diff --git a/content/_index.md b/content/_index.md
index f55b2e5..0c4c1a2 100644
--- a/content/_index.md
+++ b/content/_index.md
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ nixfox.ca is the home for both my personal projects as well as 'foss' services i
 
 if you'd like to suggest anything for my site, have any problems with the services, or would like to get in contact with me for any reason, check out my contact page!  
 
-this website is still under heavy construction, as I hope to introduce tagging and paging to my blog segment.
+forgive me if the content seems barren!  
+this website is still under heavy construction, as i continue to add more content to each tag.
diff --git a/content/blog/_index.md b/content/blog/_index.md
index 48a9bc3..2ddb644 100644
--- a/content/blog/_index.md
+++ b/content/blog/_index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 +++
-title = "the bunblogs"
+title = "the personal bunblogs"
 sort_by = "date"
 template = "blog.html"
 page_template = "blog-page.html"
diff --git a/content/blog/defense.md b/content/blog/defense.md
index d5c6745..cd4c410 100644
--- a/content/blog/defense.md
+++ b/content/blog/defense.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ date = 2025-06-26
 description = "a little rant about my own defense mechanisms"
 
 [taxonomies]
-tags = [ "blog", "rants" ]
+tags = [ "rants" ]
 +++
 
 i have spent a lot of years playing both active and preemptive emotional defense.
diff --git a/content/hardware/_index.md b/content/hardware/_index.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a5fb48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/hardware/_index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
++++
+title = "my hardware chicanery"
+sort_by = "date"
+template = "blog.html"
+page_template = "blog-page.html"
++++
diff --git a/content/images/_index.md b/content/images/_index.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a69d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/images/_index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
++++
+title = "silly little images"
+sort_by = "date"
+template = "blog.html"
+page_template = "blog-page.html"
++++
diff --git a/content/software/_index.md b/content/software/_index.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47e484d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/software/_index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
++++
+title = "software and such"
+sort_by = "date"
+template = "blog.html"
+page_template = "blog-page.html"
++++
diff --git a/sass/style.scss b/sass/style.scss
index 94c5298..81fbf18 100644
--- a/sass/style.scss
+++ b/sass/style.scss
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 // Setup stuff
 * {
   font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', monospace;
-  background-attachment: fixed;
-  background-repeat: no-repeat;
-  background-size: cover;
   top: 0;
 }
 
+html {
+  background-color: #DDE1E9;
+}
+
 body {
   color: #141414;
-  background-color: #DDE1E9;
   padding-bottom: 5em;
 }
 
diff --git a/templates/blog-page.html b/templates/blog-page.html
index 680b5c4..9121479 100644
--- a/templates/blog-page.html
+++ b/templates/blog-page.html
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 <h1 class="title">
   {{ page.title }}
 </h1>
-<p class="subtitle"><strong>{{ page.date }} {{ page.taxonomies.tags }}</strong></p>
+<p class="subtitle"><strong>
+  {{ page.date }},
+  tags: {%- for tag in page.taxonomies.tags | sort | unique(case_sensitive=false) %}
+    <a class="post-tag" href="{{ get_taxonomy_url(kind='tags', name=tag) | safe }}">#{{ tag }}</a>
+  {% endfor -%}
+</strong></p>
 {{ page.content | safe }}
 {% endblock content %}
diff --git a/templates/blog.html b/templates/blog.html
index 009f200..1a1af3d 100644
--- a/templates/blog.html
+++ b/templates/blog.html
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
     <br>
     written: {{ page.date }}
     <br>
-    tags: {{ page.taxonomies.tags }}
+    tags: {%- for tag in page.taxonomies.tags | sort | unique(case_sensitive=false) %}
+      <a class="post-tag" href="{{ get_taxonomy_url(kind='tags', name=tag) | safe }}">#{{ tag }}</a>
+    {% endfor -%}
   </li>
   {% endfor %}
 </ul>
diff --git a/templates/tags/list.html b/templates/tags/list.html
index d21e608..b69e2bb 100644
--- a/templates/tags/list.html
+++ b/templates/tags/list.html
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 {% block content %}
   <div class="post">
     <h1 class="post-title">all tags</h1>
+    <p class="larger">return to <a href="/blog">all blogs</a>.</p>
 
     <ul>
       {% for term in terms %}
diff --git a/templates/tags/single.html b/templates/tags/single.html
index fbea463..391ffe9 100644
--- a/templates/tags/single.html
+++ b/templates/tags/single.html
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 
 {% block content %}
-  <h1>{{ term.name }}</h1>
+  <h2>
+    tag: {{ term.name }}
+    ({{ term.pages | length }} post{{ term.pages | length | pluralize }})
+  </h2>
 
   <div class="page-intro">
     <p class="larger">view all <a href="/tags">tags</a>.</p>
@@ -16,7 +19,9 @@
       <br>
       written: {{ page.date }}
       <br>
-      tags: {{ page.taxonomies.tags }}
+      tags: {%- for tag in page.taxonomies.tags | sort | unique(case_sensitive=false) %}
+	<a class="post-tag" href="{{ get_taxonomy_url(kind='tags', name=tag) | safe }}">#{{ tag }}</a>
+      {% endfor -%}
     </li>
     {% endfor %}
   </ul>