My corner of the web

14 Jan, 2026

Initially, I bought the domain of my self-hosted blog (kamiscorner.xyz) because it was cheap. Really, that's the only reason. If I was able to afford it, I'd probably have gone with kamiscorner.com, or kami.dev, even.

Still, I ended up with a .xyz domain. And, over the two(?) years I've had the site, it's kind of grown on me. I've taken a liking to the TLD. The same thing can kind of be said for this blog. Initially, I made an account on bear on a complete whim, expecting this to be a sideblog I might crosspost to ocassionally. But now, this is basically my main online presence. Both bear and my personal website have, over time, kind of grown into extensions of myself. It's kind of odd how much of an attachment you can form to these things. But it does really feel like both of these places are well, just that. Places. My little corner of the internet I own.¹

It's interesting how, over time, whether you intend it or not, your site will kind of grow to reflect who you are. There's been quite a number of times I've had a conversation with someone online and realized I've already written about the exact topic we're talking about. By reading all of the posts on here you won't know me as a person, but... You'll get an idea of who I am. Honestly, I wish more people had websites for that reason. It's an incredibly interesting way to get to know someone. You can learn things about me on here that I probably wouldn't tell anyone were I to actually meet them. Partially because they'd just never come up in conversation, but also because some of it is quite personal. It's easier to open up to strangers, oddly enough.

When making this site, I also never really set out to do much customization. I'm still using a default theme, completely unmodified. But this isn't really the default bearblog either. I've made a good amount of Javascript modifications, added subpages, all that stuff. I never really set out to do that originally. But as it turns out, websites tend to kind of grow with you. If you keep working on them, they'll start reflecting who you are in a way no other medium really can. Just like people, a website is never really "finished". It will grow and change as you change, and as you keep using it. There's not really any other form of art that... does that, I think. There's usually a defined ending and starting point, or at least cleanly seperated volumes, like entries in a series of books. You can go visit a personal site and, just by looking around for a few minutes, get a rough idea of who the person is.

And you can do it on basically any device, just by typing in a domain. Sometimes I feel we don't appreciate the web enough. Despite all its flaws, its still an incredible technology. Websites are pretty cool. That's the blogpost.