{
  "section": "about",
  "intro": "The how and the why of this site.",
  "created_at": "Fri Jan 23 16:16:29 +0000 2009",
  "_rev": "2322916038",
  "body": "Affinity <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span> its residual is crafted in the\n<abbr>dsl<\/abbr> [Sinatra][service] with all content stored in\n[CouchDB][project]. I have grown tired of weblog engines and\n<abbr>crm<\/abbr>s that impose their own ways of organizing, storing, and\ndisplaying content. Many require a specific [database][mysql] or\n[preprocessor][php]. More stack-agnostic choices still set out their own\nstructure for arranging content or saddle you with one template language\nor another. Writing your own \u2019blog software from scratch is one part\nonerous, one part beaten, well-trodden path. I do not want to solve that\nproblem again. Who would? I want a tool for making **this** website, not a\ntool for making websites. Instead of coding an admin interface, I manage\nthis site entirely via a <abbr>rest<\/abbr>ful API. As CouchDB is\n_schema-free_, the internal order of my writing can evolve freely. \n\nThe section names are a little bit whimsical because what I write falls\ninto several or all categories. Do not feel limited by where things are\nplaced.\n\nBesides <abbr>xhtml<\/abbr>, all content on this site can be accessed as\n[XML][xml], [JSON][json], or [plain text][markdown].\nJust append the appropriate file type to the end of the <abbr>URL<\/abbr>. \n\nTypeset prescriptively by your web browser in Helvetica Neue, a digital \nvariant of Max Miedinger's original; Consolas, a monospace\ntypeface designed by Lucas de Groot; and Baskerville, a transitional serif.\n\nI adopted methods for browser-leveling and vertical rhythm from \n[Blueprint][css]. [Textism][Dean] and [andrewbarnett][net] also inspired me.\n\n[service]: http:\/\/sinatra.github.com\/ (Web development domain specific language)\n[project]: http:\/\/incubator.apache.org\/couchdb\/ (Schema-free, distributed, RESTful, document-based database)\n\n[mysql]: http:\/\/dev.mysql.com\/ (Popular yet bland)\n[php]: http:\/\/www.php.net\/ (Sorry, ugh) \n\n[xml]: \/record\/about\/colophon.xml\n[json]: \/record\/about\/colophon.json\n[markdown]: \/record\/about\/colophon.txt\n\n[css]: http:\/\/code.google.com\/p\/blueprintcss\/\n[Dean]: http:\/\/textism.com\n[net]: http:\/\/andrewbarnett.net\n\n<a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/\"><img alt=\"Creative Commons License\" style=\"border-width:0\" src=\"http:\/\/i.creativecommons.org\/l\/by-nc\/3.0\/80x15.png\"\/><\/a>",
  "title": "Colophon",
  "author": "Mark James Adams",
  "updated_at": "Fri Jan 23 16:16:29 +0000 2009",
  "stub": "colophon",
  "_id": "e98a3854d7f4afa61a5d17dff954c87e",
  "summary": ""
}