2026-03-04 21:24:00
I read this great quote shared by Prasatt:
Be more generous than necessary. No one on their deathbed has ever regretted giving too much away. There is no point to being the richest person in the cemetery. Kevin Kelly
I love it. It’s so true, just like the saying, “always be a little kinder than necessary.”
Costs nothing, means everything. A precious gift for both the giver and the receiver. Something no money can buy.
I also think generosity is an important aspect of personal blogging. Not that everything needs to be free. If you feel like adding a “Buy me a coffee” button, or want to try other ways to make a few bucks, go for it. Give it a try.
But first, you really need to be honest with yourself about the intent.
If the answer even slightly leans toward the latter, don’t do it. You will get disappointed.
“I offer all this for free and people don’t even think it’s worth a cup of coffee. Why even bother continuing?”
You'll end up quitting blogging for the wrong reasons. Or maybe you started blogging for the wrong ones.
I have a full-time job. I would love to work 75 percent and spend more time blogging, but my salary won’t allow it. I could try asking my readers to support me, I even get the question sometimes, but don't dare do it.
I’m afraid it would lead to me getting “clever” about blogging. I’m afraid it would turn passion into pressure.
That's my two cents (which is 100% more than I earn from blogging).
2026-03-04 12:41:00
og post: https://spice.bearblog.dev/on-being-talentless/
Keep in mind I am just a random stranger from the Bearoverse who subscribes to her blog, and by all accounts I am someone whose opinion can easily be disregarded. But her words landed hard with me this evening.
Reading this felt like looking at something lifted straight out of a very old LiveJournal post of mine from twenty years ago. Because of that, I felt compelled to respond. I could be completely wrong about all of this, of course.
I strongly suspect this response would exceed the character count of most guestbook platforms, so I am posting it here in the hope that Tuesday happens to see it.
Feeling average can hurt, especially if you grew up surrounded by people who seem naturally exceptional. I know that feeling well.
My father is a very talented woodworker. My sister is an absolute angel with stained glass. My mom paints with this delicate precision that still amazes me. Meanwhile I have been doing photography for years and still second-guess simple operations all the time. Things someone “at my experience level” probably should not hesitate over anymore.
For a long time that made me feel like maybe I was just the mediocre one in the lineup.
What time eventually teaches you, especially once you spend enough years in the professional world, is that a huge percentage of people are simply winging it. They have been winging it long enough that it starts to look like confidence or talent from the outside.
There is also a strange hierarchy that forms around skills and professions where things are made to look more exclusive, more mystical, more “elite” than they really are. A lot of it quietly signals to others to stay out of the room. But once you have been around long enough, you start noticing how much of that structure is just smoke and mirrors.
One small thing I noticed while reading Tuesday's post is that it is thoughtful, structured, and honest in a way that a lot of writing on the internet simply is not. That may not feel like a talent from the inside, but from the outside it certainly reads like one.
The irony is that the people who worry about being average are usually the ones paying the closest attention to their own shortcomings. That self-awareness can feel painful, but it is often the same thing that eventually leads someone to develop real depth in whatever they do.
So feeling average is not necessarily evidence that you are. Sometimes it is simply evidence that you are paying attention. ■
🎧 Natalie Walker - Mars via Lush on SomaFM
2026-03-04 09:18:00
After a nearly 20 year run, I have deleted the last of my social media accounts. I dabbled in MySpace a bit early in my early teens, but really started in earnest with Facebook my senior year in high school when I received my college email address (back then FB required a .edu to create and account). At first, it was fun to friend new people I met at college parties, post funny statuses, and "poke" the cute girls (ask your parents, kids).
I was a bit late to the Instagram party and joined around 2013. That too was fun at the start. I worked in the service industry, so I used the app as a way to find the cool new bars and restaurants, or post updates about what I was doing at my coffee shop. I got a real sense of community out of those interactions over shared interests, and the early creators were fun to watch grow. Online personas weren't a business yet, it was just people having fun posting about cool stuff in their lives.
Over the next few years I watched from a distance as other platforms would pop up and fizzle out (RIP, Vine), or blow up into the propaganda juggernauts we know them as today (Twitter, Reddit). I never took my posting seriously, or had delusions of making money off it, but I enjoyed seeing what other people had to share.
During all this time, accounts turned into personal brands for some and engagement became the commodity. Posts became formulaic in an attempt to ride the algorithm. It got shitty. Plenty of post-mortems have been written about the death of social media and I'm not here to add to the heap. This post is merely my own autobiographical eulogy for my own social media days.
At the end of 2024 I dumped Instagram and Facebook, after not really using either for a few years. I had a Twitter, but never posted or read anything on it and deleted it ages ago. I made the jump to the Fediverse through Mastodon and Pixelfed, but microblogging just isn't my jam, and posting my photos on an app just doesn't butter my biscuit anymore. I don't want to read or write sub-500 character takes on the state of whatever, and glancing at someone's photos for a fraction of a second as they fly by with the help of my finger by isn't fulfilling. Now, I realize these are "me" problems and not problems with the platforms themselves, but I think that gets to the heart of why I'm dumping social media.
What I want from the internet has changed.
I realize that social media is not the entire internet, but it does make up a large part of how I interact with the internet. On microblog platforms, nearly every post is an argument for or against something. I find it mentally exhausting, yet I willingly invite those opinions into my life through the glowing portal I carry in my pocket. On photo-sharing apps, it's difficult for me to build an appreciation for the art I see when it's the size of a playing card in my hand. I take all of the amazing creativity I see for granted because it's right there at my beck and call. Neither of these scenarios, I feel, are adding value to my life experiences and, ultimately, that value is what I want from the internet.
I also can't deny the fact that I have changed quite a bit as a person. Through nearly a decade of sobriety and almost four years of therapy, I'm finding internal validation rather than seeking it from other people. I've done a lot of work on myself and like the person I've become. Social media just doesn't add to or enhance those positive feelings for me anymore like it used to, which is OK. I existed and thrived before I had social media accounts, and I will exist and thrive now that I don't have them anymore. I look forward to exploring new (to me) corners of the internet, learning new skills, and engaging with people through places like Bear.
And, if you still have social media and are enjoying it, good on you! We need more things that bring us joy in these uncertain times.
:)
2026-03-03 21:47:00
I mentioned earlier that my next theme would be “quite the opposite when it comes to looks” compared to Bearful. I wasn’t exaggerating.
Say hello to Pixel Bear!
The theme is a celebration of Sylvia’s awesome pixel bears, which she created for the ongoing Bearblog Creation Festival. It comes with a pixelated, retro-inspired style and a bunch of geeky little details.
The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer. Kevin Flynn
Pixel Bear is based on the Bearful theme, so most add-ons should work fine, even though I haven’t tested them all.
I’ve also included a new upvote button, updated looks for the guestbook and status log, plus side note (.pixel-note) and image frame (.pixel-frame) styles.
I’ve just touched down in Sweden after two months in Thailand, so there might be a few jet lag quirks.
👆 Even if that's true, it was mostly an excuse to show you how the side note looks.
Last, but definitely not least, an optional style to show a pixel bear, or any image you like, in the footer. This is what started it all, the very reason this theme exists. Thank you, Sylvia!
If you want to try the Pixel Bear theme on your blog, simply copy the styles below, head over to your Bear theme settings, paste them in, and you’re done.
Happy pixelated blogging!
/*
* Pixel Bear — a pixelated Bear theme
* Version 0.3.0 | 2026-03-03
* Robert Birming | robertbirming.com
*/
:root {
color-scheme: light dark;
--width: 72ch;
--font-main: ui-monospace, monospace;
--font-secondary: ui-monospace, monospace;
--font-scale: 1em;
--background-color: #f0e8d8;
--heading-color: #3b2e20;
--text-color: #4a3c2e;
--link-color: #2e6e4e;
--visited-color: #8a7e6e;
--code-background-color: #e4dac6;
--code-color: #4a3c2e;
--blockquote-color: #5e4e3e;
--border-color: #4a3c2e;
--muted-color: #8a7e6e;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
:root {
--background-color: #222129;
--heading-color: #d4c8b0;
--text-color: #b8ae9a;
--link-color: #6ecf8e;
--visited-color: #9a9a7a;
--code-background-color: #1a1924;
--code-color: #b8ae9a;
--blockquote-color: #9a8e7a;
--border-color: #b8ae9a;
--muted-color: #847b6e;
}
}
*,
*::before,
*::after {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
html {
-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
}
body {
max-width: var(--width);
margin-inline: auto;
padding: 20px;
font-family: var(--font-secondary);
font-size: var(--font-scale);
line-height: 1.6;
overflow-wrap: break-word;
color: var(--text-color);
background-color: var(--background-color);
background-image:
linear-gradient(
to right,
color-mix(in srgb, var(--border-color) 6%, transparent) 1px,
transparent 1px
),
linear-gradient(
to bottom,
color-mix(in srgb, var(--border-color) 6%, transparent) 1px,
transparent 1px
);
background-size: 12px 12px;
}
p {
margin-block: 1.2em;
}
hr,
img,
figure,
blockquote,
table,
.highlight, .code,
.statuslog,
.pixel-note,
.gallery,
.preview {
margin-block: 1.8em;
}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
margin-block: 1.6em 0.5em;
font-family: var(--font-main);
line-height: 1.4;
color: var(--heading-color);
}
h1 { font-size: 1.6em; }
h2 { font-size: 1.25em; }
h3 { font-size: 1.1em; }
h4 { font-size: 1em; }
a {
color: var(--link-color);
text-decoration: underline;
text-decoration-thickness: 2px;
text-decoration-style: dotted;
text-underline-offset: 0.2em;
}
a:hover {
text-decoration-style: solid;
}
a:focus-visible {
outline: 2px solid var(--link-color);
outline-offset: 2px;
}
main a:visited {
color: var(--visited-color);
}
hr {
border: 0;
text-align: center;
line-height: 1;
}
hr::after {
content: "□ □ □ □ □";
letter-spacing: 0.25em;
color: var(--muted-color);
font-size: 0.7em;
}
img {
max-width: 100%;
height: auto;
display: block;
image-rendering: pixelated;
}
figure {
margin-inline: 0;
}
figure img,
figure p {
margin-block: 0;
}
figcaption {
margin-block-start: 0.8em;
font-size: 0.85em;
text-align: center;
color: var(--muted-color);
}
.inline {
width: auto !important;
}
blockquote {
margin-inline: 0;
border: 2px solid var(--border-color);
border-inline-start: 6px solid var(--border-color);
padding: 0.75em 1.25em;
color: var(--blockquote-color);
font-style: italic;
position: relative;
}
blockquote::before {
content: "QUOTE";
position: absolute;
top: -0.75em;
left: 0.8em;
padding: 0 0.4em;
font-size: 0.7em;
font-style: normal;
letter-spacing: 0.08em;
background: var(--background-color);
color: var(--muted-color);
}
blockquote cite {
display: table;
margin-block-start: 1.6em;
margin-inline-start: auto;
padding: 0.2em 0.6em;
font-size: 0.75em;
font-style: normal;
background-color: var(--border-color);
color: var(--background-color);
text-transform: uppercase;
letter-spacing: 0.08em;
box-shadow: 2px 2px 0 0 var(--border-color);
}
blockquote cite::before {
content: "ref_id: ";
text-transform: none;
color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--background-color) 85%, transparent);
}
code {
font-family: monospace;
padding-inline: 0.3em;
background-color: var(--code-background-color);
color: var(--code-color);
}
pre {
margin: 0;
}
pre code {
padding: 0;
background: none;
}
.highlight, .code {
padding: 0.75em 1em;
overflow-x: auto;
background-color: var(--code-background-color);
color: var(--code-color);
border: 2px solid var(--border-color);
}
table {
width: 100%;
border-collapse: collapse;
border: 2px solid var(--border-color);
}
th, td {
padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
text-align: start;
border: 1px solid var(--border-color);
}
th {
font-weight: bold;
background-color: var(--border-color);
color: var(--background-color);
}
time {
font-style: normal;
color: var(--muted-color);
}
button {
margin: 0;
cursor: pointer;
}
input, textarea, button {
font: inherit;
letter-spacing: inherit;
}
button:focus-visible,
input:focus-visible,
textarea:focus-visible {
outline: 2px solid var(--link-color);
outline-offset: 2px;
}
header {
margin-block: 0 2em;
padding-block-end: 1.5em;
border-bottom: 2px dashed var(--border-color);
text-align: center;
}
header a.title {
display: inline-block;
text-decoration: none;
}
header a.title:hover {
background-color: transparent;
text-decoration: none;
}
header a.title h1 {
display: inline-block;
margin-block: 0 0.75em;
font-size: 1.5em;
line-height: 1.2;
background-color: var(--code-background-color);
color: var(--text-color);
border: 2px solid var(--border-color);
padding: 0.35em 0.6em;
box-shadow: 4px 4px 0 0 var(--border-color);
}
header a.title:hover h1 {
transform: translate(-1px, -1px);
box-shadow: 5px 5px 0 0 var(--border-color);
}
nav {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
gap: 0.25em;
flex-wrap: wrap;
}
nav a {
text-decoration: none;
padding: 0.15em 0.4em;
font-size: 0.95em;
text-transform: uppercase;
letter-spacing: 0.04em;
}
nav a:hover {
background-color: var(--link-color);
color: var(--background-color);
text-decoration: none;
}
nav a::before {
content: "► ";
color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--muted-color) 75%, transparent);
font-size: 0.75em;
vertical-align: 0.15em;
}
nav a:hover::before,
nav a:focus-visible::before {
color: var(--background-color);
}
/* Blog list */
ul.blog-posts {
margin-block-end: 1.6em;
list-style: none;
padding: 0;
}
ul.blog-posts li {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 0.75em;
padding: 0.55rem 0.9rem 0.55rem 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--text-color) 12%, var(--background-color));
}
ul.blog-posts li:last-child {
border-bottom: 0;
}
ul.blog-posts li a {
order: 1;
flex: 1;
min-width: 0;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
}
ul.blog-posts li a::before {
content: "▸ ";
color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--muted-color) 25%, transparent);
font-size: 0.85em;
vertical-align: 0.1em;
}
ul.blog-posts li:hover a::before,
ul.blog-posts li a:focus-visible::before {
color: var(--link-color);
}
ul.blog-posts li a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
}
ul.blog-posts li a:visited {
color: var(--visited-color);
}
ul.blog-posts li span {
order: 2;
flex: 0 0 auto;
margin-inline-start: auto;
white-space: nowrap;
padding: 0.1em 0.5em;
font-size: 0.8em;
border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--border-color) 20%, transparent);
background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--background-color) 75%, transparent);
color: var(--muted-color);
}
ul.blog-posts li:hover span {
border-color: var(--link-color);
color: var(--link-color);
}
/* Blog posts */
header nav p,
.post main > h1 + p {
margin-block-start: 0.25em;
}
.post main > h1 {
margin-block-end: 0;
}
body main > h1:first-child {
margin-block-start: 0;
}
/* Upvote button */
.upvote-count {
font-size: 0.75em;
}
footer {
margin-block-start: 4em;
padding: 1.8em 1em;
border: 2px solid var(--border-color);
position: relative;
text-align: center;
font-size: 0.85em;
word-spacing: -0.05em;
background-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--code-background-color) 40%, transparent);
}
footer::before {
content: "SYSTEM.END";
position: absolute;
top: -0.8em;
left: 50%;
transform: translateX(-50%);
padding: 0 0.6em;
font-size: 0.7em;
letter-spacing: 0.1em;
background: var(--background-color);
color: var(--muted-color);
border: 2px solid var(--border-color);
}
footer p {
margin-block: 0.5em;
color: var(--text-color);
}
footer a {
color: var(--link-color);
margin-inline: 0.1em;
text-transform: lowercase;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
}
footer a::before {
content: "[";
color: var(--muted-color);
}
footer a::after {
content: "]";
color: var(--muted-color);
}
footer a:hover {
background-color: var(--link-color);
color: var(--background-color);
text-decoration: none;
}
::selection {
background-color: var(--link-color);
color: var(--background-color);
}
mark {
background-color: var(--code-background-color);
color: var(--text-color);
padding-inline: 0.3em;
}
@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {
ul.blog-posts li {
flex-wrap: wrap;
gap: 0.4em;
}
ul.blog-posts li span {
flex: 0 0 100%;
margin-inline-start: 0;
font-size: 0.75em;
}
}
/* Print styles */
@media print {
body {
max-width: 100%;
padding: 0;
background: none;
color: #000;
}
a {
color: #000;
text-decoration: underline;
}
hr::after {
color: #000;
}
.highlight, .code {
border: 1px solid #ccc;
}
header,
footer,
#upvote-form,
.upvote-button,
.tags {
display: none;
}
}
/*
* Want add-ons and style options?
* Visit my growing Bear library:
* https://robertbirming.com/bear-library/
*/
/* Footer image (uncomment and change URL to show a pixel bear or any image in the footer)
footer > span:last-child::before {
content: "";
display: block;
width: 96px;
height: 96px;
margin: 1.8em auto;
background: url("https://your-image-url.gif") no-repeat center / contain;
image-rendering: pixelated;
}
*/
/* Upvote: Pixel toast */
#upvote-form > small {
display: block;
margin-block-start: 1.8rem;
font-size: 1em;
}
#upvote-form .upvote-button {
display: inline-block;
padding: 0.25em 0.6em;
border: 2px solid var(--border-color);
background: var(--code-background-color);
color: var(--text-color);
font: inherit;
font-size: 0.85em;
letter-spacing: 0.05em;
cursor: pointer;
box-shadow: 2px 2px 0 0 var(--border-color);
}
#upvote-form .upvote-button svg,
#upvote-form .upvote-button .upvote-count {
display: none;
}
#upvote-form .upvote-button::before {
content: "▲ TOAST";
}
#upvote-form .upvote-button:focus-visible {
outline: 2px solid var(--link-color);
outline-offset: 2px;
}
@media (hover: hover) {
#upvote-form .upvote-button:not([disabled]):hover {
background-color: var(--link-color);
color: var(--background-color);
border-color: var(--link-color);
transform: translate(-1px, -1px);
box-shadow: 3px 3px 0 0 var(--border-color);
}
}
#upvote-form .upvote-button.upvoted,
#upvote-form .upvote-button[disabled] {
opacity: 0.6;
cursor: default;
box-shadow: none;
color: var(--text-color) !important;
}
#upvote-form .upvote-button.upvoted::before,
#upvote-form .upvote-button[disabled]::before {
content: "▲ TOASTED";
}
/* Status log */
.statuslog {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: auto 1fr;
gap: 0.3em 1em;
max-width: 34rem;
margin-inline: auto;
padding: 1em 1.1em;
color: var(--text-color);
background: var(--code-background-color);
border: 2px solid var(--border-color);
position: relative;
}
.statuslog::before {
content: "STATUS";
position: absolute;
top: -0.75em;
left: 0.8em;
padding: 0 0.4em;
font-size: 0.7em;
letter-spacing: 0.08em;
background: var(--background-color);
color: var(--muted-color);
}
.statuslog-emoji {
font-size: 2.9rem;
line-height: 1;
align-self: start;
}
.statuslog-content {
font-size: 1em;
overflow-wrap: break-word;
}
.statuslog-content > :first-child {
margin-block-start: 0;
}
.statuslog-content > :last-child {
margin-block-end: 0;
}
footer .statuslog {
text-align: start;
}
/* Image frame (add class="pixel-frame" to a <figure> or wrapping <div>) */
.pixel-frame {
border: 2px solid var(--border-color);
padding: 0.75em;
position: relative;
background: var(--code-background-color);
}
.pixel-frame::before {
content: "IMG";
position: absolute;
top: -0.75em;
left: 0.8em;
padding: 0 0.4em;
font-size: 0.7em;
letter-spacing: 0.08em;
background: var(--background-color);
color: var(--muted-color);
}
.pixel-frame img {
margin: 0;
}
.pixel-frame figcaption {
margin-block: 0.6em 0;
}
/* Guestbook (guestbooks.meadow.cafe) */
#guestbooks___guestbook-form-container form {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
gap: 0.8em;
margin-block: 1.6em;
}
#guestbooks___guestbook-form-container :is(input, textarea, button) {
font: inherit;
letter-spacing: inherit;
appearance: none;
}
#guestbooks___guestbook-form-container :is(input[type="text"], input[type="email"], input[type="url"], textarea) {
width: 100%;
padding: 0.65em 0.85em;
color: var(--text-color);
background: var(--background-color);
border: 2px solid var(--border-color);
transition: border-color 0.15s ease, background-color 0.15s ease;
}
#guestbooks___guestbook-form-container :is(input[type="text"], input[type="email"], input[type="url"], textarea):focus-visible {
outline: 2px solid var(--link-color);
outline-offset: 2px;
}
#guestbooks___guestbook-form-container textarea {
min-height: 7.5em;
resize: vertical;
}
#guestbooks___guestbook-form-container :is(button, input[type="submit"]) {
align-self: flex-start;
padding: 0.55em 0.9em;
color: var(--text-color);
background: var(--code-background-color);
border: 2px solid var(--border-color);
cursor: pointer;
box-shadow: 2px 2px 0 0 var(--border-color);
transition: background-color 0.15s ease, border-color 0.15s ease;
}
#guestbooks___guestbook-form-container :is(button, input[type="submit"]):focus-visible {
outline: 2px solid var(--link-color);
outline-offset: 2px;
}
@media (hover: hover) {
#guestbooks___guestbook-form-container :is(button, input[type="submit"]):hover {
background-color: var(--link-color);
color: var(--background-color);
border-color: var(--link-color);
transform: translate(-1px, -1px);
box-shadow: 3px 3px 0 0 var(--border-color);
}
}
#guestbooks___guestbook-messages-header {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 0.4em;
margin-block: 2em 1em;
}
#guestbooks___guestbook-messages-header::before {
content: "💬";
translate: 0 1px;
}
#guestbooks___guestbook-messages-container > div {
margin-block: 1.2em;
padding: 1em 1.2em;
font-size: 0.95em;
border: 2px solid var(--border-color);
}
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content: none;
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font-size: 0.85em;
opacity: 0.8;
white-space: nowrap;
}
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position: relative;
margin-block: 0.9em 0.2em;
margin-inline-start: 1.6em;
padding: 0.9em 1.1em;
background: var(--code-background-color);
border: 2px solid var(--border-color);
}
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content: "";
position: absolute;
top: -1em;
left: -0.9em;
width: 0.7em;
height: 1.6em;
border-left: 2px solid var(--border-color);
border-bottom: 2px solid var(--border-color);
}
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padding: 1em 1.25em;
border: 2px solid var(--border-color);
border-inline-start: 6px solid var(--border-color);
background: var(--code-background-color);
position: relative;
font-size: 0.9em;
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content: "NOTE";
position: absolute;
top: -0.75em;
left: 0.8em;
padding: 0 0.4em;
font-size: 0.7em;
letter-spacing: 0.08em;
background: var(--background-color);
color: var(--muted-color);
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}
2026-03-03 21:09:00
I have not checked the device in a few hours.
The device is in my pocket.
I need to take it out of my pocket so I can check it.
What is on the device always makes me feel bad.
But maybe this time it won't.
When I look around the world without the device, I like what I see.
It is peaceful without the device.
I like things without the device.
I am more present without the device.
But I need to check the device.
Maybe there are new things I have not seen on the device.
Good things.
Things that I can't live without.
2026-03-03 06:17:00
新年新气象，今天将 305 篇博客从 WordPress 迁到了 Bear Blog。
是搬家，也是对自己过去几年的整理和归档。
与 WordPress 相处了四年，有许多美好的回忆，改了很多版主题，也做了很多插件。
回头看，自己喜欢的风格其实还是刚写博客时用 Hugo 搭建的模样。
迁移之后，博客使用的是 Bear Blog 自带的 Claritas 主题。相似的风格，但更加轻量。
本来想弄个自动化插件，但一直卡在了 Bear blog 登录的 Cloudflare Access，没能弄出个省心的方案。
后来换了个思路，写脚本批量提取 WordPress 数据，统一修改格式和元数据，重传图片到新的图床，再手动完成发布。没有全自动流程那么省力，但 2 个小时也完成了 300 多篇博客的迁移。
代码见：DayuGuo/WordPress2bearblog。
我是一个注意力很容易被分散的人。用 WordPress 的时候总是手痒，这改改，那弄弄。
Bear Blog 则克制很多，简单直接，帮助我专注于内容，省去很多维护性的工作和精力。
希望它能陪我很久。
本想除夕那几天写年终总结，结果得了诺如病毒，躺了一周。这几天才缓了过来，给大家拜个晚年，祝大家新的一年平安顺遂！
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