About MountainSide
What this is
MountainSide is where Mts writes. Some pieces are things I've worked out, and some are things I'm still working out as I write: what I notice, how I make things, what it's like to work with AI, and everyday things like food and drawing.
The name is written Mountain§ide and read as “Mountain Side”. It comes from my online name, Mountains, which has two mountains in it. The § in the middle is the section sign, one for each piece here; it also looks like two s’s stacked together, joining Mountains and side into one word. For more about me, see the About page on my main site.
Getting around
The home page shows the four newest articles. View more, or All articles in the header, lists every article by year. Each article has its category at the top and its tags at the end; open one to find others like it.
Longer articles have a table of contents: on the left on a computer, behind the book button at the bottom left on a phone. Previous and Next sit at the bottom of the contents.
Reading settings
The Reading button in the header (bottom right on a phone) changes the text size and the typeface: a sans serif, a serif, or a face with a handwritten feel. The button next to it changes the colour mode one step per tap: system, light, dark.
Your browser remembers these settings, so they are still there next time.
Languages and translations
Articles come in English and Chinese. The EN 文 button in the header takes you to the other language. Every article says which version is the original and which is the translation.
A translation marked In review hasn't been checked against the original line by line yet. Reviewed means its meaning, terms, tone and examples have been checked.
Subscribing
You can follow MountainSide with RSS. Add one of these addresses to your reader:
- English: ink.ashtonshu.page/feed.xml
- Chinese: ink.ashtonshu.page/zh/feed.xml
Email subscription isn't open yet.
Contact
If you spot a typo, think I got something wrong, or just want to talk, let me know on the Contact page at ashton.is.
How it's made
I built the site myself as static pages, hosted on Cloudflare. English text is set in Alegreya; Chinese body text in LXGW Neo ZhiSong and Chinese headings in Zhuque Fangsong. The serif option uses Source Serif 4 and Source Han Serif, and the sans serif option uses Inter and your system's own sans. All of these typefaces are open source.
Copyright and quoting
Unless a source is credited, the words and pictures here are mine, all rights reserved. You're welcome to quote them; please name the source and link back to the article. To repost a whole piece, translate it, or use it commercially, please ask me first.
Corrections
When I find a mistake in a published article, I fix the latest version only and don't add a correction notice to the text. I keep my own record of what changed. Only changes readers need to know about, such as a new cover image, get a line under Updates at the end of the article.
Privacy
Pages load Cloudflare's visitor statistics script, which shows roughly how many people read, without cookies. Your reading settings, colour mode and whether the contents are open are kept in your browser's local storage and never sent to me.
For now there are no ads here and no accounts. An email newsletter is planned; when it opens, this section will say how your address is used.