diff --git a/computers.html b/computers.html
index 7a6e2578..041d00d0 100644
--- a/computers.html
+++ b/computers.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
     <h1>new collection:</h1>
 
-     <h2>thinkpad t570</h2>
+     <h2>asus tuf gaming a16</h2>
     <figure>
        <a href="images/photos/full/asuslaptop_full.jpg" class="link-image">
         <img src="images/photos/asuslaptop.jpg" alt="asus laptop" width="193" height="256">
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@
        <a href="images/photos/full/asuslaptop-fastfetch_full.png" class="link-image">
         <img src="images/photos/asuslaptop-fastfetch.png" alt="asus laptop" width="512" height="372">
       </a>
-      <figcaption>A used laptop I got cheap. It has a 2c4t i5-7600u, 16gb of ram, and a 256gb ssd. It's fine.
-      </figcaption>
+      <figcaption>My current main laptop and main computer, as I no longer have a desktop. Bought it during black
+        friday for like $600. It has a Ryzen 7 7735HS cpu and Radeon 7700S gpu. It's also got a 165hz 1080p screen.
+        I like it a lot! I keep running out of  space on the drive though, I need a larger one.</figcaption>
     </figure>
 
     <h2>thinkpad t570</h2>
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@
     <footer>    
         <a href="/">back home</a>
 
-        <p><i>Updated December 17th, 2024</i></p>
+        <p><i>Updated July 7th, 2025</i></p>
     </footer>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 5046229d..9bdbe25f 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -3,24 +3,24 @@
   <head>
     <meta charset="UTF-8">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
-    <title>amber's place</title>
+    <title>ambersplace</title>
     <link href="/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all">
     <link rel="preload" href="/fonts/opensans-regular-webfont.woff2" as="font">
     <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico">
     <meta name="og:title" property="og:title" content="amber's place">
     <meta name="og:description" property="og:description" content="a place where i talk about my interests :3">
-    <meta name="og:image" property="og:image" content="https://ambersplace.github.io/images/newpfp_256.jpg">
+    <meta name="og:image" property="og:image" content="https://ambersplace.net/images/newpfp_256.jpg">
     <meta name="title" content="amber's place">
     <meta name="description" content="a place where i talk about my interests :3">
   </head>
   <body>
-    <h1>welcome to amber's place~</h1>
+    <h1>welcome to ambersplace.net!</h1>
     
     <a href="images/newpfp.jpg" class="link-image"><img src="images/newpfp_256.jpg" alt="a picture of hibari-kun
       from stop!! hibari-kun"
     width="256" height="256"></a>
 
-    <p>i'm tired of this overly corporate internet. so here i am. </p>
+    <p>i'm tired of this overly corporate and ai-infested web. so, i made a hand-coded website!</p>
     
     <nav>
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
       <h3><a href="blog.html">the blog</a></h3>
 
-      <h3><a href="cohost-archive/amberisvibin/index.html">cohost archive (doesn't work on neocities)</a></h3>
+      <h3><a href="cohost-archive/amberisvibin/index.html">cohost archive</a></h3>
 
       <h3>the hoard:</h3>
         <ul role="directory" class="no-list-style">
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       <h3>tools:</h3>
       
       <ul role="directory" class="no-list-style">
-        <li><a href="ps3-490-flash/ps3-info.html">PS3Xploit 4.90 Firmware Flash (doesn't work on neocities)</a></li>
+        <li><a href="ps3-490-flash/ps3-info.html">PS3Xploit 4.90 Firmware Flash</a></li>
       </ul>
        
       <h3>you can find me on:</h3>
@@ -65,16 +65,24 @@
       <ul class="no-list-style">
         <li><a href="https://lethallisa.neocities.org/" target="_blank"
             aria-label="opens external site in a new window">lethallisa</a></li>
-        <li><a href="https://snoopitek.com/" target="_blank" aria-label="opens external site in a new window">snoopietek</a>
-        </li>
-        <li><a href="https://nova.gay/" target="_blank" aria-label="opens external site in a new window">nova</a></li>
-        <li><a href="https://chiefjazzdiewltr.github.io/" target="_blank" aria-label="opens external site in a new window">zac's place</a></li>
-        <li><a href="https://lunasn0wfall.neocities.org/" target="_blank" aria-label="opens external site in a new window">lunasn0wfall</a></li>
-        <li><a href="https://sugary.kemonomimi.gay/" target="_blank" aria-label="opens external site in a new window">sugary</a></li>
-        <li><a href="https://r4dm1n.nyanfurrypa.ws/" target="_blank" aria-label="opens external site in a new window">radmin</a></li>
-        <li><a href="https://ijo-amali.github.io/" target="_blank" aria-label="opens external site in a new window">amari</a></li>
-        <li><a href="https://disaster2life.neocities.org/" target="_blank" aria-label="opens external site in a new window">disaster2life</a></li>
-        <li><a href="https://deci.spectral-twilight.net" target="_blank" aria-label="opens external site in a new window">deci</a></li>
+        <li><a href="https://snoopitek.com/" target="_blank"
+          aria-label="opens external site in a new window">snoopietek</a></li>
+        <li><a href="https://nova.gay/" target="_blank"
+          aria-label="opens external site in a new window">nova</a></li>
+        <li><a href="https://chiefjazzdiewltr.github.io/" target="_blank"
+          aria-label="opens external site in a new window">zac's place</a></li>
+        <li><a href="https://lunasn0wfall.neocities.org/" target="_blank"
+          aria-label="opens external site in a new window">lunasn0wfall</a></li>
+        <li><a href="https://sugary.kemonomimi.gay/" target="_blank"
+          aria-label="opens external site in a new window">sugary</a></li>
+        <li><a href="https://r4dm1n.nyanfurrypa.ws/" target="_blank"
+          aria-label="opens external site in a new window">radmin</a></li>
+        <li><a href="https://ijo-amali.github.io/" target="_blank" a
+          ria-label="opens external site in a new window">amari</a></li>
+        <li><a href="https://disaster2life.neocities.org/" target="_blank"
+          aria-label="opens external site in a new window">disaster2life</a></li>
+        <li><a href="https://deci.spectral-twilight.net" target="_blank"
+          aria-label="opens external site in a new window">deci</a></li>
       </ul>
     </nav>
 
@@ -87,11 +95,10 @@
     <footer>
         <!-- <p><i>(click any image to view a larger version)</i></p> -->
         <br>
-        <p><i>Updated January 10th, 2025</i></p>
+        <p><i>Updated July 7th, 2025</i></p>
 
-        <p><i>By connecting to ambersplace.neocities.org or ambersplace.github.io, your request information may be 
-          stored by GitHub or Neocities.</i></p>
-       
+        <p><i>Connections to ambersplace.net are not logged except in the event of an error, where time, date, and
+          originating ip are logged.</i></p>
         <img src="images/transfem.gif" alt="trans fem are so cool" width="150" height="20" style="border:none;">
         <br>
         <br>
diff --git a/news.html b/news.html
index 1f5bd691..e5b45d8e 100644
--- a/news.html
+++ b/news.html
@@ -8,24 +8,54 @@
   </head>
   <body>
     <h1>news</h1>
+    <article>
+      <h2>Moving to ambersplace.net</h2>
+
+      <p><i>July 7th, 2025</i></p>
+
+      <p>I bought a domain! Finally! And a VPS to host this site on! I've wanted to self-host this site for ages, but
+      with my current housing situation that really isn't feasible. So, I got a VPS through racknerd.</p>
+
+      <p>My friend <a href="https://nova.gay/" target="_blank" aria-label="opens external site in a new window">
+        nova</a> reccomended them to me, cause she hosts her site and matrix server with them. I got a VPS with
+        2 gigs of ram, 2 cpu cores, and 30gb of storage for like $17 a <i>year</i>, which is wild.</p>
+
+      <p>I've set both ambersplace.github.io and ambersplace.neocities.org to redirect to ambersplace.net. That way
+        all my friend's links to my site will still work.</p>
+
+      <p>The web server I'm using is <a href="https://www.lighttpd.net/" target="_blank"
+        aria-label="opens external site in a new window">lighttpd</a>. It's a server I've used in the past and it is
+        simple to use. I don't like to build systems that I don't understand lol.
+
+      <p>I removed the references to neocities and github from the homepage, and once again adjusted it. I'm still not
+        happy with it, but it's better. I also changed the disclaimer text at the bottom to clarify the way my new
+        setup logs information. The way it's set up is default lighttpd behavior. I've also fixed the
+        <a href="computers.html">computers</a> page, which was missing text for my new laptop.</p>
+
+      <p>On the personal side, it's going better. Been moving around a lot, and that's not going to stop, but I'm
+        doin ok. I'd like to have my server/nas set up again soon, but we'll see.</p>
+
+      <p>Anyways, that's all I have for now. Big changes! Good stuff! See y'all :3</p>
+
+    </article>
      <article>
-      <h1>Hello hello!</h1>
+      <h2>Hello hello!</h2>
 
       <p><i>January 10th, 2025</i></p>
 
       <p>I've added a blog! Been meaning to do that for a while, and I finally had something good to write about.
-      It may seem simple, but that took me multiple days to figure out. Modern internet moment ig.</p>
+        It may seem simple, but that took me multiple days to figure out. Modern internet moment ig.</p>
 
       <p>I also did some slight changes to the home page, nothing major.</p>
 
       <p>Now, personal time. I've been getting my life back together, getting things sorted out. It's going pretty
-      okay. We'll see how it goes from here.</p>
+        okay. We'll see how it goes from here.</p>
 
       <p>I appreciate ya'll being here.<p>
 
     </article>
     <article>
-      <h1>Hey.</h1>
+      <h2>Hey.</h2>
 
       <p><i>December 17th, 2024</i></p>
 
@@ -46,7 +76,7 @@
 
     </article>
     <article>
-      <h1>Hello.</h1>
+      <h2>Hello.</h2>
 
       <p><i>October 4th, 2024</i></p>
 
@@ -66,7 +96,7 @@
       <p>Sorry for the sad article, but it reflects how I'm feeling these days. I love y'all. Stay safe.</p>
     </article>
     <article>
-      <h1>Hi!</h1>
+      <h2>Hi!</h2>
 
       <p><i>September 13th, 2024</i></p>
 
@@ -78,7 +108,7 @@
       <p>Hope you're doing well.</p>
     </article>
     <article>
-      <h1>Hello again</h1>
+      <h2>Hello again</h2>
 
       <p><i>September 10th, 2024</i></p>
 
@@ -188,7 +218,7 @@
     <footer>    
         <a href="/">back home</a>
 
-        <p><i>Updated January 10th, 2025</i></p>
+        <p><i>Updated July 7th, 2025</i></p>
     </footer>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/not_found.html b/not_found.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 8aa083f4..00000000
--- a/not_found.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en">
-  <head>
-    <meta charset="UTF-8">
-    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
-    <title>page not found</title>
-    <link href="/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all">
-    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans"/>
-  </head>
-  <body>
-    <h1>what was that?</h1>
-    <p>that page doesn't exist. you can head <a href="/">home</a> if you like.</p>
-  </body>
-</html>
diff --git a/ps3-490-flash/ps3-info.html b/ps3-490-flash/ps3-info.html
index 76bc693f..3f3d7c3c 100644
--- a/ps3-490-flash/ps3-info.html
+++ b/ps3-490-flash/ps3-info.html
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   </head>
   <body>
     <h1>PS3Xploit 4.90 Firmware Flash</h1>
-    <p>please note that this tool does not work on the neocities mirror.</p>
     <p>this tool is no longer required, as <a href="https://www.ps3toolset.com" target="_blank"
       aria-label="opens external site in a new window">PS3 Toolset</a> is now back online. when i hosted this, it was
       down. i'm leaving it up just in case.</p>
@@ -19,6 +18,6 @@
     <p>if you know what you're doing, you can <a href="flash490.html">continue to the tool here</a>.</p>
   </body>
   <footer>
-    <p><i>Updated November 1st, 2024</i></p>
+    <p><i>Updated July 7th, 2025</i></p>
   </footer>
 </html>
