nickname change! · riki's house

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I’m changing my nickname from liquidex to riki!

so don’t be surprised that https://liquidex.house now redirects to https://riki.house.
2025-01-06
- I don’t remember how, but this new nickname came to me around New Year’s Eve. I was thinking about my alt nickname rikiddo and thought to myself, “I wonder what will happen if I drop the ddo?” and riki felt like the name of the cutest little critter in the world, so I just had to make the switch!
  2025-01-06
- I’ve been rocking the liquidex moniker for 4 or 5 years now. liquid in various forms has been my nickname for over twice as long. I liked it when I came up with it, but I feel like it no longer reflects myself or my values very well.
  2025-01-06
  - honestly most of all, liquidex just feels like the wrong sort of name for a furry —w—
    2025-01-06
  - but that’s not surprising, given that I came up with it while spreading hate towards innocent people. it was meant to be cheap and edgy-sounding.
    2025-01-06
    which no longer aligns with what I want to be, so sayōnara, liquidex!
    2025-01-06
- I’m not getting rid of the liquidex username in most places, though—I like to imagine it might be a fun name for a company one day. liquidex or liquidev, either would work, and they fit pretty well considering riki’s etymology.
  2025-01-06
riki feels like just the right sort of nickname for myself. it sounds cute and fun, yet slightly mischievous, perfect for the playful little cat I am. —w—
2025-01-06
- I also kind of like it doesn’t really imply a specific gender. feels right for a femboy-ish person like myself.
  2025-01-06
I’ve been rebranding the treehouse to fit this change, of course.
2025-01-06
- my website’s no longer liquidex’s treehouse, it’s riki’s house now!
  
  or, riki’s fluffy little house if you like typing a lot.
  2025-01-06
- the new logo is essentially just my Minecraft house, lmao. I liked the design so much I thought it would be perfect for a website with a .house TLD.
  2025-01-06
- you may have noticed the website is a lot more pink now. or purple, if you’re on dark mode.
  2025-01-06
  - I decided to go with these colors, because they fit the pink color scheme of the house pretty well!
    2025-01-06
  - also, I don’t really like the stereotype that pink is a girly color. so here it is: I’m a guy with a girly-looking website. cry about it!
    2025-01-06
  - I increased the overall contrast and boldness of the typography a ton, too. the text is now darker (or lighter, if you’re in dark mode), the code examples now have a more readable light mode theme, and the fonts are overall more bold and readable.
    2025-01-06
- but, the treehouse in the corner is not going anywhere! at its core, this piece of software is still called treehouse, and I don’t really wanna change that. I think it’s a good name.
  2025-01-06
so yeah, I think that pretty much covers it all—my nickname’s riki now, so don’t be surprised about the change!
2025-01-06