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..27603bc 100644
--- a/src/components/CommandLine.astro
+++ b/src/components/CommandLine.astro
@@ -1,20 +1,32 @@
 <div id="command-line" class="w-full flex flex-row bg-base">
 	<input
+		aria-hidden="true"
 		id="command-line-input"
 		type="text"
-		size="1"
-		class="bg-base focus:outline-none active:outline-none cursor-default caret-transparent"
+		class="bg-base focus:outline-none active:outline-none cursor-default caret-transparent m-0"
 	/>
 	<div id="caret" aria-hidden="true" class="bg-text inline-block">&nbsp;</div>
-	<p id="status-text" class="absolute w-full h-full bg-base hidden italic">
-		test
+	<p
+		aria-hidden="true"
+		id="status-text"
+		class="absolute w-full h-full bg-base hidden italic"
+	>
 	</p>
 </div>
 
 <script>
 	const cmds: Record<string, () => void> = {
 		q: () => {
-			document.body.style.visibility = "hidden";
+			const cmdEvent = new CustomEvent("closebuffer");
+			window.dispatchEvent(cmdEvent);
+		},
+		help: () => {
+			const cmdEvent = new CustomEvent("openhelp");
+			window.dispatchEvent(cmdEvent);
+		},
+		"help iccf": () => {
+			const cmdEvent = new CustomEvent("openiccf");
+			window.dispatchEvent(cmdEvent);
 		},
 	};
 
@@ -36,8 +48,8 @@
 	function enableCmdMode() {
 		caret.style.display = "block";
 		statusText.classList.add("hidden");
-		commandLineInput.size = 1;
 		commandLineInput.value = ":";
+		commandLineInput.style.width = "1ch";
 		isInCmdMode = true;
 
 		const event = new Event("cmdmodeenabled");
@@ -48,8 +60,8 @@
 		caret.style.display = "none";
 		isInCmdMode = false;
 		if (clear) {
-			commandLineInput.size = 1;
 			commandLineInput.value = "";
+			commandLineInput.style.width = "0ch";
 		}
 
 		const event = new Event("cmdmodedisabled");
@@ -58,7 +70,15 @@
 
 	function appendChar(event: KeyboardEvent) {
 		commandLineInput.value += event.key;
-		commandLineInput.size += 1;
+		commandLineInput.style.width = `${commandLineInput.value.length}ch`;
+	}
+
+	function deleteChar() {
+		commandLineInput.value = commandLineInput.value.substring(
+			0,
+			commandLineInput.value.length - 1,
+		);
+		commandLineInput.style.width = `${commandLineInput.value.length}ch`;
 	}
 
 	function executeCommand() {
@@ -85,17 +105,18 @@
 				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 {
+					deleteChar();
 				}
 				break;
 
diff --git a/src/components/FormattedDate.astro b/src/components/FormattedDate.astro
index 1bcce73..9f9a371 100644
--- a/src/components/FormattedDate.astro
+++ b/src/components/FormattedDate.astro
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ const { date } = Astro.props;
 
 <time datetime={date.toISOString()}>
 	{
-		date.toLocaleDateString('en-us', {
-			year: 'numeric',
-			month: 'short',
-			day: 'numeric',
+		date.toLocaleDateString("en-us", {
+			year: "numeric",
+			month: "short",
+			day: "numeric",
 		})
 	}
 </time>
diff --git a/src/components/LuaLine.astro b/src/components/LuaLine.astro
index 1c9a9f4..61793e3 100644
--- a/src/components/LuaLine.astro
+++ b/src/components/LuaLine.astro
@@ -3,14 +3,23 @@ import Link from "./Link.astro";
 import CommandLine from "./CommandLine.astro";
 ---
 
-<div class="absolute w-full bottom-0">
+<div class="hidden sm:block absolute w-full bottom-0">
 	<footer class="w-full bg-crust flex flex-row leading-tight">
 		<span
 			id="status-indicator"
-			class="bg-blue text-base inline-block leading-tight"
+			class="bg-blue font-bold text-base inline-block leading-tight"
 			>&nbsp;NORMAL&nbsp;</span
 		>
-		<div class="flex flex-row bg-surface0">
+		<div id="project-list" class="flex flex-row bg-surface0">
+			<span>&nbsp;</span>
+			<Link href="https://polygui.org">poly gui</Link>
+			<span>&nbsp;</span>
+			<Link href="https://polygui.org/nanopack/introduction/">nanopack</Link>
+			<span>&nbsp;</span>
+			<Link href="https://github.com/kennethnym/mai">mai</Link>
+			<span>&nbsp;</span>
+		</div>
+		<div id="contact-list" class="flex flex-row ml-auto bg-surface0">
 			<span>&nbsp;</span>
 			<Link href="https://github.com/kennethnym">github</Link>
 			<span>&nbsp;</span>
@@ -33,7 +42,6 @@ import CommandLine from "./CommandLine.astro";
 		statusIndicator.innerHTML = "&nbsp;COMMAND&nbsp;";
 		statusIndicator.classList.remove("bg-blue");
 		statusIndicator.classList.add("bg-peach");
-		console.log("cmd mode!");
 	});
 
 	cmdLine.addEventListener("cmdmodedisabled", () => {
@@ -41,4 +49,12 @@ import CommandLine from "./CommandLine.astro";
 		statusIndicator.classList.add("bg-blue");
 		statusIndicator.classList.remove("bg-peach");
 	});
+
+	window.addEventListener("openhelp", () => {
+		window.location.href = "https://vimhelp.org/";
+	});
+
+	window.addEventListener("openiccf", () => {
+		window.location.href = "https://vimhelp.org/uganda.txt.html#iccf";
+	});
 </script>
diff --git a/src/pages/index.astro b/src/pages/index.astro
index bb73c4f..9ca9a79 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -1,56 +1,125 @@
 ---
 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 Footer from "../components/Footer.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 current = new Date();
+const currentMonth = current.getMonth();
+const currentYear = `${current.getUTCFullYear() - 1}`.substring(2);
 ---
 
 <!doctype html>
-<html lang="en" class="latte dark:mocha">
+<html lang="en" class="latte dark:mocha bg-base">
 	<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/${post.slug}`}>{post.data.title}</Link>
-							<FormattedDate date={post.data.pubDate} />
-						</li>
-					))
+	<body
+		class="tilde-background text-text h-screen m-auto sm:flex items-center justify-center sm:overflow-hidden"
+	>
+		<div class="visible p-8 sm:hidden">
+			<header>
+				<p class="font-bold text-2xl">kennethnym</p>
+			</header>
+			<main class="py-8">
+				<p>dumping ground for my thoughts. all opinions are my own.</p>
+				<h1 class="font-bold mt-8 mb-2 text-lg visited">current projects:</h1>
+				<ul class="not-prose space-y-4 md:space-y-2">
+					<li>
+						<Link href="https://polygui.org">poly</Link>: a language-agnostic,
+						cross-platform GUI framework for building OS-native applications.
+					</li>
+					<li>
+						<Link href="https://polygui.org/nanopack/introduction/"
+							>nanopack</Link
+						>: a zero-runtime, type-safe binary serialization format.
+					</li>
+					<li>
+						<Link href="https://github.com/kennethnym/mai">mai</Link>:
+						multilayer authenticity identifier, an ML model that attempts to
+						identify synthetic AI images
+					</li>
+				</ul>
+				<h1 class="font-bold mt-8 mb-2 text-lg visited">my thoughts:</h1>
+				<ul aria-label="recent blog posts" class="space-y-2">
+					{
+						posts.map((post) => (
+							<li class="flex flex-row justify-between hover:bg-opacity-10 hover:bg-text -mx-2 px-2 rounded space-x-4">
+								<Link href={`/blog/${post.slug}`}>{post.data.title}</Link>
+								<div class="text-right">
+									<FormattedDate date={post.data.pubDate} />
+								</div>
+							</li>
+						))
+					}
+				</ul>
+			</main>
+			<hr class="opacity-20 py-2" />
+			<Footer />
+		</div>
+
+		<div
+			class="hidden sm:visible scroll-container w-full h-full overflow-auto sm:flex items-center justify-center"
+		>
+			<main
+				class="py-8 px-4 max-w-4xl flex flex-col items-center space-y-0 leading-tight"
+			>
+				<header class="font-bold text-center">
+					KENNETHNYM v{currentYear}.{currentMonth + 3}
+				</header>
+				<p class="leading-none">&nbsp;</p>
+				<p class="text-center">software engineer. unpaid hhkb salesman.</p>
+				<p>&nbsp;</p>
+				<p>&nbsp;</p>
+				<ul
+					aria-label="recent blog posts"
+					class="w-full space-y-2 sm:space-y-0"
+				>
+					{
+						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>
+								<div class="text-right">
+									<FormattedDate date={post.data.pubDate} />
+								</div>
+							</li>
+						))
+					}
+				</ul>
+			</main>
+		</div>
+
+		<LuaLine />
+
+		<style>
+			.scroll-container {
+				margin-bottom: 4ch;
+			}
+
+			@media (min-width: 640px) {
+				.tilde-background {
+					background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' version='1.1' width='10' height='20'><text x='0' y='16' fill='%2343465E' font-family='CommitMono'>~</text></svg>");
+					background-repeat: repeat-y;
 				}
-			</ul>
-		</main>
-		<hr class="py-2" />
-		<Footer />
+			}
+
+			@media (min-width: 640px) and (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
+				.tilde-background {
+					background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' version='1.1' width='10' height='20'><text x='0' y='16' fill='%23C6D1F1' font-family='CommitMono'>~</text></svg>");
+					background-repeat: repeat-y;
+				}
+			}
+		</style>
+		<script>
+			window.addEventListener("closebuffer", () => {
+				document.body.style.display = "none";
+			});
+		</script>
 	</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
+}