About
About the webmaster
blake 💛 he/him
Hiya! I'm a twenty-something sentimental nerd based in the Midwest region of the USA. I was born and raised in Florida.
I'm a software dev and an indie game producer.
For fun, I create websites and games (though I sometimes rely on motivation over discipline), goof off at the park, play board games and D&D (collaborative storytelling), and make music with my friends.
I live in a studio with big windows and a private brick patio. I'm near many close friends, whom I love. I can walk to the grocery store, to the farmer's market, and to two lakes, and I can bus and bike pretty much everywhere else I'd need to go. I had dreamed of living somewhere walkable and community-focused, and while this is not perfect, I'm so lucky to have found a home here.
About this site
This site has existed in some form since 2017, when I bought this domain to use as part of my email address. Since then, I've used "blakeearth" as my handle pretty much everywhere on the internet.
Why ".earth"? In short, because it was available. I was also planning to study environmental science at university (in the end, I got a liberal arts degree with a concentration in computer science).
I've been making websites as long as I've had access to the internet, though - since about 2010 or 2011, probably. I made lots of janky websites using a mix of the Webs website builder and HTML, including a fan site and cheats blog for Poptropica. I remember making some trackers for Club Penguin (probably with Widgetbox, which I loved), but those seem to be lost to the sands of time.
I used to play a bunch of those online games (Club Penguin, Poptropica, Webkinz, Wizard101, LEGO Universe, and others - I'd love to make a post about them sometime), and this site's design is pretty heavily inspired by their old web players.
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Behold! A work in progress!
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