diff --git a/blog/new-website.md b/blog/new-website.md
index 875adda..0684bb6 100644
--- a/blog/new-website.md
+++ b/blog/new-website.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: New site design!
 created: 25/01/2020
+description: It's slightly different now!
 ---
 If you visit this frequently (why would you?) you may have noticed that since late last year there's been a page notifying you of service disruption and no actual content any more.
 This is because the old code used to generate the HTML files making up the site was a several-year-old and somewhat flaky Haskell program, and I've been meaning to replace it for a while, but finally got round to it recently after quite a while of just leaving the service disruption page up.
diff --git a/blog/other-stuff.md b/blog/other-stuff.md
index e8a0f78..015ad64 100644
--- a/blog/other-stuff.md
+++ b/blog/other-stuff.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Obviously this is just stuff *I* like; you might not like it, which isn't really
 * [The Combat Codes](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27790093-the-combat-codes) by Alexander Darwin. Similar to Ender's Game, but with MMA, basically, and I am bad at describing things.
 * [Schlock Mercenary](https://www.schlockmercenary.com/), a *very* long-running space opera webcomic. It's been running for something like 20 years, and the art and such improve over time.
 * [Freefall](http://freefall.purrsia.com/), a hard-science-fiction webcomic.
-* [Mage Errant](https://www.goodreads.com/series/252085-mage-errant) - a moderately-long-by-now fantasy series with a really interesting world.
+* [Mage Errant](https://www.goodreads.com/series/252085-mage-errant) - a moderately-long-by-now fantasy series with a very vibrant world, and which actually considers the geopolitical implications of there being beings around ("Great Powers") able to act as one-man armies.
 * [Arcane Ascension](https://www.goodreads.com/series/201441-arcane-ascension) - fun progression fantasy series with (... like most of these, actually) worldbuilding I like and good characters. I have only read the first two, since I'm writing this just as the third came out
 
 Special mentions (i.e. "I haven't gotten around to reading these but they are well-reviewed and sound interesting") to:
diff --git a/experiments/fractalart/index.html b/experiments/fractalart/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d1caad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experiments/fractalart/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+---
+title: FractalArt
+slug: fractalart
+description: A somewhat unperformant generator for pleasant watercolor-y "fractalart" images. Ported from a Haskell implementation by "TomSmeets".
+---
+<style>
+    .controls input, .controls button { border: 1px solid black; padding: 0.2em; }
+    #fractalart { display: flex; align-items: flex-start; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+    #status { font-style: italic; }
+    #info { padding-top: 0.5em; font-size: 0.8em; }
+    #out { image-rendering: crisp-edges; }
+</style>
+<div id="fractalart">
+    <canvas id="out" width=512 height=512></canvas>
+    <table class="controls">
+        <tr><td>Lightness:</td><td><input id="lightness" type="number" max="1" min="0" step="0.01" value="0.6"></td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Saturation:</td><td><input id="saturation" type="number" max="1" min="0" step="0.01" value="1.0"></td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Hue:</td><td><input id="hue" type="number" max="360" min="0" step="1" value="0"></td><td>(or random: <input type="checkbox" checked id="hue-random">)</td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Variance:</td><td><input id="variance" type="number" min="0" step="0.25" value="4"></td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Bias:</td><td><input id="bias" type="number" step="0.25" value="0"></td></td></tr>
+        <tr><td>Render Size:</td><td><input id="width" type="number" step="16" value="512"></td></td></tr>
+        <tr><td><button id="generate">Generate</button></td></tr>
+        <tr><td colspan="4" id="status"></td></tr>
+        <tr><td colspan="4"><div id="info">
+            <a href="https://github.com/TomSmeets/FractalArt/">FractalArt</a> for JS.<br>
+            If this is too slow try my <a href="https://github.com/osmarks/random-stuff/tree/master/fractalart-rs">Rust port</a>.<br>
+            This is all contained in one HTML file, so you can save it locally if you want.
+        </div></td></tr>
+    </table>
+</div>
+<script id="fractalart-code">
+    // harvested from github somewhere
+    function hslToRgb(h, s, l) {
+        var r, g, b;
+
+        if (s == 0) {
+            r = g = b = l; // achromatic
+        } else {
+            function hue2rgb(p, q, t) {
+            if (t < 0) t += 1;
+            if (t > 1) t -= 1;
+            if (t < 1/6) return p + (q - p) * 6 * t;
+            if (t < 1/2) return q;
+            if (t < 2/3) return p + (q - p) * (2/3 - t) * 6;
+            return p;
+            }
+
+            var q = l < 0.5 ? l * (1 + s) : l + s - l * s;
+            var p = 2 * l - q;
+
+            r = hue2rgb(p, q, h + 1/3);
+            g = hue2rgb(p, q, h);
+            b = hue2rgb(p, q, h - 1/3);
+        }
+
+        return [ r * 255, g * 255, b * 255 ];
+    }
+    const randRange = x => Math.floor(Math.random() * x)
+
+    // main fractalart logic
+    // todo: WASM (there is already a perfectly good Rust version...) or just actually optimize this
+    const run = (im, { hue, saturation, lightness, variance, bias }) => {
+        const set = (x, y, offset, value) => { im.data[(y * im.width + x) * 4 + offset] = value }
+        const get = (x, y, offset) => im.data[(y * im.width + x) * 4 + offset]
+        const boundcheck = (x, y) => x >= 0 && y >= 0 && x < im.width && y < im.height
+        const ringAt = (x, y, l) => {
+            let out = []
+            for (let n = -l; n <= l; n++) {
+                out.push([n + x, l + y])
+                out.push([n + x, -l + y])
+            }
+            for (let n = 1 - l; n <= l; n++) {
+                out.push([l + x, n + y])
+                out.push([-l + x, n + y])
+            }
+            return out.filter(([x, y]) => boundcheck(x, y))
+        }
+        const modColorChannel = x => Math.min(Math.max(Math.floor(x + (Math.random() * (variance * 2 + 1)) - variance + bias), 0), 255)
+
+        const startX = randRange(im.width)
+        const startY = randRange(im.height)
+        const iterations = Math.max(startX, im.width - 1 - startX, startY, im.height - 1 - startY)
+        const [sR, sG, sB] = hslToRgb(hue, saturation, lightness)
+        set(startX, startY, 0, Math.floor(sR))
+        set(startX, startY, 1, Math.floor(sG))
+        set(startX, startY, 2, Math.floor(sB))
+        set(startX, startY, 3, 255)
+        for (let iteration = 1; iteration <= iterations; iteration++) {
+            for (const [x, y] of ringAt(startX, startY, iteration)) {
+                const possibleColors = []
+                for (const [ax, ay] of ringAt(x, y, 1)) {
+                    if (get(ax, ay, 3)) {
+                        possibleColors.push([get(ax, ay, 0), get(ax, ay, 1), get(ax, ay, 2)])
+                    }
+                }
+
+                const [chosenR, chosenG, chosenB] = possibleColors[randRange(possibleColors.length)]
+                set(x, y, 0, modColorChannel(chosenR))
+                set(x, y, 1, modColorChannel(chosenG))
+                set(x, y, 2, modColorChannel(chosenB))
+                set(x, y, 3, 255)
+            }
+        }
+
+        postMessage(im)
+    }
+
+    const readInput = name => document.getElementById(name).value
+
+    // detect if not running on webworker
+    if ("document" in self) {
+        const statusDisplay = document.querySelector("#status")
+        let status = "Idle"
+        let startTime = null
+        const updateStatus = s => {
+            if (statusDisplay.firstChild) { statusDisplay.removeChild(statusDisplay.firstChild) }
+            statusDisplay.appendChild(document.createTextNode(s))
+            status = s
+        }
+        const canv = document.querySelector("#out")
+        // TODO things
+        canv.style.width = canv.style.height = Math.min(512, window.innerWidth - 16) + "px"
+        const ctx = canv.getContext("2d")
+        const source = `
+        ${document.querySelector("#fractalart-code").innerHTML}
+        onmessage = e => run(e.data[0], e.data[1])
+        `
+        // be nice to foolish single threaded browsers
+        // offload to worker thread
+        const worker = new Worker(URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([source], {type: 'application/javascript'})))
+        worker.onmessage = e => {
+            const im = e.data
+            canv.width = canv.height = im.width
+            ctx.putImageData(im, 0, 0)
+            updateStatus(`Idle (${Date.now() - startTime}ms)`)
+        }
+        worker.onerror = e => {
+            console.warn(e)
+            updateStatus(e.message)
+        }
+        const generate = () => {
+            if (status !== "Working") {
+                updateStatus("Working")
+                startTime = Date.now()
+                const size = parseInt(readInput("width"))
+                worker.postMessage([ctx.createImageData(size, size), {
+                    hue: document.getElementById("hue-random").checked ? Math.random() : parseFloat(readInput("hue")),
+                    saturation: parseFloat(readInput("saturation")),
+                    lightness: parseFloat(readInput("lightness")),
+                    variance: parseFloat(readInput("variance")),
+                    bias: parseFloat(readInput("bias"))
+                }])
+            }
+        }
+        document.querySelector("#generate").addEventListener("click", generate)
+        generate()
+    }
+</script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/experiments/incdec/index.html b/experiments/incdec/index.html
index e95718c..bed90ea 100644
--- a/experiments/incdec/index.html
+++ b/experiments/incdec/index.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: IncDec
 slug: incdec
-description: The exciting game of incrementing and decrementing!
+description: The exciting multiplayer game of incrementing and decrementing! No cheating.
 ---
 If you're reading this, then this is not linking to actual IncDec as it should due to a server misconfiguration.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/experiments/lorem/index.html b/experiments/lorem/index.html
index d021d17..5ba0b56 100755
--- a/experiments/lorem/index.html
+++ b/experiments/lorem/index.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Lorem Ipsum
 slug: lorem
-description: Lorem Ipsum (latin-like placeholder text)... FOREVER.
+description: Lorem Ipsum (latin-like placeholder text), eternally. Somehow people have left comments at the bottom anyway.
 ---
 
 <style>
diff --git a/experiments/rpncalc-v2/index.html b/experiments/rpncalc-v2/index.html
index 0596694..acc370b 100755
--- a/experiments/rpncalc-v2/index.html
+++ b/experiments/rpncalc-v2/index.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: RPNCalc v2
 slug: rpncalc2
-description: A Reverse Polish Notation (check wikipedia) calculator, version 2. Buggy and kind of unreliable. This updated version implements subtraction.
+description: A Reverse Polish Notation (check wikipedia) calculator, version 2. Buggy and kind of unreliable. This updated version implements advanced features such as subtraction.
 ---
 
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="calc.css">
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 1d9f58b..ba064cd 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const terser = require("terser")
 const util = require("util")
 const childProcess = require("child_process")
 const chalk = require("chalk")
+const crypto = require("crypto")
 
 dayjs.extend(customParseFormat)
 
@@ -30,6 +31,38 @@ const outDir = path.join(root, "out")
 const buildID = nanoid()
 globalData.buildID = buildID
 
+const hexPad = x => Math.round(x).toString(16).padStart(2, "0")
+function hslToRgb(h, s, l) {
+    var r, g, b;
+
+    if (s == 0) {
+        r = g = b = l; // achromatic
+    } else {
+            function hue2rgb(p, q, t) {
+            if (t < 0) t += 1;
+            if (t > 1) t -= 1;
+            if (t < 1/6) return p + (q - p) * 6 * t;
+            if (t < 1/2) return q;
+            if (t < 2/3) return p + (q - p) * (2/3 - t) * 6;
+            return p;
+        }
+
+        var q = l < 0.5 ? l * (1 + s) : l + s - l * s;
+        var p = 2 * l - q;
+
+        r = hue2rgb(p, q, h + 1/3);
+        g = hue2rgb(p, q, h);
+        b = hue2rgb(p, q, h - 1/3);
+    }
+
+    return `#${hexPad(r * 255)}${hexPad(g * 255)}${hexPad(b * 255)}`
+}
+const hashColor = (x, s, l) => {
+    const buf = crypto.createHash("md5").update(x).digest()
+    const hue = (buf[0] + 256 * buf[1]) % 360
+    return hslToRgb(hue / 360, s, l)
+}
+
 const removeExtension = x => x.replace(/\.[^/.]+$/, "")
 
 const readFile = path => fsp.readFile(path, { encoding: "utf8" })
@@ -100,6 +133,8 @@ const applyTemplate = async (template, input, getOutput, options = {}) => {
     return page.data
 }
 
+const addColors = R.map(x => ({ ...x, bgcol: hashColor(x.title, 0.5, 0.85), bordercol: hashColor(x.title, 0.7, 0.6) }))
+
 const processExperiments = async () => {
     const templates = globalData.templates
     const experiments = await loadDir(experimentDir, (subdirectory, basename) => {
@@ -120,7 +155,7 @@ const processExperiments = async () => {
             { processMeta: meta => { meta.slug = meta.slug || basename }})
     })
     console.log(chalk.yellow(`${Object.keys(experiments).length} experiments`))
-    globalData.experiments = R.sortBy(x => x.title, R.values(experiments))
+    globalData.experiments = addColors(R.sortBy(x => x.title, R.values(experiments)))
 }
 
 const processBlog = async () => {
@@ -133,7 +168,7 @@ const processBlog = async () => {
         }, { processMeta: meta => { meta.slug = meta.slug || removeExtension(basename) }, processContent: renderMarkdown })
     })
     console.log(chalk.yellow(`${Object.keys(blog).length} blog entries`))
-    globalData.blog = R.sortBy(x => x.updated ? -x.updated.valueOf() : 0, R.values(blog))
+    globalData.blog = addColors(R.sortBy(x => x.updated ? -x.updated.valueOf() : 0, R.values(blog)))
 }
 
 const processErrorPages = () => {
diff --git a/style.sass b/style.sass
index 2e9cf29..ef6e57b 100644
--- a/style.sass
+++ b/style.sass
@@ -37,6 +37,18 @@ main.blog-post
     max-width: 40em
     text-align: justify
 
+.blog, .experiments, .atl
+    margin: -0.5em
+    margin-bottom: 0
+    display: flex
+    flex-wrap: wrap
+    > div
+        min-width: 20em
+        background: #eee
+        margin: 0.5em
+        padding: 0.5em
+        flex: 1 1 20%
+
 main
     margin-top: 1em
 
@@ -71,19 +83,9 @@ ul
     margin-bottom: 0.5em
 
 .ring
-    .atl
-        display: flex
-        flex-wrap: wrap
-        margin: -0.5rem
-    
     .art
-        flex: 1 1 0
-        display: flex
         flex-direction: column
-        margin: 0.5rem
-        padding: 0.5rem
-        background: #eee
-        min-width: 20em
+        flex: 1 1 25%
     .sum
         font-size: 0.8rem
         flex: 1 1 0
diff --git a/templates/index.pug b/templates/index.pug
index 8f490b3..cc351f6 100644
--- a/templates/index.pug
+++ b/templates/index.pug
@@ -5,21 +5,22 @@ block content
         h2 Blog
         p.
             Stuff I say, conveniently accessible on the internet.
-        ul.blog
+        div.blog
             each post in posts
-                li
-                    a.title(href=`/${post.slug}/`)= post.title
-                    span= ` `
-                    span.description!= post.description
+                div(style=`background: ${post.bgcol}; border: 1px solid ${post.bordercol}`)
+                    div
+                        a.title(href=`/${post.slug}/`)= post.title
+                    small= renderDate(post.updated)
+                    div.description!= post.description
 
         h2 Experiments
         p.
             Various random somewhat useless web projects I have put together over many years. Made with at least four different JS frameworks.
-        ul.experiments
+        div.experiments
             each experiment in experiments
-                li
-                    a.title(href=`/${experiment.slug}/`)= experiment.title
-                    span= ` `
+                div(style=`background: ${experiment.bgcol}; border: 1px solid ${experiment.bordercol}`)
+                    div
+                        a.title(href=`/${experiment.slug}/`)= experiment.title
                     span.description!= experiment.description
 
         p Get updates to the blog (not experiments) in your favourite RSS reader using the <a href="/rss.xml">RSS feed</a>.