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config.toml

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ show_feed = true
 show_theme_switcher = true
 show_repo = true
 links = [
-  	{ url = "@/blog/_index.md", name = "Blog" },
+  	{ url = "@/project/_index.md", name = "Projects" },
     { url = "@/pages/contact.md", name = "Contact Me" },
     { url = "@/pages/cv.md", name = "Experience" },
     { url = "@/pages/about.md", name = "About" },
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ links = [
 
 [extra.footer]
 links = [
-	{ url = "@/blog/_index.md", name = "Blog" },
+	{ url = "@/project/_index.md", name = "Projects" },
   { url = "@/pages/privacy.md", name = "Privacy" },
   { url = "https://kaesewerkstatt.petau.net", name = "Käsewerkstatt" },
   { url = "https://www.newpractice.net/author/aron-petau", name = "New Practice Network" },

content/_index.md

@@ -13,13 +13,76 @@ show_shares = true
 
 to the online presence of Aron Petau.
 
+<aside>
+
+![logo](/images/logo.png "Aron Petau")
+</aside>
+
+I use he/him pronouns and am based in Berlin, Germany.
+
+I am a tinkerer, designer, software developer, and work in digital education research.
+
 This site is a collection of my thoughts and experiences.
 
 I hope you find something interesting here.
 
 {% alert(note=true) %}
-This Page is currently under active construction.
+This Page is currently under active reconstruction.
 Broken links are to be expected.
 {% end %}
+Progress of the rebuild:
+<progress value="80" max="100"></progress>
 
-<progress value="75" max="100"></progress>
+{% alert(important=true) %}
+Last updated: 2025-05-14
+{% end %}
+
+{% crt() %}
+
+```
+➜  content git:(main) ✗ tree -L 2
+.
+├── _index.md
+├── blog
+│   ├── _index.md
+│   ├── 2018-05-03-printing
+│   ├── 2018-07-05-cad
+│   ├── 2018-09-01-beacon
+│   ├── 2019-03-19-plastic-recycling
+│   ├── 2019-06-01-ballpark
+│   ├── 2020-03-01-homebrew
+│   ├── 2020-07-14-critical-epistemologies
+│   ├── 2020-07-15-chatbot
+│   ├── 2021-03-01-coding
+│   ├── 2021-03-01-philosophy
+│   ├── 2021-04-13-thesis
+│   ├── 2021-08-01-iron-smelting
+│   ├── 2021-12-05-political-violence
+│   ├── 2022-01-22-critical-philosophy-subjectivity
+│   ├── 2022-04-01-allei
+│   ├── 2022-04-30-lusatia
+│   ├── 2022-12-03-stable-dreamfusion
+│   ├── 2022-12-04-lampshades
+│   ├── 2023-01-03-auraglow
+│   ├── 2023-03-01-ruminations
+│   ├── 2023-06-16-ascendancy
+│   ├── 2023-06-20-autoimmunitaet
+│   ├── 2023-06-20-dreams-of-cars
+│   ├── 2023-12-06-postmaster
+│   ├── 2023-12-07-commoning-cars
+│   ├── 2024-01-30-airaspi-build-log
+│   ├── 2024-03-25-aethercomms
+│   ├── 2024-04-11-local-diffusion
+│   ├── 2024-04-25-echoing-dimensions
+│   ├── 2024-06-20-sferics
+│   ├── 2024-07-05-käsewerkstatt
+│   └── 2025-04-15-master-thesis
+└── pages
+    ├── about.md
+    ├── contact.md
+    ├── cv.md
+    ├── privacy.md
+    └── rent-ulli.md
+```
+
+{% end %}

content/pages/contact.md

@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ date= 2025-05-01
 +++
 
 For starters, mails are gold and probably still the best way to reach me.
-[contact me](mailto:aron@petau.net)
 
+[Contact me: aron@petau.net](mailto:aron@petau.net)
 
-<div class="buttons">
-  <a class="colored external" href="https://t.me/apetau">Telegram</a>
+If for some reason you have no email, Telegram here also works, but is usuallyonly reacted upon if i recognize you.
+<div class="buttons centered">
+  <a class="big colored external" href="https://t.me/apetau">Telegram</a>
 </div>

content/project/2018-05-03-printing/index.md

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ tags = [
 banner = "prusa.jpg"
 show_copyright = true
 show_shares = true
-
+featured = true
 +++
 
 {% gallery() %}

content/project/2021-04-13-bachelor-thesis/index.md

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ tags = [
 banner =  "rt_choice_corr_by_condition.png"
 show_copyright = true
 show_shares = true
+featured = true
 +++
 ## An online psycholinguistic study using reaction time
 

content/project/2021-08-01-iron-smelting/index.md

@@ -4,35 +4,6 @@ date = 2021-08-01
 authors = ["Aron Petau"]
 description = "Impressions from the International Smelting Days 2021"
 
-gallery:
-  - url: /assets/images/coal_furnace.jpg
-    image_path: /assets/images/coal_furnace.jpg
-    alt: "a loaded furnace"
-    title: "a loaded bloomery furnace"
-  - url: /assets/images/isd_drone.jpg
-    image_path: /assets/images/isd_drone.jpg
-    alt: "the ISD from above"
-    title: "The ISD from above"
-  - url: /assets/images/iron_result.jpg
-    image_path: /assets/images/iron_result.jpg
-    alt: "glowing iron"
-    title: "glowing iron"
-  - url: /assets/images/burning_furnace.jpg
-    image_path: /assets/images/burning_furnace.jpg
-    alt: "a furnace burning"
-    title: "a furnace burning"
-  - url: /assets/images/compacting_iron.jpg
-    image_path: /assets/images/compacting_iron.jpg
-    alt: "compacting the resulting iron"
-    title: "Compacting the resulting iron"
-  - url: /assets/images/flir_furnace.jpg
-    image_path: /assets/images/flir_furnace.jpg
-    alt: "a heat camera image of the furnace"
-    title: "a heat camera image of the furnace"
-  - url: /assets/images/iron_smelting_graph.png
-    image_path: /assets/images/iron_smelting_graph.png
-    alt: "A cross-section of my furnace type"
-    title: "A cross-section illustrating the temperatures reached"
 
 [taxonomies]
 tags = [
@@ -52,9 +23,8 @@ tags = [
   "technology"
 ]
 
-
 [extra]
-banner =  "/images/compacting_iron.jpg"
+banner =  "compacting_iron.jpg"
 show_copyright = true
 show_shares = true
 +++
@@ -82,7 +52,7 @@ Below I captured most of the process in some time-lapses.
 
 ## The Process
 
-{% include video id="mC_RHxVbo2M" provider="youtube" %}
+{{ youtube(id="mC_RHxVbo2M") }}
 
 Here you can see a timelapse of me building a version of an Iron Furnace
 
@@ -95,9 +65,49 @@ Over the course of the process, more than 100 kgs of coal and around 20 kgs of o
 
 With all the modern amenities and conveniences available to us, a single run still takes more than 3 people working over 72 hours, not accounting for the coal-making or mining and relocating the iron ore.
 
-{% include gallery caption="Some more impressions from the ISD" %}
+Some more impressions from the ISD
+
+{% gallery() %}
+[
+  {
+    "file": "coal_furnace.jpg",
+    "title": "a loaded bloomery furnace",
+    "alt": "a loaded furnace"
+  },
+  {
+    "file": "isd_drone.jpg",
+    "title": "The ISD from above",
+    "alt": "the ISD from above"
+  },
+  {
+    "file": "iron_result.jpg",
+    "title": "glowing iron",
+    "alt": "glowing iron"
+  },
+  {
+    "file": "burning_furnace.jpg",
+    "title": "a furnace burning",
+    "alt": "a furnace burning"
+  },
+  {
+    "file": "compacting_iron.jpg",
+    "title": "Compacting the resulting iron",
+    "alt": "compacting the resulting iron"
+  },
+  {
+    "file": "flir_furnace.jpg",
+    "title": "a heat camera image of the furnace",
+    "alt": "a heat camera image of the furnace"
+  },
+  {
+    "file": "iron_smelting_graph.png",
+    "title": "A cross-section illustrating the temperatures reached",
+    "alt": "A cross-section of my furnace type"
+  }
+]
+{% end %}
 
 For me, it is very hard to define what technology encompasses. It certainly goes beyond the typically associated imagery of computing and industrial progress. It is a mode of encompassing the world and adopting other technologies, be it by time or by region makes me feel how diffused the phenomenon of technology is into my world.
 
 [Find out more about the ISD](https://sites.google.com/view/eu-iron-smelting-days/home?authuser=0
-){: .btn .btn--large}
+)

content/project/2022-04-01-allei/index.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ tags = [
 ]
 
 [extra]
-banner =  "/images/allei_screenshot.png"
+banner =  "allei_screenshot.png"
 show_copyright = true
 show_shares = true
 +++
@@ -52,27 +52,27 @@ It can gracefully recover from some common input errors and can make live calls
 It is mostly context-aware and features quite a bit of dynamic content generated based on user input.
 
 Have a look at the GitHub Repository here:
-[Check out the Repo](https://github.com/arontaupe/KommunikationsKrake
-){: .btn .btn--large}
+[Check out the Repo](https://github.com/arontaupe/KommunikationsKrake)
 
 If Ällei is for some reason not present on the page here, check out the prototype page, also found in the GitHub Repo.
 
-[Check out the prototype page](https://arontaupe.github.io/KommunikationsKrake/
-){: .btn .btn--large}
+[Check out the prototype page](https://arontaupe.github.io/KommunikationsKrake/)
 
+{% alert(important=true) %}
 I regard accessibility as a core question of both design and computation, really making tangible the prestructured way of our interaction with technology in general.
-{: .notice}
+{% end %}
 
-[Check out the Sommerblut Website](https://www.sommerblut.de/
-){: .btn .btn--large}
+[Check out the Sommerblut Website](https://www.sommerblut.de/)
 
+{% alert(note=true) %}
 Update: we now have a launch date, which will be held online. Further information can be found here:
-[Check out our Launch Event](https://www.sommerblut.de/ls/veranstaltung/875-allei){: .btn .btn--large}
-{: .notice--success}
+[Check out our Launch Event](https://www.sommerblut.de/ls/veranstaltung/875-allei)
+{% end %}
 
+{% alert(note=true) %}
 Update 2: The Chatbot is now online for a while already and finds itself in a "public beta", so to speak, a phase where it can be used and evaluated by users and is collecting feedback. Also, since this is Google, after all, all the inputs are collected and then further used to improve weak spots in the architecture of the bot.
-[Find the public Chatbot](https://chatbot.sommerblut.de){: .btn .btn--large}
-{: .notice--success}
+[Find the public Chatbot](https://chatbot.sommerblut.de)
+{% end %}
 
 <meta name="viewport" content="width-device-width, initial-scale=1">
 

content/project/2022-12-04-lampshades/index.md

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
++++
+title = "Lampshades"
+description = "An exploration of the depths of rhino/grasshopper"
+date = 2022-12-04
+authors = ["Aron Petau"]
+
+[taxonomies]
+tags = [
+  "3D printing",
+  "TODO, unfinished",
+  "grasshopper",
+  "lamp",
+  "lampshade",
+  "parametric",
+  "private",
+  "rhino",
+  "studio d+c",
+  "university of the arts berlin"
+]
+
+[extra]
+show_copyright = true
+show_shares = true
+banner =  "lampshade4.png"
++++
+
+## Lampshades
+
+During 2022, I was exposed to some of the awesomenest tools for architects.
+One of them was Rhino, a 3D modeling software that is used for a lot of architectural design.
+I hate it. It has quite an unreadable interface and is not very intuitive, with straight-up 80s vibes.
+It has plugins though, and one of them is Grasshopper, a visual programming language that is used to create parametric models.
+Grasshopper is insanely powerful and seems to be a full-fledged programming language, but it is also very intuitive and easy to use, rather similar to the new node-based flows unreal engine and blender are now starting.
+Sadly, grasshopper does not come as a standalone, and it requires Rhino to run and achieve many of the modeling steps.
+
+In that combination, Rhino suddenly becomes much more appealing, and I started to enjoy the process of modeling in it.
+I was able to create a parametric lampshade that I am very happy with and can modify on the fly for ever-new lampshades.
+
+Then printing it with white filament in vase mode was a breeze and here you can see some of the results.
+
+{% gallery() %}
+[
+  {
+    "file": "lampshade1.png",
+    "alt": "Parametric Rhino/Grasshopper lampshade 1",
+    "title": "A parametric lampshade made with Rhino and Grasshopper"
+  },
+  {
+    "file": "lampshade2.png",
+    "alt": "Parametric Rhino/Grasshopper lampshade 2",
+    "title": "A parametric lampshade made with Rhino and Grasshopper"
+  },
+  {
+    "file": "lampshade3.png",
+    "alt": "Parametric Rhino/Grasshopper lampshade 3",
+    "title": "A parametric lampshade made with Rhino and Grasshopper"
+  },
+  {
+    "file": "lampshade4.png",
+    "alt": "Parametric Rhino/Grasshopper lampshade 4",
+    "title": "A parametric lampshade made with Rhino and Grasshopper"
+  },
+  {
+    "file": "lampshade5.jpeg",
+    "alt": "Parametric Rhino/Grasshopper lampshade 5",
+    "title": "A parametric lampshade made with Rhino and Grasshopper"
+  },
+  {
+    "file": "gh_lampshade_flow.png",
+    "alt": "Grasshopper graph generating a parametric lampshade",
+    "title": "The Grasshopper flow for the lampshade"
+  },
+  {
+    "file": "grasshopper_lampshade_flow.png",
+    "alt": "Another view of the Grasshopper script",
+    "title": "The Grasshopper flow for the lampshade"
+  },
+  {
+    "file": "result_rhino.png",
+    "alt": "Rendered lampshade inside Rhino 3D",
+    "title": "The resulting lampshade in Rhino"
+  }
+]
+{% end %}

content/project/2023-06-16-ascendancy/index.md

@@ -19,22 +19,15 @@ tags = [
   "text-to-speech"
 ]
 
-
-banner =  "/images/ascendancy.jpg"
-
-gallery:
- - url: /assets/images/ascendancy.jpg
-   image_path: /assets/images/ascendancy.jpg
-   title: "The Prototype state of Ascendancy"
-
 [extra]
+banner =  "ascendancy.jpg"
 show_copyright = true
 show_shares = true
 +++
 
 ## Ascendancy
 
-{% include gallery %}
+![The Prototype state of Ascendancy](ascendancy.jpg)
 
 Ascendancy was an exploration of hacking states.
 Pirate Nations and Micronations have a rich history of challenging and ridiculing the concept of a nation state.
@@ -42,7 +35,7 @@ Meet ascendancy, the portable, autonomous and self-moving state.
 Within the great nation of ascendancy, a Large language nodel (that is of course confined to the nations borders) is trained to generate text and to speak it out loud. It can be interacted with though an attached keyboard and screen. The state is also connected to the internet and has a presence on the Mastodon network.
 
 Please check out the complete code of the project on GitHub.
-[The code of the GPT instance on GitHub](https://github.com/arontaupe/gpt){: .btn .btn--large}
+[The code of the GPT instance on GitHub](https://github.com/arontaupe/gpt)
 
 ## The Chatbot
 
@@ -50,7 +43,6 @@ The chatbot instance was setup with [GPT4ALL](https://gpt4all.io/index.html).
 
 Priority here was in the quick execution on local hardware. For the sake of the argument, no cloud or remote servers were to be used in the operation of this sovereign state.
 
-
 It was trained to respond to the following prompt:
 
 ### The Prompt
@@ -113,4 +105,4 @@ At Ascendancy, we have a beautiful countryside.
 Any proper state needs a press office. The state of Ascendancy was represented on the Mastodon network.
 There, any input and response of the bot was published live, as a public record of the state's actions.
 
-[Digital embassy on botsin.space](https://botsin.space/@ascendancy){: .btn .btn--large}
+[Digital embassy on botsin.space](https://botsin.space/@ascendancy)

content/project/2023-12-06-postmaster/index.md

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 +++
 title = "Postmaster"
-description = I now manage the domain petau.net with a mail server and attached sites.
+description = "I now manage the domain petau.net with a mail server and attached sites."
 date = 2023-12-06
 authors = ["Aron Petau"]
+
 [taxonomies]
 tags = [
   "activitypub",

content/project/2023-12-07-commoning-cars/index.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 title = "Commoning Cars"
 authors = ["Aron Petau"]
 description = "How can we attack the privatization of public space through cars?"
+
 [taxonomies]
 tags = [
   "accessibility activism",
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ tags = [
   "war on cars"
 ]
 
-
 [extra]
 show_copyright = true
 show_shares = true