Now this may sound corny (you corny once, you stay on the cob forever), but I am really passionate about music. I’m not the most knowledgeable melomaniac out there, but when I think of how beautiful music is and how happy I am that music exist I start to cry. I truly believe there is no bad genre out there and if you think you hate an entire genre, you haven’t heard the right song yet. If you limit yourself to one genre and one genre alone you are an intellectual RETARD. This is true. I try my best to put myself out there genre wise, but there’s a set of genres I always go back to. There are a lot of different bands I listen to on and off, so I’ve just (very haphazardly) listed the artist I’ve heard multiple albums of. Bolden entries are either bands I’ve grown up with or care about beyond their music.

Metal and it's subgenres:

Faith No More (Mr. bungle, Tomahawk, Fantômas, Peeping Tom), System of a Down, Korn, Deftones, Tool, Thou, Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Ministry, Godflesh, Urfaust, Ulver,

Industrial, Noise, and the Like:

Einstürzende Neubauten, Grötüs, Test Dept, Nine Inch Nails, Acumen Nation, Skinny Puppy, Chemlab, The Damage Manual, Genocide Organ, Merzbow, Alberich, Unwound, Whores, Daughters, Black Midi,

Musica Electronica:

Aphex Twin, Massive Attack, Boards of Canada, Trans Am, Osamu Sato, LMFAO,

Lets get Experimental:

Godspeed You! Black Emperor, A Silver Mt. Zion, Swans, Jarboe, Sunn O))), Boris, Colin Stetson, The Residents, Throbbing Gristle, Clown Core, Dälek, Death Grips,

Rock and Everything Else

Queens of the Stone Age, Kyuss, Slo Burn, Hüsker Dü, Them Crooked Vultures, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Incubus, Ween, Butthole Surfers, Primus, Radiohead, Failure, Cocteau Twins, Outer Limit Recordings, Aphrodite's Child, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Mars Volta, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Monkees, The Beach Boys, Devo, Oingo Boingo, Talking Heads, Men at Work, Oasis, Blur, The Libertines, Beck, Slint, Bauhaus, Duster, Fugazi, Dead Kennedys, Rage Against The Machine, Agent Orange, Minutemen, The Vandals, NOFX, Beastie Boys, SpermSwamp, Kevin Macleod, Masayoshi Takanaka, Casiopea, Scatman John,

MOUSELING.net's 100 Questions for Webmasters:

1. Please introduce yourself.

My name is Cleatus.

2. How long have you been making websites?

As of this year (2025), baby!

3. And what got you into the hobby?

I've been toying with the idea of making a site on and off. DOKODEMO and uncannyvalley were my biggest, well not inspirations per say, but they definitely pushed me to want to make my own site. I've been coding this site on and off, but finally went full steam around summer 2025.

4. What kind of website are you most interested in?

I like anything that’s personal. I like looking into other people's lives. There's a fine balance of aesthetic and content that drives me into a site. I'll stay on a site if I think it looks good, but if there's nothing to keep me there then I'll leave. I feel as though that is a pretty universal standard, though.

5. What's your workflow? Do you plan your websites out thoroughly or do you come up with the design as you go along?

I usually set up a template of what I want in mspaint, code it, screenshot it and try to cobble up what I want visually on top of it in CSP. Coming up with what I want the page to look visually is usally a combination of me looking at other people's site, graphics sites, and bashing my head on the wall because I feel too retarded and unoriginal. Definitely a "go with the flow" kind of guy.

6. Please link to your biggest inspirations.

uncannyvalley for sure. I also like philia995 and all the diffrent ways the homepage has changed. I've loved every single one so far. Another site I like is Monsieurdoll, I just love the graphics for his site.

7. What's your favourite part about making websites?

I like the actual coding part the most. I'm already an artist so if I wanted to focus on making something pretty looking I would just draw. I just think typing everything together is really fun.

8. And the thing you struggle with the most?

Funnily enough I struggle with building the foundation. Not that I find it hard, but I'm just too scatterbrained. I'm at that awkward learning stage where I know what to do but I have trouble staying consistent. I always find myself doing some dumb fuck ass-backward way of making something work rather than just taking a moment to make everything orderly. Man, whatever as long as it looks good who gives a fuck.

9. Do you keep the same layout on all of your pages? Or do you use different ones?

NO! Too many ideas and too many materials to use. I worry that I'll keep coming up with ideas, but run out of content to actually put them to use, y'know? Maybe I'll take up template making. That would actually require me to have readable, nice code though wouldn't it?

10. How confident are you with CSS?

I dunno, CSS seems like that puddle you think is shallow, but you start to sink in. Don't get me wrong I got the basics down, but it's not like I'm doing crazy animations with it yet.

11. Do you know how to correctly use <dl>?

NO! Now I have. You learn something new everyday, think abt that.

12. What is your favourite HTML element?

The classic div. Can't go wrong with it. Ever. Span is pretty goated, too.

13. If you're making a new web page from scratch, what is the first thing you do?

Stare blankly at the screen with my thumb up my ass. Then I'd think up of a template and shitty make it in paint.

14. Do you know JavaScript?

NO! I edit some java here and there, though. Just don't know how to code with it. Haven't needed to, yet.

15. How about PHP?

HELL NAH!

16. Does your website have a theme that you stick to?

I try not to. The structure stays the same most of the time, though. Not really changing the game there.

17. Are you more focused on content or design?

Design. I do have content, it just takes me a while to get to it.

18. Do you own a domain name? If not, would you ever want to?

Maybe one day. I think Neocities makes it easier to come across websites, so I’d wait until I’m a little more established until I think about domains.

19. What do you think of nostalgia-focused or "retro" websites?

It's whatever. I'll always like to look at a frutiger aero site, but at the end of the day a lot of these sites shoot themselves in the foot by adhering to their strict aesthetic. It’s not necessarily a bad thing to start off with, but it can weigh you down.

20. Is your HTML valid? Do you even check?

If its not an error my editor detects then I don’t think about it.

21. What are your opinion on buttons and banners?

Love them. I get how the idea of limiting everything your site stands for into a small little button can be stifling, but its that limitation that breeds creativity I do declare. I wish banners and different sizes were more utilized, though.

22. What do you think of button walls in particular?

The big ones are hard to look at. Everything just starts to blend together. If mine ever gets huge I'd have to organize it for my own sake. I also feel like the bigger your wall gets the less personal it becomes. There’s something hoarder-esque about a big button wall.

23. If you started over again, would you make something similar or completely different?

Who knows? Maybe I would try to make something different then end up back to the original design somehow.

24. Are you envious of other people's websites?

Yessir, always and forever.

25. What text editor do you use?

Phoenix Code.

26. Why do you use that one?

It was the first one I picked out with a live view. That’s literately it.

27. Do you host your image files on your web server, or on another host?

I think anyone who does otherwise is stupid. It's whatever for other files, but why your images?

28. This might not be relevant to you, but what's your opinion on the Neocities vs. Nekoweb debate?

I don’t have a personal attachment to either, so what I’m going to say is just surface level observation. I do think Nekoweb’s usage of a public Discord server is a little counterintuitive. One of my main gripes so far with how some Neocities members go about the site is the usage of the feed/global activity as a stand in for micro blogging instead of using their site for that. Nekoweb’s advertisement of their Discord seems like the same shtick. This also creates a cliquey feel to the site. I get this sense that only a certain in-group would use Nekoweb compared to Neocities. Neocities does have an in-group associated with the site, but that in-group isn’t inherent to the image of Neocities which makes it easier to come across the out-group. I never did an intensive search of Nekoweb’s user base, though so take that with a grain of salt. I also heard the only way to contact support is through that Discord server, too.

29. How much server space would you estimate your main website takes up?

I know it’s under 1gb and that’s all that matters to me.

30. Do you keep local backups of your files?

Yeah, but knowing how I treat my art files if I could get away with it I wouldn't.

31. Do you prefer simple or highly visual websites?

Both can work. There are some simpler sites and complex sites I like. Personally I stay on the simpler side just because I wouldn't know what to visually fill a page with, but I prefer complex sites.

32. Do you stick to certain colours? Do you do that on purpose, or is it your subconscious?

There are combos I enjoy like blue and brown, but I find I work better in grayscale. That’s why my index is colorless. I like sticking with two colors whenever I do work with them, though.

33. Have you ever thought about quitting? Why?

I'm too early in to think about all that yet. Hopefully never.

34. Do you have many webmaster friends, or is it a solitary hobby?

I tried getting my friends into it, but they're lazy bums like me. I did make acquaintance with someone who happened to be a webmaster, though. I'd like to make more friends. #peaceandlove

35. Do people in your real life know about your website?

Yeah, but I never told them the address.

36. Do you update your website very often? How often is "very often"?

So far no. I'm trying for monthly updates. I think that should be often enough. Though, coding my site is my lowest priority. I’m in school right now so that always comes first.

37. And the overall design, do you change that much? Why or why not?

Haven't yet. Some parts of me wants to recode everything just so the code is orderly and neat, but I’ll get to that when I feel like it and have nothing else better to do.

38. Is your website more you-focused, hobby-focused, or outside world-focused?

me and my hobbies me and my hobbies me and my hobbies me and my hobbies me and my hobbies me and my hobbies me and my hobbies me and my hobbies me and my hobbies me and my hobbies me and my hobbies me and my hobbies me and my hobbies me me me me me me me me me me me me

39. Do you do web design professionally?

NO!

40. If not, would you like to? And if you're comfortable answering, what do you do for work?

I have thought about it. Wanted to be a comp sci major, but I switched. After thinking about it, its just not the kind of thing I want to do beyond a hobby. Plus the job market for comp sci majors fuckign sucks right now. I want to get a job in something I’m not personally invested in. I wanted to be an overachiever and stick to STEM, but I'm majoring in a different field now. In a perfect world I’d be majoring in library science.

41. Do you communicate with people by email very much?

Not as of now, But I wouldn't mind it.

42. Some people reject social media and use websites as a replacement. Do you keep social media outside of your website?

I like to be where the people are at and social media happens to be where everyone is at. I'm not totally anti social media as a lot of webmasters are. Don't get me wrong it's still shit, but its entertaining that way. I go on social media to watch morons fight, get rage baited, see the stuff I wanna see, and maybe upload art. If I feel like having peace and quiet then that’s what the site is for. I also feel like a lot of the webmasters who say they reject social media more often than not just end up abusing the activity feed like its twitter, but that’s neither here or there. It’s fine to stay attached to certain social medias to keep up with the world and as an outlet.

43. How about instant messengers? Do you use a mainstream one like Discord or Telegram? Or something like Matrix? Do you avoid them?

I got discord, but that’s limited to the people I already know. Wouldn't catch me dead in a public server. Wish I could use MSN escargot more.

44. Do you listen to music while you work on websites? If so, what kinds of artists?

Always and forever. The only time I'm not listening to music is when I’m sleeping or really, really locked in. I got the artist I listen to listed already. I HEART MUSIC!

45. Do you keep everything you make on one website, or do you have more than one?

All in one. I have ocs I wanted to put on my site wiki style, but I got embarrassed thinking about that, plus I think it would take up too much space. I thought about making a separate site for them, but I felt like I would need something more (like an actual comic) than surface level information to justify a whole site. I have a Toyhou.se account I ended up with, so I’ll stick to that until I end up committing to the time sink that is making a comic.

46. On a similar note, do you keep to one topic on your site, or many?

many many many many

47. Do you present your real self, or at least try? Or do you construct a persona on purpose?

I personally believe we're all inherently playing up some kind of personality on the Internet. I do play up some aspects of myself. Being my normal self would just be a drab and I just operate differently in real life.

48. Have you ever made a good friend thanks to your website?

Not yet.

49. Are you happy with the way HTML and CSS currently work?

There’s, like, one thing I wish I could do in CSS. I wish there was a way to add borders to clip paths without having to nest it inside a different div for same effect. That’s just me being a lazy bum, though.

50. What are practices that you think people should avoid?

I feel like I’m too retarded to judge the way others code. Auto playing audio is a basic boundary everyone can agree on, though.

51. What about under-utilised practices, or things you think people should do more?

I think people should utilize CSS features instead of relying on images or gifs so much. There are ways to make infinite scrolling marquees and scrolling backgrounds without relying on making graphics for those.

52. Do you use a lot of semantic HTML? Or are you guilty of generic structure?

Thinking about it, I probably should get used to semantic HTML. I got started coding with <div<s, so that’s what I’m used to. I recently looked at someone’s code who does use semantic HTML and it lowkey felt like a breath of fresh air. It’s something I want to eventually switch to.

53. Do you consider different browsers?

No…..lol. I checked my site on Edge recently and that was enough for me.

54. Speaking of, what's your preferred browser? Convince your readers why they should use it.

I use LibreWolf. If you use a chromium browser (yes, brave is chromium) you are the DEVIL. Satan is stealing your soul. Switching to something like Firefox is very simple, you just need to download it and it will convert your bookmarks for you.

55. And what OS are you on?

Windows 10.

56. Do you have a strong opinion on that, or do you just happen to use it?

Windows 11 is completely generated off of demonic code that will siphon your life power every update, so I never updated to it. Been thinking about switching to Linux but I’m not a big fat sweaty nerd so I don’t feel the pressure to.

57. Are your websites mobile-friendly?

No, lol. If you browse personal sites on your phone you’re the devil.

58. What are your thoughts on autoplay?

Demonic. If you’re going to use autoplay please at least lower the volume.

59. What are your thoughts on webrings? Are you in any?

Nothing inherently wrong with webrings. I like them. I was going to apply to a few after I beef up my site a bit.

60. Do you have any web shrines? What do you like to see in that sort of page?

Yessir! I’m in the middle of making a Siren shrine, after that I have more ideas for other shrines. I mostly look for personal connections and interpretations when it comes to shrines. I don’t really care for the shrines that just summarize the information they’re based off of. Like if you got a video game shrine and you do nothing but summarize who the characters are and what the game is about. I already know what Pokémon is you old coot you don’t need to summarize it for me. I’ll allow it if its something really niche, but if I don’t know what something is I honestly would rather look it up before I check the shrine out. The whole point of a shrine is it’s connection to YOU! Yeah, YOU! I want to hear what YOU think about something and what YOU think it means. I get that some stuff is somewhat reliant on summarization or just an explanation, though. I guess I just really hate filler.

61. Are your websites "cliche", in your opinion?

I hope not. There wasn’t an established site aesthetic I based mine around.

62. What is your ideal website? Are you striving for that, or for something else?

I really like a complicated design heavy website. Something where there is a lot to look at immediately. One day I think I can get, but the contents on my site is pretty bare bones right now, so I’d have to take a while to get there.

63. Are you an artist? Do you draw or design your own assets?

I’m an artist, but I don’t like to draw assets for my site, other than my shrines. I like using other people’s assets first before I design something myself. That’s unless I have a specific idea in mind like for my pet page.

64. What are your favourite resource sites?

FOOL LOVERS all the way. I’ve been trying to use other resource sites to spice things up and I’ve been fond of NEO HIMEISM as of now.

65. Is there a habit you just can't get away from no matter how hard you try?

I keep fucking switching from different sizes. One moment I’m using px like any sane individual then all of a sudden there is an evil Nosferatu on my sholder flipping the switch inside of my brain spongebob style and now I’m fucking using % and vh like a retarded chud.

66. What's your biggest advice for a new webmaster?

Number one; be who you aarrre, number two; if you aren’t one yet and want to be just do it. You don’t have to upload your files right away just get used to coding and you’ll ease into it.

67. Do you keep all your styling in CSS? Or do you hard-code some?

I switch. I keep most of my CSS in the style tag, but there are moments I hard code it. Also, the though of making a separate CSS file is abrasive to me. Something about it just ticks me off, I don’t know. I need everything that will show up on that page, coding wise, in one file and one file only.

68. What do you think of frameset layouts?

There are better ways to go about consistent layouts, but, hey, if it works it works. I’m not gonna bash someone for doing it whatever way they see fit. For the love of God make sure it works correctly, though.

69. How about table-based layouts?

SCARY! Products of a bygone era. I had to work with a table layout recently and it was very harrowing. Please stick to divs.

70. Do you subscribe to the ideas of "one-column", "two-column" and "three-column" layouts? Do you use any of these?

Sure. I think dividing a site into columns is a nice simple idea. I like three-column sites but I stick to one or two myself.

71. Do you spend longer on the HTML or the CSS?

CSS.

72. Have you ever made a page with no CSS? It's useful for your thoughts.

No, I haven’t. Maybe I’ll give it a go.

73. Do you ever find yourself making layouts with nothing to put on them? Or do you only make layouts when the need arises?

I’m sitting on a layout right now I have no idea what to do with. I was going to use it for an art commission page, but I didn’t think it would work for an image heavy page that would entail. Now I’m just sitting on it, wondering if I should tweak it or trash it for something else.

74. Would you consider yourself a beginner? Or advanced? Somewhere in the middle?

I’m a retarded beginner.

75. Do you have a habit of looking at the source code of websites you visit?

Yes… I get curious.

76. How did YOU learn how to make websites?

Trial and error. I tried reading tutorials, but my attention span is dog shit. I find it better to learn something by doing it and fucking up over and over. My first page was actually my pet page. I made a house shaped div with a clip path roof and the shimmies would be inside the house. It was a pretty simple, but shitty page. I had that scene of Freddy got Fingered where Gord is singing “Daddy, would you like some sausage?” on loop, auto played, even. It was a bad page, but its where I got familiar with divs.

77. Do you ever force elements to do things they're not supposed to?

Sometimes I do but then I backtrack because my editor shows me an evil red error sign next to my code, so I go back to fix it because I hate being wrong. If I was left to my own devices I would be tormenting these poor elements.

78. Thoughts on floating elements?

I never use float in its intended purpose, sorry.

79. When you're sizing stuff, what do you use first? Do you use px, em, %, or something else?

I got started using pixle, then I switch to % because I felt like it was better before going back to px. Now I keep switching between the two like a retard.

80. Do you have a favourite font?

Ms Gothic all the way. Some people find it hard to read in, though, so I switched it up for the blog.

81. Would you run a website with another person? How would that work?

I think it would be fun, but I’m sure we’d end up arguing assuming I’m making this site with my friends. I had an idea of collabing with a friend on a shrine page for a character we both like, but she hasn’t even made her own site yet.

82. Do you surf the Web to find new personal websites very often?

Whenever I feel like it.

83. Do you bookmark other people's websites? How would you feel knowing someone else bookmarked yours?

I love my bookmarks. I bookmark anything that seems interesting. I’d be flattered if someone bookmarked me.

84. What do you want people to be most impressed with when they see your website?

My big beautiful personality

85. Are you interested in technology outside of websites? Do you collect?

Yes. I built my own computer and I thought that was really fun. I would love to collect stuff like laptops and smartphones, but collections are usually a money sink. I’m not in a hurry to start a collection.

86. How often and for how long are you online?

Ever since I came out of the womb. Don’t do that.

87. When it comes to your website, who is your target audience?

Anyone who happens to read my site, really. I’d like to reach out to like minded people.

88. Have you ever been interested in XHTML?

No

89. Do you program in general? Have you ever written a program for use with or on your website, not counting simple JavaScript?

Noooo

90. Speaking of programs that help you make websites, what do you think of static site generators (SSGs)? Have you ever used one?

NO

91. Do you keep a hitcounter? Why or why not?

I’ll put one up eventually. I love keeping track of numbers and hitting myself in the head when it’s not high enough.

92. Do you frequent forums? Which ones?

Not really

93. Do you write your page content directly into the editor, or do you prepare it elsewhere, like a text document or a Word document?

I code directly into my editor, but I type my text out on a text file. I’m a moronic dyslexic though so I have to paste it into LibreOffice before I paste it again on my editor.

94. Do you think you appear cool to others? A more accurate answer now: do other people ever say you're cool?

I’m conscious of what I put out on the Internet, but I don’t try to appear cool. WITH THAT SAID. Yes, people have called me cool. Heh…. I’m a little alpha, I guess.

95. Are you embarrassed of your old work? Have you ever deleted everything out of shame?

I’m always embarrassed of my old work when it comes to everything.

96. Would you close down your website if you couldn't update it, or would you leave an archive?

No. I hate it when people takes things they don’t update down. Bitch, archive it.

97. Do you reveal a lot about yourself on your website? Or are you more secretive?

I try not to.

98. Are you willing to reveal who your best online friend is, and/or if they have a website?

I’ll do all that when they finally make their fucking website.

99. And do you optimise the images on your website?

I didn’t before, but now I gotta go back and do that because they take a little too long to load and it’s pissing me off.

100. We're out of time! How do you feel after answering 100 questions? ....other than exhausted.

I dunno. I’m gonna go back to editing my about me page or maybe find another set of questions to answer because I’m a lazy fucking bum.