Josh Fongheiser's Blog

This one’s going to be a short one; I’ve pushed some behind-the-scenes updates to ensure the site continues to function normally. In addition, I’ve addressed an issue that meant email newsletters weren’t being sent out — sorry!

There’s a slightly bigger update coming in the near future — around the time that my new project launches. (If you want to learn more about that, you can follow the npc generator tag.) This should include some bug fixes and (hopefully) some performance improvements.

Hello everyone! In case you missed it, I’m working on an NPC generator that will be posted to this website. Unfortunately, I don’t have details on when it will be ready yet. There is a bare minimum checklist of features to be included before launch, and that has already been devastated by scope creep.

Originally, I intended to write a short post about this once a week,

I wasn’t expecting to jump into a new personal project anytime soon, but here we are. So, what is this?

I’m off-and-on writing a campaign for D&D. I don’t know about you, but I often have a hard time coming up with fresh, new characters. This is a tool to help with that – a random NPC generator.

Why an NPC generator?

I built this in part to help prevent myself from accidentally favoring one gender/race/other characteristic over another,

I’m building a small app that will be posted on this site soon-ish. This is a very early screenshot – I promise, it will look a lot better (and be a lot more functional) when it eventually launches.

More info coming soon.

I am discontinuing the Song of the Week posts.

That is all.

Hi everyone! First off, before the changelog, a big thank you to everyone who has visited my site since its launch. I know I’m catering to a small audience for now, but it still means a lot that anybody is giving it a peek. Thank you.

As a treat, here’s an old WIP video of the site.

Hello! This is a small patch to fix a couple small issues. There is a bigger patch on the horizon, but I wanted to get these fixes live before moving ahead on it.

Changelog:

• Added the tag cloud widget to the sidebar. (This was ready for launch, but didn’t make it.)
• Added a first round of performance updates; these will be more evident with the next patch.

Hello. My name is Josh, and I am a web developer. In my spare time, I like to play games, make food, and tinker with Lego. But I also happen to like web dev just enough that I will do it in my spare time as well — hence, this site. (If you’d like to know more about me, check out my About page.)

Today,

UPDATE 10/22/20: I need another week to finish polishing the site. October 29, 2020 at 8 P.M. EST.

UPDATE 10/4/20: Due to computer equipment issues, the site launch is being delayed exactly one week to October 22nd, 2020 at 8 P.M. EST.

UPDATE 9/16/20: The current plan is to officially launch this site on October 15th, 2020 at 8 P.M.