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The Return of ChaoticSoul

The Mind of Bryan Veloso at Age 23

The Web Design Era
San Jose, CA
DISCLAIMER
This is a legacy post written before 2013 . While the content has survived numerous site migrations and content management systems, some formatting and links may be broken. I've done my best to fix things under my control.

This little theme has come a long way since I released it 10 months ago.

What started out as a Sunday project to make sure the Wayback Machine never ate version 12 of Avalonstar turned into something I could have never imagined. I’m definitely surprised as to how many variations of ChaoticSoul are out there and even more than that, how many people are using it. The last time I checked, it was the 4th most popular theme on WordPress.com under Binary Moon’s Regulus and the original Kubrick.

Now with the release of WordPress 2.1, I can finally release the version of ChoaticSoul that the members of WordPress.com get to use. This version includes a bunch of fixes (including working flawlessly in IE), as well as out-of-the-box widget support and support for 2.1’s new custom header system.

Avalonstar is the 25-year-old personal website of Bryan Veloso: streamer, professional user interface designer, hobbyist developer, lifelong gamer, and compass of purpose.

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The text of this website is set in Geologica, Andada Pro, and Optician Sans. Built by hand with Astro and GitHub. Hosted on my Mac Mini using Bun.

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