About VinceArter.com

VinceArter.com has been my main, personal landing page for many years now.

Arter.US is our family’s personal landing page.

History: I’ve had this site running since ~1996 (in one form or the other). The site was originally called DaDen.com. Shortly after that, I succumbed to the trend to have my name as my domain. I sold DaDen.com a few years after that. I have many other domains, including: Arter.US, ArterFamily.com, Protoduction.com [Protoduction.com has now been sold as well], and a few others for specific projects.

Purpose: In the past, the site has been a sharing point for students who took technology and programming classes I taught at St. Louis County Community College. It has been a point for exchanging ideas with friends, colleagues, and community developers. It has been a place to share pictures and music I’ve written. It has been a place to share code I’ve developed (or am just playing around with). Currently it is more informational than cooperative sharing.

Technology: Over the years this site has been implemented using different approaches to its layout and code. Around mid-2022 I rebuilt the previous static HTML5/CSS/JavaScript site with a more dynamic implementation using Jekyll, Liquid Layout, and Markdown (I ❤️ Markdown). Markdown allows for the quick creation and editing of content without having to mess with HTML5 styling and markup.

Now, in 2025, I have gotten rid of all of the Jekyll and Liquid and moved to 11ty (Eleventy) for dynamic rendering of Markdown. Jekyll was being finicky on upgrades (and sometimes took hours to fix post-upgrade) and 11ty is simpler, focused, and fully supports modern web development practices. I may eventually convert my legacy Medium blog to Markdown and put it here at some point… maybe.

Other things you may see on the site:

• Visual Art: Art I’ve created over the years and some interesting AI art projects I’ve done lately (primarily OS backgrounds / wallpapers).
• Music: Stuff I play around with in my home studio.
• Development: Ideas and projects I am working on.
• Thoughts: On my personal study of music, computer science, philosophy, religion, etc.
• And other things I haven’t thought of yet.

Thank you for stopping by, and please come back for more content in the coming months.

Vince Arter, Jr. - Updated: 21-June-2025 (Original About post circa 2007)
vince@vincearter.com