diff --git a/_layouts/base.html b/_layouts/base.html
index 7ad1b9a..a0f31c2 100644
--- a/_layouts/base.html
+++ b/_layouts/base.html
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@
 <html lang="en">
     <head>
         <meta charset="utf-8">
-        <title>{% if page.title != "Home" %}{{ page.title }} - {% endif %}Ben Kurtovic</title>
+        <title>{% if page.title != "Home" %}{{ page.title }} &ndash; {% endif %}Ben Kurtovic</title>
+        <meta name="description" content="{% if page.title == 'Home' %}Ben Kurtovic's personal projects and a short blog on software{% else %}{% if page.description %}{{ page.description }}{% else %}{{ page.title }}{% endif %} &#124; Ben Kurtovic's blog{% endif %}">
         <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
         <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/static/favicon.png" />
         <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/main.css" />
         <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/syntax.css" />
         <link rel="stylesheet" href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.2.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" />
         <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" href="/atom.xml" title="Ben Kurtovic" />
-        <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
+        <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.3.min.js" integrity="sha256-aaODHAgvwQW1bFOGXMeX+pC4PZIPsvn2h1sArYOhgXQ=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
         <script src="//cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML"></script>
         <script src="/static/main.js"></script>
     </head>
