diff --git a/src/components/Header.astro b/src/components/Header.astro
index 0e63c42..533ed94 100644
--- a/src/components/Header.astro
+++ b/src/components/Header.astro
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-<a href="/">ruds.io</a>
+<a href="/">home</a>
 <a href="/blog/">blog</a>
diff --git a/src/pages/blog.astro b/src/pages/blog.astro
index 818e2ff..e6fb1b7 100644
--- a/src/pages/blog.astro
+++ b/src/pages/blog.astro
@@ -27,12 +27,10 @@ allPosts.sort(
             {
                 allPosts.map((post: any) => (
                     <li>
-                        <a href={post.url}>
-                            {post.frontmatter.title.length > 50
+                        <a href={post.url}>{post.frontmatter.title.length > 50
                                 ? `${post.frontmatter.title.substring(0, 50)}…`
-                                : post.frontmatter.title}
-                        </a>{" "}
-                        —{" "}
+                                : post.frontmatter.title}</a>
+                        —
                         <em>
                             published on{" "}
                             {post.frontmatter.pubDate.toString().slice(0, 10)}
diff --git a/src/pages/index.astro b/src/pages/index.astro
index 771ed50..ed617e3 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import PoolKids_MusicToPracticeSafeSexTo from "../assets/albums/PoolKids_MusicTo
 import RainerMaria_ABetterVersionOfMe from "../assets/albums/RainerMaria_ABetterVersionOfMe.jpg";
 import SDRE_Diary from "../assets/albums/SDRE_Diary.jpg";
 import TBS_TellAllYourFriends from "../assets/albums/TBS_TellAllYourFriends.jpg";
-import TheUsed_InLoveAndDeath from "../assets/albums/TheUsed_InLoveAndDeath.jpg";
 import TheUsed_ST from "../assets/albums/TheUsed_ST.jpg";
 ---
 
@@ -138,7 +137,8 @@ import TheUsed_ST from "../assets/albums/TheUsed_ST.jpg";
                                     Day Real Estate, Free Throw, Pool Kids, My
                                     Chemical Romance, C418, The Used, Death Cab
                                     for Cutie, Rainer Maria, Cap'n Jazz, Taking
-                                    Back Sunday et al.
+                                    Back Sunday, early P!ATD, Marietta, Modern
+                                    Baseball, and the list goes on...
                                 </p></td
                             >
                         </tr>
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ import TheUsed_ST from "../assets/albums/TheUsed_ST.jpg";
                 <p>... (a few too many to fit here)</p>
             </div>
             <div class="row">
-                <h3>some albums from my iPod</h3>
+                <h3>some albums on my iPod</h3>
 
                 <div class="albums">
                     <a
diff --git a/src/pages/posts/blendOS-v5-distro-switching.mdx b/src/pages/posts/blendOS-v5-distro-switching.mdx
index 7769f44..f576bfd 100644
--- a/src/pages/posts/blendOS-v5-distro-switching.mdx
+++ b/src/pages/posts/blendOS-v5-distro-switching.mdx
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 layout: '../../layouts/PostLayout.astro'
 title: 'devlog: distro-switching & OCI system images in blendOS + a personal update'
 pubDate: 2026-04-05
-description: 'An account of how I implemented the ability to switch between distributions on blendOS, plus a more personal update at the end.'
+description: 'An account of how I implemented the ability to switch between distributions on blendOS and a collaboration with Framework, plus a personal update at the end.'
 author: 'ruds'
 tags: ['general']
 ---
 import { Image } from 'astro:assets';
 import arch_kubuntu_framework16 from '../../assets/posts/blendOS-v5-distro-switching/blendOS_v5_arch_kubuntu.png';
 
-As I anticipate a great number of readers brought here by the news of an upcoming blendOS v5 release, the contents of this article shall be split in three sections -- the first of these concerns itself with the news in question itself; the second among these explores how we got here; and the lattermost of the lot conveys a personal update.
+As I anticipate a great number of readers brought here by the news of an upcoming blendOS v5 release, the contents of this article shall be split in three sections -- the first of these concerns itself with the news in question itself, alongside it an existing new collaboration with Framework; the second among these explores how we got here; and the lattermost of the lot conveys a more personal update.
 
 ## the big news
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ There can already be found installable testing ISOs [here](https://git.blendos.c
 
 However, it is to be noted that despite the majority of core system functionality relating to track-switching being complete, the system as a whole remains under heavy development, and I would **STRONGLY** advise against using it as a daily driver; it is subject to significant internal change, and at the time of writing, only the Arch GNOME image has been tested to be entirely stable -- the other tracks are comparatively somewhat lacking in terms of functionality (e.g. suspend issues, missing web browser OOTB), though one can expect that to change over the coming few weeks as development progresses.
 
-### framework sponsorship
+### collaboration with framework
 
 Earlier this year, the team at [Framework](https://frame.work/) had reached out to me about the possibility of introducing official blendOS support for their hardware; speaking as an advocate of repairable hardware, there could not have been obvious choice than to take it on.
 
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ In a nutshell, then, users now have the choice to opt between an exclusively con
 
 <br /><hr /><br />
 
-## A long-due personal update
+## a long-due personal update
 
 It has been rather long since I last wrote one of these blog posts, and I shall, as such, take the liberty to hijack the remainder of this blog post with tales of my recent tribulations.
 
-This past year has been a rather tumultous one -- for one, I no longer reside in Wiltshire, instead encircled by the urban pastures of London (and the not-so-urban Surrey countryside, though unfortunately somewhat further off). Moreover, the increased academic pressure of the A-levels certainly has caught up to me, as I say goodbye to the bygone days of the GCSEs and my time at an online independent school to welcome a state school (well, grammar school) into my life for the first time ever; even so, my prep school and public school days are certainly well behind me at this point, their role in my life displaced by the gruelsome scholastic pursuits of this newfound selective environment.
+This past year has been a rather tumultous one -- for one, I no longer reside in Wiltshire, instead encircled by the urban pastures of London (and the not-so-urban Surrey countryside, though unfortunately somewhat further off). Moreover, the increased academic pressure of the A-levels certainly has caught up to me, as I bid goodbye to the bygone days of the GCSEs (and alongside it, my time at an online independent school) to welcome a state school (well, a grammar school) into my life for the first time ever; even so, my prep school and public school days are certainly well behind me at this point, their role in my life displaced by the gruelsome scholastic pursuits of this newfound selective environment.
 
 All of this takes us to the present day, where I presently find myself fully engrossed in this singular project of mine in spite of my upcoming Year 12 mock examinations the coming week onwards (that determine my predicted grades -> what universities I can attend). This is unfortunately likely not to last particularly long, but I do expect to return to working on blendOS v5 more actively by some time around the end of this month; one may, however, expect my online activity to drop substantially over the coming couple of weeks.