Add blurbs

jiwonac · jiwonac · commit 82b303642a17 · 2026-01-20T13:29:44.000-05:00
diff --git a/src/_includes/_head.html b/src/_includes/_head.html
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@
     <title>{% if title %}{{ title }} | {% endif %}{{ metadata.title }}</title>
 
     <!-- SEO Meta Tags -->
-    {% assign pageDescription = blurb | default: metadata.description %}
+    {% if blurb %}
+        {% assign pageDescription = blurb %}
+    {% elsif tags contains 'microblog' %}
+        {% assign pageDescription = content | autoBlurb %}
+    {% else %}
+        {% assign pageDescription = metadata.description %}
+    {% endif %}
     {% assign pageTitle = title | default: metadata.title %}
     {% assign canonicalUrl = metadata.baseURL | append: page.url %}
     {% if image %}{% assign imageUrl = metadata.baseURL | append: image %}{% endif %}
diff --git a/src/admin/config.yml b/src/admin/config.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@ collections:
     fields:
       - {label: "Title", name: "title", widget: "string"}
       - {label: "Date", name: "date", widget: "datetime", time_format: false}
-      - {label: "Date String", name: "date_str", widget: "string", hint: "e.g. Aug 4, 2022"}
       - {label: "Tags", name: "tags", widget: "hidden", default: "blog"}
       - {label: "Image", name: "image", widget: "image", required: false}
-      - {label: "Small Image", name: "small_image", widget: "boolean", default: true, required: false}
       - {label: "Alt Text", name: "alt", widget: "string", required: false}
       - {label: "Blurb", name: "blurb", widget: "text", required: false}
       - {label: "Body", name: "body", widget: "markdown"}
@@ -33,27 +31,12 @@ collections:
     fields:
       - {label: "Title", name: "title", widget: "string"}
       - {label: "Date", name: "date", widget: "datetime", time_format: false}
-      - {label: "Date String", name: "date_str", widget: "string", hint: "e.g. Nov 06, 2023"}
       - {label: "Tags", name: "tags", widget: "hidden", default: "microblog"}
       - {label: "Image", name: "image", widget: "image", required: false}
-      - {label: "Small Image", name: "small_image", widget: "boolean", default: false, required: false}
       - {label: "Alt Text", name: "alt", widget: "string", required: false}
       - {label: "Blurb", name: "blurb", widget: "text", required: false}
       - {label: "Body", name: "body", widget: "markdown"}
 
-  - name: "professional"
-    label: "Professional Experience"
-    folder: "src/professional"
-    create: true
-    slug: "{{slug}}"
-    fields:
-      - {label: "Title", name: "title", widget: "string"}
-      - {label: "Date", name: "date", widget: "datetime", time_format: false}
-      - {label: "Date String", name: "date_str", widget: "string", hint: "e.g. Mar 2023 - May 2021"}
-      - {label: "Tags", name: "tags", widget: "hidden", default: ["professional"]}
-      - {label: "Permalink", name: "permalink", widget: "boolean", default: false}
-      - {label: "Body", name: "body", widget: "markdown"}
-
   - name: "research"
     label: "Research"
     folder: "src/research"
@@ -63,7 +46,6 @@ collections:
       - {label: "Title", name: "title", widget: "string"}
       - {label: "Collaborators", name: "collaborators", widget: "list", required: false}
       - {label: "Date", name: "date", widget: "datetime", time_format: false}
-      - {label: "Date String", name: "date_str", widget: "string", hint: "e.g. 2024"}
       - {label: "Tags", name: "tags", widget: "hidden", default: ["research"]}
       - {label: "Blurb", name: "blurb", widget: "text", required: false}
       - label: "Links"
@@ -76,15 +58,6 @@ collections:
           - {label: "Icon Image", name: "image", widget: "string"}
       - {label: "Body", name: "body", widget: "markdown"}
 
-  - name: "education"
-    label: "Education"
-    folder: "src/education"
-    create: true
-    slug: "{{slug}}"
-    fields:
-      - {label: "Title", name: "title", widget: "string"}
-      - {label: "Body", name: "body", widget: "markdown"}
-
   - name: "writings"
     label: "Writings"
     folder: "src/writings"
@@ -93,21 +66,9 @@ collections:
     fields:
       - {label: "Title", name: "title", widget: "string"}
       - {label: "Date", name: "date", widget: "datetime", time_format: false}
-      - {label: "Date String", name: "date_str", widget: "string", hint: "e.g. Oct 25, 2020"}
       - {label: "Image", name: "image", widget: "image", required: false}
-      - {label: "Small Image", name: "small_image", widget: "boolean", default: true, required: false}
       - {label: "Alt Text", name: "alt", widget: "string", required: false}
       - {label: "Tags", name: "tags", widget: "hidden", default: ["writings"]}
       - {label: "External URL", name: "url", widget: "string", required: false, hint: "Link to external publication"}
       - {label: "Permalink", name: "permalink", widget: "boolean", default: false}
       - {label: "Body", name: "body", widget: "markdown", required: false}
-
-  - name: "pages"
-    label: "Pages"
-    files:
-      - label: "Now Page"
-        name: "now"
-        file: "src/now.md"
-        fields:
-          - {label: "Title", name: "title", widget: "string"}
-          - {label: "Body", name: "body", widget: "markdown"}
diff --git a/src/blog/accidental.md b/src/blog/accidental.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ date: 2019-05-19
 image: /assets/blog/plant.jpg
 alt: Plant in a glass jar in a corner in an otherwise white, minimal backdrop. 
 blurb: At the very least, it is clear that the developed world needs to drastically change its consumption habits, one Konmari fan at a time.
-small_image: true
 ---
 
 <p>The Green New Deal is still a hot topic in politics, which is remarkable considering that conservation biologists, climatologists, and <a href="https://youtu.be/JDcro7dPqpA?t=1108">Bill Nye</a>  have been shouting into the void for what seems like an eternity. </p>
diff --git a/src/blog/bugs-from-korea.md b/src/blog/bugs-from-korea.md
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ tags: blog
 date: 2024-10-25
 blurb: "Photos of insects I found during a sleepless night at a remote mountain campsite in South Korea."
 image: "/assets/blog/bugs-from-korea/mountain.webp"
-small_image: true
 ---
 
 Over the past summer, I went on a camping trip with my family to a remote mountain range in what is roughly at the center of South Korea. I couldn't fall asleep at the tent for the life of me, with the hard surface and noise from nocturnal singing bugs. So, I went out walking looking for bugs that are drawn by the light. I wasn't disappointed!
diff --git a/src/blog/deadinternet.md b/src/blog/deadinternet.md
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ tags: blog
 date: 2023-01-06
 alt: Document icons with popular file formats. 
 blurb: Do you know that your embarassing creations meant a lot to me?
-small_image: true
 ---
 
 Some time ago, I stumbled upon a band. They released two albums to little fanfare, then disappeared. I wondered what had happened to its members. They were certainly passionate people. Did their musical dreams blossom at all, under different identities?
diff --git a/src/blog/flatfile.md b/src/blog/flatfile.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ date: 2022-12-28
 image: /assets/blog/flatfile.jpg
 alt: Document icons with popular file formats. 
 blurb: Over the years, I've grown increasingly wary of using any application that stores its data in a nonstandard format or in a relational database. 
-small_image: true
 ---
 
 Over the years, I've grown increasingly wary of using any application that stores its data in a nonstandard format or in a relational database. 
diff --git a/src/blog/mediocrity.md b/src/blog/mediocrity.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ date: 2019-08-16
 image: /assets/blog/4thplace.jpg
 alt: Scene from the film Fourth Place in which a swimming coach is hitting a boy with a broom.
 blurb: Perhaps we should choose to appreciate a more abundant fact of live - mediocrity.
-small_image: true
 ---
 
 As someone who has academically excelled since a young age, the most difficult transition in college has been an acceptance in my mediocrity.
diff --git a/src/blog/minimalgaming.md b/src/blog/minimalgaming.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ date: 2019-04-18
 image: /assets/blog/egpu.jpg
 alt: My gaming setup with a MacBook and an external graphics card. 
 blurb: New and exciting emerging technologies allow us to pack performance into an increasingly small footprint.
-small_image: true
 ---
 
 Can a gamer also be a minimalist? Of course. Gaming provides value in many of our lives, so many minimalists choose to keep it.
diff --git a/src/blog/naturewatching.md b/src/blog/naturewatching.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ date: 2019-04-26
 image: /assets/blog/naturewatching.jpg
 alt: A small, white flower, photographed on an iPhone. 
 blurb: Few activities brought me more joy than the simple act of observing and photographing wildlife in their natural habitat.
-small_image: true
 ---
 
 <p>A necessary counterpart to our modern lives is the reintroduction of the natural world. Few activities brought me more joy than the simple act of observing and photographing wildlife in their natural habitat. </p>
diff --git a/src/blog/onlinepresence.md b/src/blog/onlinepresence.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ date: 2019-10-20
 image: /assets/blog/profile.jpg
 alt: Hand holding up a phone with Instagram on it. 
 blurb: I feel like there is an instinctual and incessant urge to publicize everything on the internet ingrained onto us.
-small_image: true
 ---
 
 I feel like there is an instinctual and incessant urge to publicize everything on the internet ingrained onto us. Personally, simply reading an opinionated post online can trigger a desire to make an account to deliver a clever rebuttal. 
diff --git a/src/blog/readinghabit.md b/src/blog/readinghabit.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ date: 2019-04-15
 image: /assets/blog/readinghabit.jpg
 alt: A woman covering her face with a book. 
 blurb: "Here is my simple solution: hack your phone."
-small_image: true
 ---
 
 <p>Most people recognize the value of reading books; many of us set a new year's resolution to read more. We're pumped up with energy. Yet, it rarely lasts.</p>
diff --git a/src/blog/recommender.md b/src/blog/recommender.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ title: User-Controlled Recommender Systems
 tags: blog
 date: 2022-08-04
 image: /assets/blog/clustering.jpeg
-small_image: true
 alt: Clusters of weighted nodes in a social network graph. 
 blurb: So what if we just...gave users more control over recommender systems?
 ---
diff --git a/src/blog/singlepurpose.md b/src/blog/singlepurpose.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ title: Single-Purpose Smart Devices
 tags: blog
 date: 2022-11-11
 image: /assets/blog/ereader.jpg
-small_image: true
 alt: Hand holding up an ereader. 
 blurb: By turning my phone, tablet, and gaming console into single-purposes machines, I feel less cluttered and distracted than before. 
 ---
diff --git a/src/blog/survival-4.md b/src/blog/survival-4.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ title: "Adult Survival #4: Separate Digital and Analog Workspace"
 tags: blog
 date: 2023-11-18
 alt: Wide view of the local Barnes n Noble bookstore. 
-small_image: true
 blurb: "Position your computer desk and analog workspace opposite to each other to avoid digital distractions during offline work."
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/blog/unpopular.md b/src/blog/unpopular.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ title: The Freedom of Unpopularity
 tags: blog
 date: 2020-04-01
 image: /assets/blog/unpopular.jpg
-small_image: true
 alt: Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt giving a TED talk. 
 blurb: One of the best decisions I made in creating this blog was to not chase a readership. 
 ---
diff --git a/src/blog/webdeck.md b/src/blog/webdeck.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ title: Using Web Apps on the Steam Deck's Gaming Mode
 tags: blog
 date: 2022-12-12
 image: /assets/blog/webdeck.webp
-small_image: true
 alt: Streaming service Nebula running as a web app on the Steam Deck. 
 blurb: For this reason, turning a website into a desktop "app" with Chromium and adding it to Steam as a non-Steam game is the best solution.
 ---
diff --git a/src/blog/why.md b/src/blog/why.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ title: Why Should I Bother?
 tags: blog
 date: 2020-08-02
 image: /assets/blog/team.png
-small_image: true
 alt: Four people's arms of different races holding each other in a grid. 
 blurb: "Yet, even in my worst days where I don't see the point of it all, one thing makes me move: a friend in need."
 ---
diff --git a/src/microblog/2023-11-06.md b/src/microblog/2023-11-06.md
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ tags: microblog
 date: 2023-11-06
 image: /assets/blog/pede.webp
 alt: A desert millipede terrarium decorated with succulents. 
-small_image: false
 blurb: ""
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/microblog/2023-11-10.md b/src/microblog/2023-11-10.md
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ tags: microblog
 date: 2023-11-10
 image: /assets/blog/retro.webp
 alt: Photograph of a hipster PDA, dumb phone, mp3 player, and headphone. 
-small_image: false
 blurb: ""
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/microblog/2023-11-18.md b/src/microblog/2023-11-18.md
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ tags: microblog
 date: 2023-11-18
 image: /assets/blog/barnes-n-noble.webp
 alt: Wide view of the local Barnes n Noble bookstore. 
-small_image: false
 blurb: ""
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/microblog/2024-05-23.md b/src/microblog/2024-05-23.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ date: 2024-05-23
 blurb: ""
 image: /assets/blog/common-yellow-woodsorrel.webp
 alt: A common yellow woodsorrel flower, a small clover-like plant with a yellow flower with five petals. 
-small_image: false
 ---
 
 I recently started cataloging and identifying all plants that live in my back yard. One of the most prevalent are, fittingly, common yellow woodsorrels. This plant is considered a weed to gardeners due to its rapid rhizomatous propagation. I think it is pretty. 
diff --git a/src/microblog/2024-05-23b.md b/src/microblog/2024-05-23b.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ date: 2024-05-23
 blurb: ""
 image: /assets/blog/darwins-letter.webp
 alt: An exhibition of Mary Treat's book "Home Studies in Nature, who corresponded with Charles Darwin. 
-small_image: false
 ---
 
 Some time ago, I was able to visit the exhibition "Charles Darwin's Letters" at the New York Public Library. Darwin is my original idol; it was the next best thing to meeting him in person!
diff --git a/src/microblog/2024-05-26.md b/src/microblog/2024-05-26.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ date: 2024-05-26
 blurb: ""
 image: /assets/blog/forget-me-not.webp
 alt: A colony of forget-me-nots, a small flowering plants with its flowers characterized by five light-blue petals and a yellow pistils. 
-small_image: false
 ---
 
 Most species of forget-me-nots (_Myosotis sp._) are non-native to North America. This colony, which occupies wide swaths of my back yard through its rhizomous spread, is most likely the highly invasive _Myosotis scorpiodes_ from Europe, which has become commonplace around here in the Great Lakes region. I will most likely need to resort to herbicidal control. It's a shame, since it is quite the pretty flower. 
diff --git a/src/microblog/2024-06-01.md b/src/microblog/2024-06-01.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ date: 2024-06-01
 blurb: ""
 image: /assets/blog/common-yarrow.webp
 alt: A colony of bloomiong common yarrows, with its many small white flowers, and some dozens of ladybugs and in the background, a fly. 
-small_image: false
 ---
 
 Common yarrows are one of the few native, large, perennial flowering plants that I found in my back yard growing on its own. The colony just blooomed, which attracted quite the selection of bugs. I observed many adult and larval ladybugs, some native-looking flies and bees. It reminds me why I am doing this project in the first place. 
diff --git a/src/microblog/2026-01-09-1.md b/src/microblog/2026-01-09-1.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ title: A review of Taichi Bubble Tea's unagi (eel) bowl
 date: 2025-11-13T23:02:00
 tags: microblog
 image: /assets/20251113.jpg
-small_image: false
 alt: ''
 blurb: ''
 ---
diff --git a/src/microblog/2026-01-09-2.md b/src/microblog/2026-01-09-2.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ title: A review of “Crazy Cat Lady”
 date: 2025-10-11T16:46:00
 tags: microblog
 image: /assets/20251011.png
-small_image: false
 alt: ''
 blurb: ''
 ---
diff --git a/src/microblog/2026-01-09.md b/src/microblog/2026-01-09.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ title: Re-organizing my deep work nook
 date: 2026-01-08T22:51:00
 tags: microblog
 image: /assets/20260107.jpg
-small_image: false
 alt: ''
 blurb: ''
 ---
diff --git a/src/microblog/2026-01-12.md b/src/microblog/2026-01-12.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ title: I am helping organize the DBML 2026 workshop at ICDE
 date: 2026-01-11
 tags: microblog
 image: /assets/opengraph.png
-small_image: false
 alt: ''
 blurb: ''
 ---
diff --git a/src/microblog/2026-01-15.md b/src/microblog/2026-01-15.md
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ title: A review of salmiakki (Nordic salty licorice)
 date: 2026-01-15
 tags: microblog
 image: /assets/salmiakki.png
-small_image: false
 alt: ''
 blurb: ''
 ---
diff --git a/src/research/dt.md b/src/research/dt.md
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 title: Data Distribution Tailoring
 image: "/assets/research/dt.png"
 alt: The DT pipeline where data sources are combined with RatioColl or EpsilonGreedy to form a balanced unified dataset.
-small_image: false
 collaborators: 
  - Bohan Cui
  - Fatemeh Nargesian
diff --git a/src/research/plutus.md b/src/research/plutus.md
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 title: "PLUTUS: Understanding Data Distribution Tailoring for Machine Learning"
 image: "/assets/research/plutus-sketch.svg"
 alt: "The PLUTUS pipeline consists of a cycle: model training, sliceline to identify problematic subgroups, and distribution tailoring to acquire additional data."
-small_image: false
 collaborators:
  - Christina Dionysio
  - Fatemeh Nargesian
diff --git a/src/research/sef.md b/src/research/sef.md
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 title: "Single Exposure Fusion"
 image: "/assets/research/sef.png"
 alt: The pipeline. An SDR image is made brighter and darker, then denoising is applied. The resultant three images are combined with Mertens' fusion.
-small_image: false
 collaborators: 
  - Yuhao Zhu
 date: 2021-12-15
diff --git a/src/writings/cseducation.md b/src/writings/cseducation.md
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 title: Computer science education needs a reboot
 date: 2020-10-05
 image: "/assets/writings/cseducation.png"
-small_image: true
 alt: "Computer code which reads: No such file or directory: 'creative projects'."
 tags:
  - writings
diff --git a/src/writings/deadnames.md b/src/writings/deadnames.md
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 title: The specter of deadnames
 date: 2022-10-16
 image: "/assets/writings/specter.png"
-small_image: true
 alt: "Hand holding up a University of Rochester ID card with the name crossed out."
 tags:
  - writings
diff --git a/src/writings/disasters.md b/src/writings/disasters.md
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 title: Disaster prevention lessons from AI
 date: 2020-10-25
 image: "/assets/writings/aisafety.png"
-small_image: true
 alt: "A robot wearing a safety vest."
 tags:
  - writings
diff --git a/src/writings/scienceeducation.md b/src/writings/scienceeducation.md
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 title: A more engaging way to teach science
 date: 2021-10-31
 image: "/assets/writings/scienceeducation.png"
-small_image: true
 alt: "A man in a lab coat handling a glass tube with green, burning liquid."
 tags:
  - writings
