Welcome to Hals Website

This website is my small stamp on the postcard of the Internet. As with all sites, it's a constant work in progress. Do bear this in mind as you navigate the site. An unfortunate consequence of the overhaul is that previous pages have been swept away with time and a deft keyboard press. That includes past diary entries, which received high praise. Attempting to streamline my focus, life updates and findings will be recorded here, albeit poorly strung together. Glad you're here for the ride.

During the pandemic, I held a position learning social media marketing. Though I understood how to gain traction, engage with users, create and schedule posts in accordance with analytics, the job was offered for a different reason. I applied for a warehousing position, they took one look at me and said, "are you any good with computers?". Spindly proportions and thick glasses were all it took apparently. My website was created as a test dummy for their company website (later discovering their site was made via Wix). Alas.

Determined to etch a mark on the internet, this website remained.

Carving a space for yourself and those closest to you is essential. Due to my previous position, overall dissatisfaction with social media, and distain for "corporate internet", the previous version of this website transformed into a clumsy eye-strain purposefully. Personalisation, customisation and creativity bloomed into an online space I could call my own. Seeing the skills of folks on Neocities, Nekoweb and the indieweb in general fuelled me to update once again.

We are a mosaic of everything we've ever loved. I aim to fill this site with things that give me joy, and write diary entries for the things that don't. The objective is always changing, as am I. What better way to kick things off with one of my favourite fonts, Helvetica.

This site is ran by myself, a guy named Hal, hence the site name. You can learn more about me, if you wish.