About

About me and this site.

Why

I built this for me.
I'm the number one visitor.
This is where I (proof-)read my own works (when not in emacs).
This is where I (re-)discover past notes, thoughts, and on…

I [also] built this for you.
So that you could find me.
So that we might connect on one of mines or your angles.

The Design

The site doubles as a playground.
I've spent a lot of time making it my own, trying stuff out, getting rid of isht, sanding the edges…

People often treat me as just an engineer.
Here, I get to be a designer.

First and foremost, I hope reading feels good.
The font, color, style, navigating the text, references, notes, and on.

I also hope somewhere along the way you find some joy, a sense of calm, of wonder.

The Name

Anton Bilbaeno is my name. 1

The URL antoaenono is… well…
"anto" is the first four letters of Anton
"aeno" is last four letters of Bilbaeno then
I threw an extra "no" on the end.

It reads as: "anto-eye-no-no".

It's just something stupid I came up with that
plays on the idea of
"the man who knows something knows that he knows nothing at all". 2

It's supposed to serve as reminder to myself to
be humble:
keep listening, keep observing, don't assume you know.

Colophon

Colo-what? Colophon (opens in a new tab) means roughly "how it was published".
In books, you'll often see a page dedicated to this.

For personal websites, we continue this practice.
Here is my colophon page.

Notes

1

I'm named after Anton Chekhov (opens in a new tab) if you've wonder.

If you haven't read any of his short stories (opens in a new tab), give it a shot!

After each story you'll be gently left wondering a bit more about the everydays of life.

2

This is a common perspective that goes back far in time.

It can be traced to Socrates, Zen Bhuddists (opens in a new tab), Rumi, Heisenberg, Erykah Badu (as the lyric is quoted here), and on & on (opens in a new tab).

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