This is the eighth edition of my personal site, satisfyingly titled, Silent-Super, after the Smith-Corona typewriter of the same name.
First published in 2005, gotham.black has always existed as a collection of ephemera: writing, opinions, sights and sounds. Sadly, I haven’t been good with preserving things over the years. Much has been lost to the various forms of digital decay and some work, I simply destroyed. If I manage to unearth something from an old disk or archive, I’ll re-post it here. It’ll be interesting to see how I’ve (hopefully) evolved, changed opinion, and learned more…
Parts & Labor
This site is constructed using Eleventy and published using Netlify (see documentation).
Typefaces used are League Mono by Tyler Finck (🙌 Ithaca, NY 🙌), and the venerable Chaparral by Carol Twombly.
The layout is designed using the Modulor by Le Corbusier. I refactored all the code in the winter between 2021 and 2022 using Every Layout as a reference. I believe it will continue to evolve as I add and experiment more. The Modulor feels durable though, so I’m excited to see where it goes.
Knock, Knock
I'm currently looking at both RSS and social media channels for this blog. I'll report back when I figure it out.
Photo Credits
Credit where credit is due. Images on this site are a mix of personal photos and commercial-free images found on the web. While the photographers are cited on the site, here's a full list for reference.
- Coetzee, Quinton, black keyboard
- Sild, Joonas, mixing board
- Trikosko, Marion S. / Library of Congress, John Lewis photo negative
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- Wiley, Kehinde, portrait of President Barack Obama
- AMC / Halt and Catch Fire Wiki, Cameron Howe character images
- me, desk photo in afternoon light
