A new era, a new name!

I've had something on my mind ever since I entered high school, that "something" being a new name, a new version of me, if you can call it that. So, as you can see, the blog has a new look! And I also have a new name! Okay, I didn't actually change my handle... yet. But at least I changed my YouTube banner and profile picture that I've been rocking since 2022-2023.So, as you can see, the blog has a new look! And I also have a new name! Okay, I didn't actually change my handle... yet. But at least I changed my YouTube banner and profile picture that I've been rocking since 2022-2023.

I mean, it is a slight improvement when it comes to naming and branding in general. So, why did I make this change? And why "Icelandic Fox"? Well, it all started Sunday night, when I suddenly had a thought.

"Why do I use my real name? Why don't I change it?" 

And that thought sparked this whole change... Now, as I mentioned a few paragraphs ago, I didn't change my handle yet, and that's because something inside of me won't let me do it. I don't know why I have this roadblock... Maybe it's because my real name became so integrated into my online persona that changing it would feel like ripping something from my life? I mean... That could be a possibility!

Anyway! Now that I've "bit the bullet" and made the change, I feel... good. I feel like I'm once again free of everything that was holding me back. Okay, so with that said, I also need to make a preaf announcement... Since I will start high school on September 7, 2026, I was planning to post videos every two weeks during that time! Maybe someday I will make my YouTube channel profitable so I can afford expensive, cool tech and also random stuff without being worried about my wallet.

If it will be after me, I hope I can activate the monetization features before Christmas. If not, activating them before the summer break of 2027 would also be a very good aspiration.

Also, on a quick side note, you may have seen that I actually kept my handle the same on some platforms. I only felt like changing the display name since, as I said, I can't yet "divorce" from my handle.

With that said, have a great rest of your day! Or night...

I added emoji support!

If you remembered the last time I did this on this blog, it was a mess... I was using Twitter's emojis back then, which still had support for older browsers like Internet Explorer since they were loaded as images and not fonts. And as you may expect, the emojis were VERY big! So big that they started to break the reading experience! So, after a few months of noticing this issue, I've decided to remove the custom emojis and let them be how the system decides.

But now, you may see that the Noto Color Emoji font displaying, and that is because just made it so that would be the Emoji font showing for everyone! No matter the platform!

I make this decision because I just added my YouTube RSS feed on the right side of the blog, which uses some emojies that may not be supported by all platform. For example, country flags (🇳🇱, 🇷🇴, 🇺🇲, 🇪🇺 etc.).

Besides that, I've chosen Google's emojies because they are the only Emoji font to receive the new approved emojies first. Which for me, is a big bonus.

Now I know that not all browsers and platform will be showing the Noto Color Emojis (Internet Explorer and older browsers), but at least I solved the problem with emojis not having a unified style across platforms!

Note: this change does not affect the mobile version of the blog. 

I made an ecosystem

 So, I decided to make an ecosystem. Why? Because now I have a wiki, this blog, and in all kinds of projects and ideas that I'm working on.

And to make them connected, I think an ecosystem is the most viable solution. The ecosystem is called "Borealis Ecosystem", I chose this name because "IulianArian Ecosystem" would have been too boring, and because recently I'm obsessed with the beautiful nordic lights.

Now what does this mean for projects and ideas that are included in this ecosystem? It means that they would be heavy documented and be a little more active than my other projects or ideas. I see it as it makes tasks to seem more important and makes me work on them more.

So far, I decided that I will be including the fallowing projects/ideas:

• This blog
• The wiki
• Operation "Nordic Lock-in"

Maybe there would be more projects or ideas added to this list, but so far, I decided that these would be the priorities.

I've decided to do some changes to the blog

Since I started this blog all the way back in November 2023, I've never posted a post with an image. I did that to make this blog look as close as it can to a 2000s blog. But that will change today!

I realized that putting little icons and images in a block of text, really changes the mood of it and it adds to a enjoyment of reading.

I think that more blogs and websites in general should do the same.

If you're opposed to this decision, please tell me in the comments or send me an email at businessiulian@gmail.com.