Category:
Behind the Scenes

A collection of insights into the workings of myself, this website, and the stream. Sometimes it's nice to "lift the curtain" and talk more directly about some of the more technical aspects of what goes into the stream, or why I make certain choices, which is why this category exists. It's a place to talk shop and be more transparent about everything happening on my side of everything.

A reel of film curls in over itself twice forming a loop with the final strand of film flying out of frame to the right. Photo by Denise Jans.

July 20th, 2022

Transparent animation using CSS Steps()

Leveraging choppy animations and wide images to create interesting visual illusions using very old animation techniques.

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An old computer from the 1980s sites in front of a stark white background, like a scene from a museum.

May 6th, 2020

Why did I build a website?

With the availability of so many options to tweet our thoughts and stream to friends, why did I choose to make Hrothmar.com?

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