diff --git a/src/components/Buffer.astro b/src/components/Buffer.astro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8542700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Buffer.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+const { id } = Astro.props;
+---
+
+<pre id={id} class="w-full flex-1 flex overflow-auto"><slot /></pre>
diff --git a/src/components/CommandLine.astro b/src/components/CommandLine.astro
index dbef499..e23e6e7 100644
--- a/src/components/CommandLine.astro
+++ b/src/components/CommandLine.astro
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@
 <script>
 	const cmds: Record<string, () => void> = {
 		q: () => {
-			document.body.style.visibility = "hidden";
+			const cmdEvent = new CustomEvent("closebuffer");
+			window.dispatchEvent(cmdEvent);
+		},
+		"help iccf": () => {
+			const cmdEvent = new CustomEvent("openiccf");
+			window.dispatchEvent(cmdEvent);
 		},
 	};
 
@@ -85,17 +90,22 @@
 				break;
 
 			case "Escape":
-				disableCmdMode();
+				if (isInCmdMode) {
+					event.preventDefault();
+					disableCmdMode();
+				}
 				break;
 
 			case "Backspace":
-				commandLineInput.value = commandLineInput.value.substring(
-					0,
-					commandLineInput.value.length - 1,
-				);
-				commandLineInput.size--;
-				if (commandLineInput.value === "") {
+				if (!isInCmdMode) break;
+				if (commandLineInput.value === ":") {
 					disableCmdMode();
+				} else {
+					commandLineInput.value = commandLineInput.value.substring(
+						0,
+						commandLineInput.value.length - 1,
+					);
+					commandLineInput.size--;
 				}
 				break;
 
diff --git a/src/components/LuaLine.astro b/src/components/LuaLine.astro
index 1c9a9f4..17d4421 100644
--- a/src/components/LuaLine.astro
+++ b/src/components/LuaLine.astro
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ import CommandLine from "./CommandLine.astro";
 			>&nbsp;NORMAL&nbsp;</span
 		>
 		<div class="flex flex-row bg-surface0">
+			<span>&nbsp;</span>
+			<Link href="https://polygui.org">poly gui</Link>
+			<span>&nbsp;</span>
+			<Link href="https://github.com/kennethnym/mai">ml</Link>
+			<span>&nbsp;</span>
+			<Link href="https://github.com/kennethnym/dotfiles">.files</Link>
+			<span>&nbsp;</span>
+		</div>
+		<div class="flex flex-row ml-auto bg-surface0">
 			<span>&nbsp;</span>
 			<Link href="https://github.com/kennethnym">github</Link>
 			<span>&nbsp;</span>
diff --git a/src/components/UgandaHelpText.astro b/src/components/UgandaHelpText.astro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ec5852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/UgandaHelpText.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+<pre
+	class="whitespace-pre">
+      uganda.txt*    Nvim
+
+
+		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL    by Bram Moolenaar
+
+
+			*uganda* *Uganda* *copying* *copyright* *license*
+SUMMARY
+								*iccf* *ICCF*
+Vim is Charityware.  You can use and copy it as much as you like, but you are
+encouraged to make a donation for needy children in Uganda.  Please see |kcc|
+below or visit the ICCF web site, available at these URLs:
+
+	https://iccf-holland.org/
+	https://www.vim.org/iccf/
+	https://www.iccf.nl/
+
+You can also sponsor the development of Vim.  Vim sponsors can vote for
+features.  See |sponsor|.  The money goes to Uganda anyway.
+
+The Open Publication License applies to the Vim documentation, see
+|manual-copyright|.
+
+=== begin of license ===
+
+VIM LICENSE
+
+I)  There are no restrictions on distributing unmodified copies of Vim except
+    that they must include this license text.  You can also distribute
+    unmodified parts of Vim, likewise unrestricted except that they must
+    include this license text.  You are also allowed to include executables
+    that you made from the unmodified Vim sources, plus your own usage
+    examples and Vim scripts.
+
+II) It is allowed to distribute a modified (or extended) version of Vim,
+    including executables and/or source code, when the following four
+    conditions are met:
+    1) This license text must be included unmodified.
+    2) The modified Vim must be distributed in one of the following five ways:
+       a) If you make changes to Vim yourself, you must clearly describe in
+	  the distribution how to contact you.  When the maintainer asks you
+	  (in any way) for a copy of the modified Vim you distributed, you
+	  must make your changes, including source code, available to the
+	  maintainer without fee.  The maintainer reserves the right to
+	  include your changes in the official version of Vim.  What the
+	  maintainer will do with your changes and under what license they
+	  will be distributed is negotiable.  If there has been no negotiation
+	  then this license, or a later version, also applies to your changes.
+	  The current maintainer is Bram Moolenaar &lt;Bram@vim.org&gt;.  If this
+	  changes it will be announced in appropriate places (most likely
+	  vim.sf.net, www.vim.org and/or comp.editors).  When it is completely
+	  impossible to contact the maintainer, the obligation to send him
+	  your changes ceases.  Once the maintainer has confirmed that he has
+	  received your changes they will not have to be sent again.
+       b) If you have received a modified Vim that was distributed as
+	  mentioned under a) you are allowed to further distribute it
+	  unmodified, as mentioned at I).  If you make additional changes the
+	  text under a) applies to those changes.
+       c) Provide all the changes, including source code, with every copy of
+	  the modified Vim you distribute.  This may be done in the form of a
+	  context diff.  You can choose what license to use for new code you
+	  add.  The changes and their license must not restrict others from
+	  making their own changes to the official version of Vim.
+       d) When you have a modified Vim which includes changes as mentioned
+	  under c), you can distribute it without the source code for the
+	  changes if the following three conditions are met:
+	  - The license that applies to the changes permits you to distribute
+	    the changes to the Vim maintainer without fee or restriction, and
+	    permits the Vim maintainer to include the changes in the official
+	    version of Vim without fee or restriction.
+	  - You keep the changes for at least three years after last
+	    distributing the corresponding modified Vim.  When the maintainer
+	    or someone who you distributed the modified Vim to asks you (in
+	    any way) for the changes within this period, you must make them
+	    available to him.
+	  - You clearly describe in the distribution how to contact you.  This
+	    contact information must remain valid for at least three years
+	    after last distributing the corresponding modified Vim, or as long
+	    as possible.
+       e) When the GNU General Public License (GPL) applies to the changes,
+	  you can distribute the modified Vim under the GNU GPL version 2 or
+	  any later version.
+    3) A message must be added, at least in the output of the ":version"
+       command and in the intro screen, such that the user of the modified Vim
+       is able to see that it was modified.  When distributing as mentioned
+       under 2)e) adding the message is only required for as far as this does
+       not conflict with the license used for the changes.
+    4) The contact information as required under 2)a) and 2)d) must not be
+       removed or changed, except that the person himself can make
+       corrections.
+
+III) If you distribute a modified version of Vim, you are encouraged to use
+     the Vim license for your changes and make them available to the
+     maintainer, including the source code.  The preferred way to do this is
+     by e-mail or by uploading the files to a server and e-mailing the URL.
+     If the number of changes is small (e.g., a modified Makefile) e-mailing a
+     context diff will do.  The e-mail address to be used is
+     &lt;maintainer@vim.org&gt;
+
+IV)  It is not allowed to remove this license from the distribution of the Vim
+     sources, parts of it or from a modified version.  You may use this
+     license for previous Vim releases instead of the license that they came
+     with, at your option.
+
+=== end of license ===
+
+Note:
+
+- If you are happy with Vim, please express that by reading the rest of this
+  file and consider helping needy children in Uganda.
+
+- If you want to support further Vim development consider becoming a
+  |sponsor|.  The money goes to Uganda anyway.
+
+- According to Richard Stallman the Vim license is GNU GPL compatible.
+  A few minor changes have been made since he checked it, but that should not
+  make a difference.
+
+- If you link Vim with a library that goes under the GNU GPL, this limits
+  further distribution to the GNU GPL.  Also when you didn't actually change
+  anything in Vim.
+
+- Once a change is included that goes under the GNU GPL, this forces all
+  further changes to also be made under the GNU GPL or a compatible license.
+
+==============================================================================
+Kibaale Children's Centre		*kcc* *Kibaale*  *charity*
+
+Kibaale Children's Centre (KCC) is located in Kibaale, a small town in the
+south of Uganda, near Tanzania, in East Africa.  The area is known as Rakai
+District.  The population is mostly farmers.  Although people are poor, there
+usually is enough food.  But this district is suffering from AIDS more than
+any other part of the world.  Some say that it started there.  Estimations are
+that in the past 10 to 30% of the Ugandans are infected with HIV.  Because
+parents die, there are many orphans.  In this district about 60,000 children
+have lost one or both parents, out of a population of 350,000.  Although AIDS
+is now mostly under control, the problems are still continuing.
+
+The children need a lot of help.  The KCC is working hard to provide the needy
+with food, medical care and education.  Food and medical care to keep them
+healthy now, and education so that they can take care of themselves in the
+future.  KCC works on a Christian base, but help is given to children of any
+religion.
+
+The key to solving the problems in this area is education.  This has been
+neglected in the past years with president Idi Amin and the following civil
+wars.  Now that the government is stable again, the children and parents have
+to learn how to take care of themselves and how to avoid infections.  There is
+also help for people who are ill and hungry, but the primary goal is to
+prevent people from getting ill and to teach them how to grow healthy food.
+
+Most of the orphans are living in an extended family.  An uncle or older
+sister is taking care of them.  Because these families are big and the income
+(if any) is low, a child is lucky if it gets healthy food.  Clothes, medical
+care and schooling is beyond its reach.  To help these needy children, a
+sponsorship program was put into place.  A child can be financially adopted.
+For a few dollars a month KCC sees to it that the child gets indispensable
+items, is healthy, goes to school and KCC takes care of anything else that
+needs to be done for the child and the family that supports it.
+
+Besides helping the child directly, the environment where the child grows up
+needs to be improved.  KCC helps schools to improve their teaching methods.
+There is a demonstration school at the centre and teacher trainings are given.
+Health workers are being trained, hygiene education is carried out and
+households are stimulated to build a proper latrine.  I helped setting up a
+production site for cement slabs.  These are used to build a good latrine.
+They are sold below cost price.
+
+There is a clinic at the project, which provides children and their family
+medical help.  Since 2020 a maternity ward was added and 24/7 service is
+available.  When needed, transport to a hospital is offered.  Immunization
+programs are carried out and help is provided when an epidemic is breaking out
+(measles and cholera have been a problem).
+							*donate*
+Summer 1994 to summer 1995 I spent a whole year at the centre, working as a
+volunteer.  I have helped to expand the centre and worked in the area of water
+and sanitation.  I learned that the help that the KCC provides really helps.
+When I came back to Holland, I wanted to continue supporting KCC.  To do this
+I'm raising funds and organizing the sponsorship program.  Please consider one
+of these possibilities:
+
+1.  Sponsor a child in primary school: 17 euro a month (or more).
+2.  Sponsor a child in secondary school: 25 euro a month (or more).
+3.  Sponsor the clinic: Any amount a month or quarter
+4.  A one-time donation
+
+Compared with other organizations that do child sponsorship the amounts are
+very low.  This is because the money goes directly to the centre.  Less than
+5% is used for administration.  This is possible because this is a small
+organization that works with volunteers.  If you would like to sponsor a
+child, you should have the intention to do this for at least one year.
+
+How do you know that the money will be spent right?  First of all you have my
+personal guarantee as the author of Vim.  I trust the people that are working
+at the centre, I know them personally.  Furthermore, the centre has been
+co-sponsored and inspected by World Vision, Save the Children Fund and is now
+under the supervision of Pacific Academy Outreach Society.  The centre is
+visited about once a year to check the progress (at our own cost).  I have
+visited the centre myself many times, starting in 1993.  The visit reports are
+on the ICCF web site.
+
+If you have any further questions, send me e-mail: &lt;Bram@vim.org&gt;.
+
+The address of the centre is:
+			Kibaale Children's Centre
+			p.o. box 1658
+			Masaka, Uganda, East Africa
+
+Sending money:						*iccf-donations*
+
+Check the ICCF web site for the latest information!  See |iccf| for the URL.
+
+
+USA:		The methods mentioned below can be used.
+		If you must send a check send it to our Canadian partner:
+		https://www.kuwasha.net/
+
+Canada:		Contact Kuwasha in Surrey, Canada.  They take care of the
+		Canadian sponsors for the children in Kibaale.  Kuwasha
+		forwards 100% of the money to the project in Uganda.  You can
+		send them a one time donation directly.
+		Please send me a note so that I know what has been donated
+		because of Vim.  Look on their site for information about
+		sponsorship: https://www.kuwasha.net/
+		If you make a donation to Kuwasha you will receive a tax
+		receipt which can be submitted with your tax return.
+
+Holland:	Transfer to the account of "Stichting ICCF Holland" in
+		Amersfoort.  This will allow for tax deduction if you live in
+		Holland.  ING bank, IBAN: NL95 INGB 0004 5487 74
+
+Germany:	It is possible to make donations that allow for a tax return.
+		Check the ICCF web site for the latest information:
+			https://iccf-holland.org/germany.html
+
+Europe:		Use a bank transfer if possible.  See "Others" below for the
+		swift code and IBAN number.
+		Any other method should work.  Ask for information about
+		sponsorship.
+
+Credit Card:	You can use PayPal to send money with a Credit card.  This is
+		the most widely used Internet based payment system.  It's
+		really simple to use.  Use this link to find more info:
+		    https://www.paypal.com/en_US/mrb/pal=XAC62PML3GF8Q
+		The e-mail address for sending the money to is:
+		    Bram@iccf-holland.org
+
+Others:		Transfer to this account if possible:
+		    ING bank:	IBAN: NL95 INGB 0004 5487 74
+				Swift code: INGBNL2A
+		    under the name "stichting ICCF Holland", Amersfoort
+		Checks are not accepted.
+
+
+ vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl:
+&gt;&lt;/Bram@vim.org&gt;&lt;/maintainer@vim.org&gt;
+</pre>
diff --git a/src/pages/index.astro b/src/pages/index.astro
index 6f0803f..314163b 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -1,87 +1,58 @@
 ---
 import BaseHead from "../components/BaseHead.astro";
+import Footer from "../components/Footer.astro";
 import { SITE_TITLE, SITE_DESCRIPTION } from "../consts";
 import Link from "../components/Link.astro";
 import FormattedDate from "../components/FormattedDate.astro";
-import LuaLine from "../components/LuaLine.astro";
 import { getBlogs } from "../content/blog";
 
 const posts = (await getBlogs()).sort(
 	(a, b) => b.data.pubDate.valueOf() - a.data.pubDate.valueOf(),
 );
-const currentMonth = new Date().getMonth();
 ---
 
 <!doctype html>
 <html lang="en" class="latte dark:mocha">
-	<head>
-		<BaseHead title={SITE_TITLE} description={SITE_DESCRIPTION} />
-	</head>
-	<body
-		class="bg-base text-text h-screen m-auto p-8 flex items-center justify-center overflow-hidden"
-	>
-		<main
-			class="py-8 max-w-2xl flex flex-col items-center space-y-0 leading-tight"
-		>
-			<p>KENNETHNYM v23.{currentMonth + 4}</p>
-			<p class="leading-none">&nbsp;</p>
-			<p>software engineer. unpaid hhkb salesman.</p>
-			<p>&nbsp;</p>
-			<p>&nbsp;</p>
-			<ul class="w-full">
-				{
-					posts.map((post) => (
-						<li class="flex flex-row justify-between hover:bg-opacity-10 hover:bg-text -mx-2 px-2 rounded space-x-8">
-							<Link href={`/blog/${post.slug}`}>{post.data.title}</Link>
-							<FormattedDate date={post.data.pubDate} />
-						</li>
-					))
-				}
-			</ul>
-		</main>
-		<div class="absolute w-full h-full px-2 -z-10 leading-tight">
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-			<p>~</p>
-		</div>
-		<LuaLine client:load />
-	</body>
+<head>
+	<BaseHead title={SITE_TITLE} description={SITE_DESCRIPTION} />
+</head>
+<body
+	class="bg-base text-text max-w-4xl m-auto p-8"
+>
+<header>
+	<p class="font-bold text-2xl">kennethnym</p>
+</header>
+<main class="py-8">
+	<p>dumping ground for my thoughts. all opinions are my own.</p>
+	<h1 class="font-bold mt-8 mb-2 text-lg visited">current projects:</h1>
+	<ul class="not-prose space-y-4 md:space-y-2">
+		<li>
+			<Link href="https://polygui.org">poly</Link>: a language-agnostic,
+			cross-platform GUI framework for building OS-native applications.
+		</li>
+		<li>
+			<Link href="https://polygui.org/nanopack/introduction/">nanopack</Link
+			>: a zero-runtime, type-safe binary serialization format.
+		</li>
+		<li>
+			<Link href="https://github.com/kennethnym/StarlightLauncher"
+			>starlight launcher</Link
+			>: an open-source android launcher with a search-based ui.
+		</li>
+	</ul>
+	<h1 class="font-bold mt-8 mb-2 text-lg visited">my thoughts:</h1>
+	<ul>
+		{
+			posts.map((post) => (
+				<li class="flex flex-row justify-between hover:bg-opacity-10 hover:bg-text -mx-2 px-2 rounded">
+					<Link href={`/blog/${post.slug}`}>{post.data.title}</Link>
+					<FormattedDate date={post.data.pubDate} />
+				</li>
+			))
+		}
+	</ul>
+</main>
+<hr class="py-2" />
+<Footer />
+</body>
 </html>
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 7a36ca0..0fc51d7 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "strictNullChecks": true
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}