diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..fedaa2b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /target
+.env
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 370c052..6bc995f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gray_matter",
  "notify",
  "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "syntect",
  "tokio",
  "tower 0.5.1",
@@ -1438,11 +1439,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.111"
+version = "1.0.132"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "176e46fa42316f18edd598015a5166857fc835ec732f5215eac6b7bdbf0a84f4"
+checksum = "d726bfaff4b320266d395898905d0eba0345aae23b54aee3a737e260fd46db03"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
+ "memchr",
  "ryu",
  "serde",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7e04cee..3989b30 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ comrak = "0.29.0"
 gray_matter = "0.2.8"
 notify = "6.1.1"
 serde = { version = "1.0.213", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.132"
 syntect = "5.2.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.41.0", features = ["full"] }
 tower = "0.5.1"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e4909fe..dc61931 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use comrak::{markdown_to_html_with_plugins, Options, Plugins};
 use gray_matter::engine::YAML;
 use gray_matter::Matter;
 use notify::{RecursiveMode, Watcher};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tower::ServiceBuilder;
 use tower_http::services::ServeDir;
 use tower_http::trace::TraceLayer;
@@ -36,12 +37,11 @@ pub struct Post {
     body: String,
 }
 
-/*#[derive(Template)]
-#[template(path = "includes/head.html", escape = "none")]
-struct HeadTemplate {
-    styles: String,
-    meta: Meta,
-}*/
+#[derive(Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct Button {
+    path: String,
+    location: String,
+}
 
 #[derive(Template)]
 #[template(path = "base.html", escape = "none")]
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ struct BaseTemplate {
 #[derive(Template)]
 #[template(path = "index.html", escape = "none")]
 struct IndexTemplate {
+    _parent: BaseTemplate,
     styles: String,
+    meta: Meta,
 }
 
 #[derive(Template)]
@@ -62,6 +64,15 @@ struct HomelabTemplate {
     styles: String,
 }
 
+#[derive(Template)]
+#[template(path = "buttons.html", escape = "none")]
+struct ButtonsTemplate {
+    _parent: BaseTemplate,
+    styles: String,
+    meta: Meta,
+    buttons: Vec<Button>,
+}
+
 #[derive(Template)]
 #[template(path = "blog_list.html", escape = "none")]
 struct BlogListTemplate {
@@ -171,6 +182,76 @@ async fn blog(State(state): State<Arc<RwLock<AppState>>>) -> Result<impl IntoRes
     return Ok(HtmlTemplate(template));
 }
 
+async fn buttons(
+    State(state): State<Arc<RwLock<AppState>>>,
+) -> Result<impl IntoResponse, StatusCode> {
+    let mut styles: String = state
+        .read()
+        .unwrap()
+        .styles
+        .get("nord.css")
+        .unwrap()
+        .clone();
+    styles.push_str(
+        state
+            .read()
+            .unwrap()
+            .styles
+            .get("colors.css")
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_str(),
+    );
+    styles.push_str(
+        state
+            .read()
+            .unwrap()
+            .styles
+            .get("core.css")
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_str(),
+    );
+    styles.push_str(
+        state
+            .read()
+            .unwrap()
+            .styles
+            .get("components.css")
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_str(),
+    );
+    styles.push_str(
+        state
+            .read()
+            .unwrap()
+            .styles
+            .get("font.css")
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_str(),
+    );
+    let json_data: Result<Vec<Button>, _> = serde_json::from_str(
+        std::fs::read_to_string("./static/img/88x31/index.json")
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_str(),
+    );
+    let meta = Meta {
+        title: "CBAX dot DEV Blog".into(),
+        author: "Chad Baxter".into(),
+        description: "An interesting place of techobabble. See my internet friends' 88x31s".into(),
+        img_path: "".into(),
+        canonical_url: "buttons".into(),
+    };
+    let template = ButtonsTemplate {
+        _parent: BaseTemplate {
+            styles: styles.clone(),
+            meta: meta.clone(),
+        },
+        styles,
+        meta,
+        buttons: json_data.unwrap_or(vec![]),
+    };
+    return Ok(HtmlTemplate(template));
+}
+
 async fn blog_post(
     State(state): State<Arc<RwLock<AppState>>>,
     Path(post_slug): Path<String>,
@@ -280,6 +361,15 @@ async fn homelab(
             .unwrap()
             .as_str(),
     );
+    styles.push_str(
+        state
+            .read()
+            .unwrap()
+            .styles
+            .get("styles.css")
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_str(),
+    );
     let template = HomelabTemplate { styles };
     return Ok(HtmlTemplate(template));
 }
@@ -330,7 +420,21 @@ async fn index(
             .unwrap()
             .as_str(),
     );
-    let template = IndexTemplate { styles };
+    let meta = Meta {
+        title: "CBAX dot DEV Blog".into(),
+        author: "Chad Baxter".into(),
+        description: "An interesting place of techobabble.".into(),
+        img_path: "".into(),
+        canonical_url: "blog".into(),
+    };
+    let template = IndexTemplate {
+        _parent: BaseTemplate {
+            styles: styles.clone(),
+            meta: meta.clone(),
+        },
+        styles,
+        meta,
+    };
     return Ok(HtmlTemplate(template));
 }
 
@@ -351,20 +455,6 @@ async fn main() {
         posts: HashMap::new(),
         styles: HashMap::new(),
     }));
-    state.write().unwrap().posts.insert(
-        "test_slug".into(),
-        Post {
-            meta: Meta {
-                title: "Test Post".into(),
-                author: "Chad Baxter".into(),
-                description: "This is a test post".into(),
-                img_path: "/res/cbax.gif".into(),
-                canonical_url: "//cbax.dev/blog/test_slug".into(),
-            },
-            cover_img_path: "/res/covers/test.png".into(),
-            body: "this is a test post!".into(),
-        },
-    );
     let builder = SyntectAdapterBuilder::new()
         .theme_set(syntect::highlighting::ThemeSet::from(&LazyThemeSet::from(
             extra(),
@@ -522,6 +612,7 @@ async fn main() {
         .route("/homelab", get(homelab))
         .route("/blog", get(blog))
         .route("/blog/:post_slug", get(blog_post))
+        .route("/buttons", get(buttons))
         .with_state(state.clone())
         .fallback_service(serve_dir())
         .layer(axum_server_timing::ServerTimingLayer::new("Axum"))
diff --git a/static/css/components.css b/static/css/components.css
index ebabff9..22dab60 100644
--- a/static/css/components.css
+++ b/static/css/components.css
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@
     color: var(--text-color);
     cursor: pointer;
     transition-duration: 0.5s;
+    text-align: center;
+    vertical-align: middle;
+}
+
+.button-stealth {
+    border: none;
 }
 
 .button:hover {
@@ -136,9 +142,12 @@
     font-weight: bold;
 }
 
+.hover-button {
+    margin: 0.25rem 0.5rem 0.5rem 0.25rem;
+}
+
 .hover-button:hover {
-    margin: 0.5rem 1rem 1rem 0.5rem;
-    box-shadow: 0.5rem 0.5rem 0rem rgba(var(--highlight-color-rgb), 0.3);
+    box-shadow: 0.25rem 0.25rem 0rem rgba(var(--highlight-color-rgb), 0.3);
 }
 
 .button:active {
@@ -156,13 +165,22 @@
     border: 0;
 }
 
+.badge {
+    position: relative;
+    top: -7px;
+    right: 7px;
+    padding: 2px 2px;
+    border-radius: 25%;
+    background: var(--nord12);
+    color: var(--bg-color);
+}
 
 /* -------- Box components -------- */
 
 
 .box {
     margin: 0.5rem;
-    padding: 1rem;
+    padding: 0.5rem;
     border: 1px solid var(--highlight-color);
 }
 
@@ -249,3 +267,31 @@
 .fancy:hover::before {
   width: 100%;
 }
+
+/* -------- Nav components -------- */
+
+.nav-title {
+    font-size: large;
+    font-style: oblique;
+    font-weight: 950;
+    text-align: center;
+}
+
+/* -------- 88x31 --------*/
+
+.eex31-container {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    justify-content: center;
+    align-content: flex-start;
+    padding-left: 0.5rem;
+    padding-right: 0.5rem;
+    width: 50vw;
+}
+
+.eex31 {
+    width: 88;
+    height: 31;
+    margin: 0.5rem;
+}
diff --git a/static/css/core.css b/static/css/core.css
index eb159ed..6581c4e 100644
--- a/static/css/core.css
+++ b/static/css/core.css
@@ -93,15 +93,35 @@ code {
 article {
     background-color: var(--article-color);
     width: 90vw;
+    margin-bottom: 1rem;
+}
+
+nav {
+    width: 70vw;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    align-content: center;
 }
 
 footer {
-    position: fixed;
-    bottom: 0;
+    display: flex;
+    position: sticky;
+    top: 100vh;
+    width: 90vw;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    align-items: center;
+    align-content: center;
+}
+fieldset {
+    border-color: var(--bg-color);
+    padding: 5px;
 }
 
-nav, footer {
-    width: 100vw;
+legend {
+    font-weight: 700;
+    font-size: large;
 }
 
 /* ---------------- Highlighting ---------------- */
diff --git a/static/img/abc.gif b/static/img/88x31/abc.gif
similarity index 100%
rename from static/img/abc.gif
rename to static/img/88x31/abc.gif
diff --git a/static/img/adryd.png b/static/img/88x31/adryd.png
similarity index 100%
rename from static/img/adryd.png
rename to static/img/88x31/adryd.png
diff --git a/static/img/archbtw.png b/static/img/88x31/archbtw.png
similarity index 100%
rename from static/img/archbtw.png
rename to static/img/88x31/archbtw.png
diff --git a/static/img/cbax.gif b/static/img/88x31/cbax.gif
similarity index 100%
rename from static/img/cbax.gif
rename to static/img/88x31/cbax.gif
diff --git a/static/img/dam.gif b/static/img/88x31/dam.gif
similarity index 100%
rename from static/img/dam.gif
rename to static/img/88x31/dam.gif
diff --git a/static/img/88x31/dontfeedai.gif b/static/img/88x31/dontfeedai.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b1a202
Binary files /dev/null and b/static/img/88x31/dontfeedai.gif differ
diff --git a/static/img/88x31/eightyeightthirtyone.png b/static/img/88x31/eightyeightthirtyone.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c782bf
Binary files /dev/null and b/static/img/88x31/eightyeightthirtyone.png differ
diff --git a/static/img/eva.gif b/static/img/88x31/eva.gif
similarity index 100%
rename from static/img/eva.gif
rename to static/img/88x31/eva.gif
diff --git a/static/img/honbra.png b/static/img/88x31/honbra.png
similarity index 100%
rename from static/img/honbra.png
rename to static/img/88x31/honbra.png
diff --git a/static/img/88x31/index.json b/static/img/88x31/index.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..123a32d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/img/88x31/index.json
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+[
+  {
+    "path": "/res/img/88x31/abc.gif",
+    "location": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "/res/img/88x31/adryd.png",
+    "location": "https://adryd.com/"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "/res/img/88x31/cbax.gif",
+    "location": "https://cbax.dev/"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "/res/img/88x31/dam.gif",
+    "location": "https://damcraft.de/"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "/res/img/88x31/eva.gif",
+    "location": "https://kibty.town/"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "/res/img/88x31/honbra.png",
+    "location": "https://honbra.com/"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "/res/img/88x31/kofi.gif",
+    "location": "https://ko-fi.com/mrcbax"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "/res/img/88x31/mat.png",
+    "location": "https://matdoes.dev/"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "/res/img/88x31/neovim.gif",
+    "location": "https://neovim.io/"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "/res/img/88x31/notnite.gif",
+    "location": "https://notnite.com/"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "/res/img/88x31/powered_by_alpine.gif",
+    "location": "https://alpinelinux.org/"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "/res/img/88x31/shwecky.png",
+    "location": "https://shrecked.dev/"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "/res/img/88x31/ssi.gif",
+    "location": "https://ssi.fyi/"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "/res/img/88x31/ublockorigin.png",
+    "location": "https://ublockorigin.com/"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "/res/img/88x31/dontfeedai.gif",
+    "location": "https://github.com/mrcbax/TeapotFortune"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "/res/img/88x31/eightyeightthirtyone.png",
+    "location": "https://eightyeightthirty.one/"
+  },
+  {
+    "path": "/res/img/88x31/preserve.gif",
+    "location": "https://archive.org/"
+  }
+]
diff --git a/static/img/kofi.gif b/static/img/88x31/kofi.gif
similarity index 100%
rename from static/img/kofi.gif
rename to static/img/88x31/kofi.gif
diff --git a/static/img/mat.png b/static/img/88x31/mat.png
similarity index 100%
rename from static/img/mat.png
rename to static/img/88x31/mat.png
diff --git a/static/img/neovim.gif b/static/img/88x31/neovim.gif
similarity index 100%
rename from static/img/neovim.gif
rename to static/img/88x31/neovim.gif
diff --git a/static/img/notnite.gif b/static/img/88x31/notnite.gif
similarity index 100%
rename from static/img/notnite.gif
rename to static/img/88x31/notnite.gif
diff --git a/static/img/powered_by_alpine.gif b/static/img/88x31/powered_by_alpine.gif
similarity index 100%
rename from static/img/powered_by_alpine.gif
rename to static/img/88x31/powered_by_alpine.gif
diff --git a/static/img/88x31/preserve.gif b/static/img/88x31/preserve.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0170eef
Binary files /dev/null and b/static/img/88x31/preserve.gif differ
diff --git a/static/img/shwecky.png b/static/img/88x31/shwecky.png
similarity index 100%
rename from static/img/shwecky.png
rename to static/img/88x31/shwecky.png
diff --git a/static/img/ssi.gif b/static/img/88x31/ssi.gif
similarity index 100%
rename from static/img/ssi.gif
rename to static/img/88x31/ssi.gif
diff --git a/static/img/ublockorigin.png b/static/img/88x31/ublockorigin.png
similarity index 100%
rename from static/img/ublockorigin.png
rename to static/img/88x31/ublockorigin.png
diff --git a/templates/blog_list.html b/templates/blog_list.html
index 100fdde..99f1cc2 100644
--- a/templates/blog_list.html
+++ b/templates/blog_list.html
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 {% block content %}
 <article class="box box-pop">
 {% for (slug, post) in posts %}
-  {% if loop.first %}<div class="new_callout">NEW!</div>{% endif %}
   <a class="fancy" href="/blog/{{ slug }}"><h2>{{ post.title }}</h2></a>
+  {% if loop.first %}
+    <span class="badge">NEW</span>
+  {% endif %}
   <p>{{ post.description }}</p>
 {% endfor %}
 </article>
diff --git a/templates/buttons.html b/templates/buttons.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb8d65c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/buttons.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% block content %}
+<article class="box box-pop eex31-container">
+{% for button in buttons %}
+<a href="{{ button.location }}"><img class="eex31" src="{{ button.path }}"></img></a>
+{% endfor %}
+</article>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/templates/footer.html b/templates/footer.html
index 23df581..ade9c36 100644
--- a/templates/footer.html
+++ b/templates/footer.html
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 <footer>
-  <p>Copyright 2024 cbax</p>
+  <p>©2024 cbax</p>
+  <a class="fancy" href="/buttons">BUTTONS!</a>
 </footer>
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index 32cb0fe..d7dd712 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -1,69 +1,15 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en">
-  <head>
-    <meta charset="UTF-8">
-    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
-    <title>CBAX dot DEV</title>
-    <style>
-      {{styles}}
-    </style>
-  </head>
-  <body>
-    <div class="container">
-      <div class="main">
-        <div id="card">
-          <span>
-            <h1>cbax&nbsp;❲.&nbsp;❳&nbsp;dev</h1>
-          </span>
-          <br>
-          <hl></hl>
-          <br>
-          <fieldset>
-            <legend>Contacts & Links</legend>
-            <table>
-              <tbody>
-                <tr>
-                  <td>Email</td>
-                  <td>me (at) cbax dot dev</td>
-                </tr>
-                <tr>
-                  <td>GitHub</td>
-                  <td><a href="//github.com/mrcbax" class="fancy">mrcbax</a></td>
-                </tr>
-                <tr>
-                  <td>Blog</td>
-                  <td><a href="//computeco.de" class="fancy">ComputeCode</a></td>
-                </tr>
-              </tbody>
-            </table>
-          </fieldset>
-          <fieldset>
-            <legend>About</legend>
-            <ul>
-              <li>42U homelab owner <a class="fancy" href="/homelab">See Details</a></li>
-              <li>Amateur radio operator</li>
-              <li>AS202239 - 44net member</li>
-              <li>Retro-tech enthusiast</li>
-            </ul>
-          </fieldset>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      <footer>
-        <a href="//cbax.dev"><img src="/res/img/cbax.gif"/></a>
-        <a href="//ssi.fyi"><img src="/res/img/ssi.gif"/></a>
-        <a href="//adryd.com"><img src="/res/img/adryd.png"/></a>
-        <a href="//matdoes.dev"><img src="/res/img/mat.png"/></a>
-        <a href="//shrecked.dev"><img src="/res/img/shwecky.png"/></a>
-        <a href="//honbra.com"><img src="/res/img/honbra.png"/></a>
-        <a href="//notnite.com"><img src="/res/img/notnite.gif"/></a>
-	<a href="//damcraft.de"><img src="/res/img/dam.gif"/></a>
-        <a href="//kibty.town"><img src="/res/img/eva.gif"/></a>
-        <a href="//alpinelinux.org"><img src="/res/img/powered_by_alpine.gif"/></a>
-        <a href="//neovim.io"><img src="/res/img/neovim.gif"/></a>
-        <a href="//ublockorigin.com"><img src="/res/img/ublockorigin.png"/></a>
-        <a href="//www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new"><img src="/res/img/abc.gif"/></a>
-        <a href="//ko-fi.com/mrcbax"><img src="/res/img/kofi.gif"/></a>
-      </footer>
-    </div>
-  </body>
-</html>
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% block content %}
+<article class="box box-pop">
+<p>This site is currently under construction, you can find the source code <a href="https://git.cbax.dev/cbax/cbax_dev">here</a></p>
+<fieldset>
+  <legend>About Me</legend>
+  <ul>
+    <li>42U homelab owner <a class="fancy" href="/homelab">See Details</a></li>
+    <li>Amateur radio operator</li>
+    <li>AS202239 - 44net member</li>
+    <li>Retro-tech enthusiast</li>
+  </ul>
+</fieldset>
+</article>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/templates/nav.html b/templates/nav.html
index 2cc7145..7a9f059 100644
--- a/templates/nav.html
+++ b/templates/nav.html
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-<nav>
-  <a class="fancy" href="/">Home</a>
+<nav class="box box-stealth">
+  <a class="button hover-button button-stealth" href="/">Home</button>
+  <a class="button hover-button button-stealth nav-title" href="/">CBAX.DEV</a>
+  <a class="button hover-button button-stealth" href="/blog">Blog</a>
 </nav>