw a lot of][4] in Antarctica), and it's days are limited.  Though the
+[`hier`][5] (filesystem layout) of most of my systems are almost identical, I'm
+particularly comfortable on this one. It's seen me through a lot, more than any
+other computer system, and I'll probably miss it in a weird way.
+
+[4]: http://bnewbold.net/photos/detail/527/
+[5]: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/hier.7.html
 
 The new server is `adze`; here's hoping it lives even longer!
 
 <br />
 _**Note:** As initially posted this was just a stub; I re-wrote it in June
 2016_
+