Me, circa 1977

So, what! Yet Another Web Page (YAWP)! I have to agree. It seems like everyone wants a piece of the internet, taking up valuable bandwidth in the search for virtual fame and graphic stardom. I don't particularly care if this page makes it onto anyone's "site-of-the-month" list, so don't expect a multimedia extravaganza. It's actually pretty simple (and painfully obvious) - I just don't have enough to do with my spare time.

If you're interested in how the site is built, click Programming in the menu, and select "This WebSite" (or click the link I just provided to go directly to it). If you're looking for technological prowess on my part, you'll be sadly disappointed, but don't let that disuade you from checking it out.

Finally, you may have noticed the area in the upper left corner of the page. Every time you refresh this page (or go to another one on the home section of the site), a different patriotic quote (mostly from the country's founding fathers) will be displayed for your consideration. Yes, I already know that a few of the quotes weren't actually made, but they still convey a meaning that I appreciate, so don't bother bringing them to my attention. They are provided simply so you can enjoy the distraction.

Disclaimers

I felt it was only fair to enlighten you about this web site:

  • There is no text-only version of these pages (at least, I didn't go to any length at all to make sure it would work in a text-only browser). If you're not using a graphical browser, you're on your own. I also didn't make any effort to make sure this page plays nice on your phone or PDA. If it does, great - if it doesn't, don't bother me with complaints. Howeve, you shouldn't have any problems on iPads or similar tablet-style devices with sporting more respectable screen real estate.
  • I designed these pages for a display with a minium width of 960 pixels. If you're running at anything narrower, you probably won't be happy, and I won't be sympathetic.
  • These web pages are designed to be viewed with a reasonably modern browser - (I used FireFox 4.0 and IE 8.0 for testing, but the latest version of Opera, Chrome, and Safari should work reasonably fine as well. If you're not using one of these browsers, I have no idea how these pages will look to you.
  • Recent "innovations" in ISP billing have been realized in the form of bandwidth caps, with exhorbitant charges our outright cutoffs at ridiculously low data rates (given today's propensity for web installers for multi-gigabyte applications and video streaming). Where possible, I've reduced image file sizes to a bare minimum, and resolutions to no wider than 800 pixels, and tried to keep sizes near/under 125K per image. Many times, clicking on a small image will allow you to see the actual larger version. If the cursor changes to the hand, you know what to do.
  • October 2005 - I've converted the site to use sytle sheets, javascript, and PHP. I'm still not convinced this has been a good idea because every browser appears to interpret the standards a little differently, with Internet Explorer being the most troublesome (and we all know why, don't we). I had to break down and use some javascript on this web page, and for some strange-ass reason, IE6 (on Windows XP SP2) insists that I'm trying to pop-up a window, but rest assured, I'm not. (I think it's a side effect of how I built my dropdown menus, but since I'm using FireFox, and it's un-affected, I'm going to ignore it.)
  • January 2006 - I found what I think is a better menu system. It's still javascript, and it appears to work very well in both IE6 and FireFox 1.5. Once again, I have no idea how it will look in other browsers, but Safari might be a problem.
  • February 2009 - I converted the site to use ASP.Net/C#, and switched menu systems due to problems I encountered using the previous one when converting to .Net. The site was tested using FireFox 3.05, and IE6. Opera should work, but I have no interest in testing or concerning myself with Google Chrome, or Safari.
  • April 2011 - After several years of maintaining static IPs so I could host my ASP.Net stuff, I decided I'd had enough and went with a much less expensive solution, and moved the site to Arvixe (a link is provided in the page footer below). I also changed the general architecture of the site to let the page be as long as it needs to be. Prior to this version of the site, the page was restricted to the size of your screen, and I was handling all of the content scrolling myself. With the sudden explosion of tablets onto the market, coupled with my wife buying me an iPad2 (my first Apple "computer" since 1982), the folly of that design was dragged into the harsh light of reality. I was tired of looking at the resulting bloody trail on the sidewalk, so here we are.