small copy updates

Author: healeycodes

README.md

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ Issues/bug reports are very welcome.
 ## Features
 
 - Next.js hosted on Vercel
-- Markdown + images
+- Markdown, images, and videos
 - RSS feed (links, not full content)
 - Simple design focused on content (responsive for desktop/mobile)
-- Code highlighting via `prism-react-renderer`
+- Code highlighting via `prism-react-renderer` (TODO fix Lisp syntax highlighting)
 - Newsletter CTA (powered by Buttondown)
 - All core features work without JavaScript enabled
 - End-to-end tests with `playwright`
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ npm run dev
 
 Feel free to use any of my writing or code for educational reasons (e.g. you're teaching a class).
 
-Otherwise, check with me before republishing my writing or code (I'll give permission 99% of the time).
+Otherwise, check with me before republishing my writing (I'll give permission 99% of the time).

pages/about.tsx

@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@ export default function About() {
       <h1>About</h1>
       <main>
         <p>
-          I write software and write about software. I{" "}
-          <a href="mailto:[email protected]">love getting email</a>. My research interests include programming languages, game solvers (chess, sokoban, and more), and isolation/sandboxing.
-        </p>
+          I write software and write about software. My research interests include programming language design, compilers, JavaScript runtimes, game solvers, and running untrusted code.</p>
         <p>
-          This <a href={siteConfig.REPO_URL}>open source</a> website is built with Next.js.
+          This <a href={siteConfig.REPO_URL}>open source</a> website is built with Next.js, and I <a href="mailto:[email protected]">love getting email.</a>
         </p>
         <SpacedImage
           src={mePresenting}
@@ -28,8 +26,7 @@ export default function About() {
           style={{ borderRadius: '0.4em' }}
         />
         <p>
-          I like teaching people things that I know. I like video games,
-          running, and reading.
+          I like teaching people things that I know. I like video games, classic games (chess, scrabble, sudoku), running, and reading.
         </p>
         <p>
           I am easily impressed by people and the cool stuff they build. I

pages/index.tsx

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export default function Home({ allPostsData, description, words }) {
             style={{ borderRadius: '0.4em' }}
           />
           <p className="avatar-text">
-            Hey, I'm Andrew Healey. I'm a software engineer at Vercel, and I'm interested in the joy of computing. I've written{" "}
+            Hey, I'm Andrew Healey. I'm a software engineer at Vercel, and I'm interested in the <Link href="/my-time-at-the-recurse-center">joy of computing</Link>. I've written{" "}
             {numberWithCommas(words)} words on this{" "}
             <a href={siteConfig.REPO_URL}>open source</a> website.
           </p>

pages/projects.tsx

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export default function Projects({ totalStars, mostRecentPushFormatted }: { tota
       <h1>Projects</h1>
       <main>
         <p>
-          My side projects include programming languages, web frameworks, game solvers, developer tools, databases, and games. My public GitHub repositories have been starred {totalStars} times, and my last open source <code>git push</code> was {mostRecentPushFormatted} ago.
+          My side projects include interpreters and compilers, web frameworks, game solvers, developer tools, databases, games, and more. My public GitHub repositories have been starred {totalStars} times, and my last open source <code>git push</code> was {mostRecentPushFormatted} ago.
         </p>
         <h2>Open Source</h2>
         <div className="project-list">