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A Chiefs vs. Eagles Super Bowl is the worst possible outcome for this NFL season🥱

The Chiefs chasing a three-peat feels like a dynasty overstaying its welcome. The Eagles remain a franchise I have no respect for, though I will admit watching Saquon Barkley dominate the field is a spectacle. The man is a force of nature.

My disdain for Philadelphia has only grown since the 2023 NFC Championship, when the 49ers lost after Brock Purdy went down in the first quarter, leaving the team without a healthy quarterback. The way the Eagles and their fans handled the injury has left a bitter taste that will likely never fade.

I will begrudgingly watch the Super Bowl, but could give zero fucks about who wins.

Another day, another refinement. The front page is tighter, sharper, and more deliberate. Reduced vertical padding brings a cleaner feel, while the hero section now features a retro font set against an animated background, very similar to what we are using on the Praeryx web site. Small changes, but each one bringing the vision into focus.

The footer navigation remains a challenge. The hover effects refuse to align with the header menu, defying every attempt at consistency. It is rather frustrating, but a solution exists even though it eludes me for now. The work continues.

Made solid progress on the updated site this morning. Refined the aesthetics, rebranded Now to Ping, and pushed the latest update to the front page. Ghost’s navigation output may have a bug with section headers, so I eliminated the second column in the footer. The remaining column is growing unwieldy, but that is a problem for later.

The work is ongoing. The structure is evolving. Every change brings the site closer to something sharper, more deliberate, more aligned with the vision. Progress is not just happening. It is taking shape.

Reblueified the hair today. Adjusted the cut. Refined the style. Instead of the usual slicked-back with a slight spike, it now sweeps sharply to the right. A deliberate shift. A controlled experiment in identity and aesthetics.

This will be the look for the next few weeks, at least until the top grows longer. The real test begins now. Will it hold? Will it demand relentless upkeep each morning? Time will decide. Adaptation is inevitable. The question is whether the change becomes a signature or just another phase in the evolution.

I have had my eye on Cyberpunk 2077 for a long time, waiting for the right moment to step into its dystopian world. That moment arrived with the Steam Deck OLED. It landed in my hands today, and the first order of business was downloading the game's massive 80GB data load. Once complete, I created my character and took my first steps into Night City.

I have barely scratched the surface. The mechanics are still unfamiliar, the controls still second nature to no one but the seasoned, but the immersion is undeniable. The atmosphere is rich with neon and corruption, the story unapologetically adult, and the world a dark, intoxicating vision of the future. I have only begun my descent, but I am eager to go deeper down the proverbial rabbit hole.

I made several changes to the site, most of them beneath the surface. Refining the underlying theme code and leveraging Ghost’s code injection capabilities is bringing the site closer to what I envision. But some challenges remain. For example, if I want the footer navigation to display social media icons alongside their respective links, I am going to need to write some custom code myself.

The work continues tomorrow. Progress is never just about what is seen. It is about what is built in the background, the unseen foundation determining the strength of everything above it.

The site continues to evolve. I refine the colors, integrate new icons, and reshape the static content. The articles remain untouched, preserving their original content, but everything else is shifting, adapting and aligning with a sharper and more deliberate vision.

My next objective is precision. The front page must do more than display information. It must demonstrate expertise. Every element should communicate my professional experience with clarity and impact. The current structure provides a foundation, but I aim to transform it into something more dynamic. It must not only inform but command attention.

The logo presents another challenge. It must capture both my personal brand and the essence of the site. Do I craft a bold insignia similar to the stylized monograms of Formula One drivers? Do I keep the alien, a symbol of past identity, or create something entirely new aligning with my future?

The decision is not yet made, but I continue the pursuit.

Identity is never static. I shape it through evolution.

Moving the site from Wordpress to Ghost is never a simple task. It is a battle against time, against forgotten content buried beneath layers of neglect, against the creeping realization that some things may never transfer cleanly. Some pieces can be salvaged. Others are too tangled in the past to be worth the effort.

That leaves a choice. Cling to what was or embrace something entirely new? Today, I made my decision. The old content will remain untouched, a relic of a previous iteration of the site, just as has been done a few times throughout the years. The new will begin with select writings from the Praeryx blog. A fresh start, not from nothing, but from something holding considerable meaning, and developed with significant effort.

The Books section remains a compelling idea. I read constantly. Ideas shape my work, my philosophy, my perspective on intelligence, security, and the world itself. But populating that section is its own challenge. The data must be correct. The structure must be precise. It cannot be rushed. It will grow over time, slowly and deliberately, just like everything else. Balance is essential. This is not just a migration of content. It is a reconstruction of purpose.

For nearly two decades, I swore by WordPress. It was the foundation beneath countless projects, a powerful engine capable of shaping ideas into reality. But over time, something changed. What was once a nimble and versatile platform became a sprawling and unwieldy behemoth. Layers of complexity, bloated functionality, and endless configurations turned even the simplest of sites into a labyrinth of maintenance. For a platform built to empower, it had begun to suffocate.

Then I found Ghost.

It is everything WordPress had forgotten how to be. Fast, elegant, and ruthlessly efficient. It strips away the excess, leaving behind nothing but pure focus. The simplicity is not a limitation. It is liberation. And the editor, unbelievably fluid, intuitive, and seamless, makes writing feel exhilarating again. It is as if someone had rediscovered the lost art of making technology invisible, allowing creation to take center stage.

Ghost is not just another tool. It is a return to what the internet was meant to be. A place where ideas move freely, unburdened by unnecessary weight.

Pardoning Ulbricht is crazy. Running a black market empire for drugs & weapons is one thing, but ordering murder-for-hire hits on people is next level depravity. Ulbricht is not some tech-savvy libertarian. His sentence may have been whack but the crimes are real.