Every website/blog needs a colophon.

Software

• ikiwiki - with these plugins turned on "goodstuff wikitext html mirrorlist htmltidy fortune sidebar search map inline meta comments aggregate attachment rename embed remove filecheck repolist postsparkline sparkline wmd highlight format calendar license copyright toggle" it's lots of chrome, but its useful and nice. This site is "powered by ikiwiki"
• apache - for serving out the pages and the cgi.
• git - for version control.
• vim - for quick edits.
• emacs - for bigger edits and post writing.

Color scheme

The colour scheme that I have is rather nasty, but I like it. I got it from http://colorschemedesigner.com/#3yh1Ix-gnxxMp and it's contrasty enough for my liking.

  .primary-1 { background-color: #00335B }
  .primary-2 { background-color: #14213D }
  .primary-3 { background-color: #02283A }
  .primary-4 { background-color: #00335B }
  .primary-5 { background-color: #00335B }

In hindsight I should have picked the web palette instead of the pantone one.