The (regrettable) era of “peter rukavina blogs” is over: behold the era of the square ruk. Right is left, left is right, fonts are smaller: it’s a whole new flavour of ruk. No doubt you will want to celebrate with an expensive branded water bottle.
For those of you who like to know such things, the face in the square is Aerohop from Haiku Monkey. Proving the adage: when in doubt, use typefaces made in Vermont.
And although this isn’t new, I will point it out: you can now become an member of ruk.ca. This lets you post comments in a “non-anonymous” way (i.e. it won’t say “(not verified)” beside your name) and is sure to eventually come with all manner of fun benefits.
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I am Peter Rukavina and this is my blog. I am a writer, letterpress printer, and a curious person.
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Some of my favourite blogs
Some of my favourite blogs are square…
Like it but why, even though
Like it but why, even though it is a 200ish x. 200ish pixel balanced square, does it display as about 10% taller than it is wide?
Looks great. May I please
Looks great. May I please have an extra 40 pixels of padding on the right?
40 pixels of padding on the
40 pixels of padding on the right added. Thank you.
I believe this is an optical
I believe this is an optical illusion.
Looks really good Peter.
Looks really good Peter. Maybe experiment a bit with shades of grey… the all-black or blue thing is a tad contrasty and hard on the eyes.
Also, if I’m logged in and verified, why do I still have to fill out the captcha when I’m commenting?
The (regrettable) era of
The (regrettable) era of “peter rukavina blogs” is over: behold the era of the square ruk.
I am certain that you said here awhile ago that yours was not a “blog”…
“It’s hip to be square”, I guess (You knew that one was coming, just didn’t know when).
A community feeling for a
A community feeling for a blog dedicated to our community. Thanks.
Good call on the CAPTCHA
Good call on the CAPTCHA overkill: moved the Drupal settings so that “authenticated users” have the “skip captcha” setting. So you and your member peers will no longer be CAPTCHA-burdened. Thanks.
Did I really say that this
Did I really say that this isn’t a “blog.” I don’t remember that. I do remember suggesting that I’m not a journalist, but I’m pretty sure that this is a blog and that I’m a blogger.
I agree the blue/black
I agree the blue/black contrast is harsh; experimenting with a subtler distinction between regular text and link text now, and would welcome feedback (or hex colour suggestions).
I agree, which is why the
I agree, which is why the memory of you saying different in the past stands out. Was in response to a comment about changing legal obligations of blogging, I believe. Whatever. It is what it is.
I measured with an actual
I measured with an actual piece of paper and a pen held up to the screen.
If it is an illusion, it extends into physical reality. Tell me you have not elongated reality by 10% on the vertical through this little experiment of yours.
Weren’t we hearing a year ago
Weren’t we hearing a year ago that nobody visits the blogs they follow anymore, and that it’s all just content via reader? Whatever happened to that? (I’m assuming the square logo isn’t “content”)
Alan, the logo is indeed
Alan, the logo is indeed square in terms of pixels. That said, some displays do not have an equal height/width on pixels. For comparison, try out this square.
Now I am sadder because the
Now I am sadder because the internet can’t guarantee that a square presented is a square seen.
I’m wondering about all these
I’m wondering about all these years you’ve been experiencing squished online reality and what it may have done to your vision of the world.
Perhaps it means I am
Perhaps it means I am actually slinkier and leaner than I think I am. Or maybe the other way, maybe fatter. Better not inquire further.
Ye gads! the summary is worse
Ye gads! the summary is worse than the blog.
“The (regrettable) era of “peter rukavina blogs” is over” sounded dire.
It’s merely a dramatic logo announcement.
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