diff --git a/src/config.toml b/src/config.toml
index 21efe64..01add3f 100644
--- a/src/config.toml
+++ b/src/config.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ base_url = "https://rbitton.com"
# Whether to automatically compile all Sass files in the sass directory
compile_sass = true
+
+generate_sitemap = true
# Whether to build a search index to be used later on by a JavaScript library
build_search_index = false
@@ -33,11 +35,12 @@ socials = [
{ name = "gitea", url = "https://git.rbitton.com/rbitton", new_tab = true },
{ name = "github", url = "https://github.com/rbitton1729", new_tab = true},
{ name = "gitlab", url = "https://gitlab.com/rbitton", new_tab = true },
+# { name = "instagram", url = "https://www.instagram.com/rbitton1729", new_tab = true },
# { name = "reddit", url = "https://www.reddit.com/user/rbitton/", new_tab = true},
{ name = "linkedin", url = "https://www.linkedin.com/in/rbitton1729", new_tab = true},
]
copyright = "© $YEAR $AUTHOR"
-favicon = "favicon.svg"
+favicon = "favicon.png"
source_code = "https://git.rbitton.com/rbitton/Website"
diff --git a/src/content/_index.md b/src/content/_index.md
index d134c7c..5c057d8 100644
--- a/src/content/_index.md
+++ b/src/content/_index.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ title = "Home"
framed = true
+++
-# I am Raphael
+# I'm Raphael Bitton.
I'm an undergraduate at the University of Chicago studying Data Science and Music.
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ I'm an amateur composer; I’m working on a way to host my music and scores here
- A heavily photoshopped headshot of me (I'm not very good at photoshop)
+ A photoshopped headshot of me (I'm not very good at photoshop)
diff --git a/src/content/about/_index.md b/src/content/about/_index.md
index 09d0dba..7e77d7c 100644
--- a/src/content/about/_index.md
+++ b/src/content/about/_index.md
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ title = "About"
date = 2025-10-09
+++
-# About Me
+# Who is Raphael?
+
+A fair question. I’m still figuring that out myself, but here's what I know thus far.
I’m a 4th year student at the University of Chicago with an enduring fascination for systems — the kind that hum quietly when they work and demand humility when they don’t. Most of my time goes into running and refining a constellation of Linux machines, tinkering with infrastructure, and turning half-baked technical curiosities into functioning projects.
diff --git a/src/content/meditations/_index.md b/src/content/meditations/_index.md
index 01e4b25..7ef7186 100644
--- a/src/content/meditations/_index.md
+++ b/src/content/meditations/_index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+++
title = "Meditations"
+sort_by = "date"
+sort_order = "desc"
+++
+# Meditations
-One day I'd like to write some blogs (I call them "meditations" because it sounds cooler) and when that happens they will live here.
+This is the home of my "blog" which is mostly random thoughts on things. I plan to have some Linux content as well as stuff relating to my many other interests.
diff --git a/src/content/meditations/tloas.md b/src/content/meditations/tloas.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6189d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/meditations/tloas.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
++++
+title = 'Thoughts on "The Life of a Showgirl" by Taylor Swift'
+date = 2025-10-15
+draft = false
++++
+
+Taylor Swift's 12th studio album "The Life of a Showgirl" recently released and I would like to offer my thoughts on it. I consider myself to be somewhat of a fan of Taylor Swift, mostly because her music tends to be energentic. However, this latest album crossed a line I didn't even know existed for me.
+
+While The Life of a Showgirl has moments of strong storytelling and clever production, I’ve found parts of it increasingly hard to connect with. Taylor Swift has always been a writer whose power came from emotional honesty and metaphor — she could express love, loss, and longing with subtlety and grace. This album, though, leans heavily into overt sensuality and explicit language, and that shift feels distracting rather than raw. It’s not the profanity itself that bothers me, but the tone: the bluntness replaces the nuance that once made her music feel so relatable. I respect the artistic risk, but the mood just isn’t one I enjoy living in.
+
+Despite all that, I’ll be listening to the clean version — it strikes a balance that lets the songwriting and production shine without the elements that pull me out of the experience.
diff --git a/src/content/meditations/welcome.md b/src/content/meditations/welcome.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aae67ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/content/meditations/welcome.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
++++
+title = "Welcome!"
+date = 2025-10-14
++++
+
+This is my first medidation!
diff --git a/src/static/favicon.ico b/src/static/favicon.ico
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6d4118
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diff --git a/src/static/favicon.png b/src/static/favicon.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6d4118
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diff --git a/src/static/images/social_icons/instagram.svg b/src/static/images/social_icons/instagram.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e87bb39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/static/images/social_icons/instagram.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/static/favicon.svg b/src/static/old_favicon.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from src/static/favicon.svg
rename to src/static/old_favicon.svg
diff --git a/src/templates/base.html b/src/templates/base.html
index 7b5020d..931e3db 100644
--- a/src/templates/base.html
+++ b/src/templates/base.html
@@ -20,28 +20,21 @@
{%- endif %}
{%- if config.extra.favicon %}
- {%- if config.extra.favicon is ending_with(".svg") %}
-
- {%- else %}
- {% set image_meta = get_image_metadata(path=config.extra.favicon) -%}
-
- {%- if image_meta.mime is ending_with("png") %}
- {% set resized_image = resize_image(path=config.extra.favicon, width=180, height=180, op="fit") -%}
-
- {%- endif -%}
- {%- endif -%}
+ {% set meta = get_image_metadata(path=config.extra.favicon) %}
+ {% if meta is defined and meta.mime %}
+ {% set mime_type = meta.mime %}
+ {% else %}
+ {% set mime_type = "image/png" %}
+ {% endif %}
+
+ {% if mime_type is ending_with("png") %}
+ {% set resized = resize_image(path=config.extra.favicon, width=180, height=180, op="fit") -%}
+
+ {% endif %}
{%- elif config.extra.favicon_emoji %}
{%- endif %}
- {%- if config.extra.close_responsive_menu_on_resize %}
-
- {%- endif %}
- {%- if page.extra.copy_button | default(value=section.extra.copy_button | default(value=config.extra.copy_button)) %}
-
- {%- endif %}
-
-
{# Canonical and alternate links -#}
{% if current_url -%}