perfidy

Welcome to this, the latest in a long line of futile updates to a long dead website. This is the sixth (or seventh) incarnation of a website that first came into existence in the dismal, ante-diluvian, pre-social-media world of 2003. 

Running counter to form, this incarnation of Perfidy shares the same platform as its predecessor. But seeing as we're most of a decade out from the last update¹1this post also details the history of perfidy and the origins of the current theme, we might just as well have switched. Moving from Drupal version 7 to the current version 11 required dealing with a staggering amount of very boring back-end changes, not one of which would interest the average, or even above-average reader. An uncharacteristic glitch in the all-knowing and capacious brain of Minister Patton lost some prfdy system files but God was - if not smiling, smirking - at us as I would have had to re-write them anyway. But all the required slogging was slogged, and you see before you a Perfidy reborn, future-proofed, and once more available to the five people and two dogs that are aware of it.

Some notable changes from the 2017 edition:

• All the meta text is now Montserrat, a font I've come to like. And the text you type in the comment fields or contact forms is Inconsolata, my favorite monospace font²2I am embarrassed to realize I have a favorite monospace font. I considered changing the main text font for a hat-trick of pointless font fussing, but left it at Merriweather.

• The search function is vastly improved, with better a better search tool that searches posts, comments, and pages. Further, it tells you which of these has your search term.

• Advanced AI technology was employed to create a brand new random thing field for displaying the perfidy taglines. It's no different in appearance or function than what once was there, but infinitely easier to manage on the backend.

• Advanced AI technology was further employed to create the capability to use Tufte-style sidenotes³3like this one right here. - a feature I have always wanted but was entirely too lazy to create.

• Advanced AI technology was recklessly deployed to create a tool that hides the format tips below the comment box, and replaces it with... WHATEVER I WANT. Straining at gnats, to be sure, but I wanted it and AI is nothing if not obsequiously eager to please.

• Many subtle changes to layout that no one will ever notice.

• Removed the social media sharing links because 1) I no longer approve of social media even to the small extent I once did, and 2) I really don't anticipate anyone being moved by the spirit to socially share anything posted here.

• Added some new categories which, aspirationally, I hope to make use of in the near future. These categories have been illustrated with brand new, fresh from the factory category icons.

Much else is the same as it was, or better. All content back to our inception is available, with categories checked and gross malfunctions of text redacted. I even found replacements for some missing images⁴4some, not all - and there are a lot of broken links after nearly a quarter century of bitrot. There is a new tools page (also linked in the footer) which will detail the specifics of what tools are used to create, maintain, and host the site. Eventually, there will be links to novels and role playing games I've created or am in the process of creating, and I may even be tempted to recreate the perfidy merch store, if only so that I can get a cool fire-logo shirt for myself again.