| In The Beginning... | |
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Sometime in 1992 (five years from the time I'm writing this - Fall 1998) I was exposed to the internet. And before I discovered the power of Yahoo! my interest in the internet was extremely limited. You've got to remember, in 1992 I started the 8th grade. Just about the same time my parents purchased a Gateway 2000 computer and we got "on the net". Well, it was CompuServe. So it was close enough. I pretty much taught my self how to use the computer through trial-and-error. We ran a Pentium 60MHz (yes, the original -- with the divide by zero bug -- and I still have the chip) and Windows 3.1. A video card loaded with 512K of video memory, a 540MB hard drive (I now have single programs that take up more space than that!), and a whopping 2X CD-ROM drive. This was the premier "multimedia PC" of the day. Now, I know many of you older folk are reading this and screaming, "HA! Pentium 60! My first computer was <insert old computer name here>." WONDERFUL. I state these specs not because I want to engage in a pissing contest but to show the astonishing rate of advancement in the technology field. I'm writing this on a Pentium II 400MHz/128MB RAM/12 GB hard drive space. That's pretty amazing to me. So, now that I've wandered a little bit I'll get back to the beginnings. Shortly after discovering the vastness of the internet I discovered the simplicity of HTML. And how cool it would be to have a website (the geek factor is very high at this point). I found this little program put out through CompuServe to help you make and publish your website on their servers and I went to work. After covering various topics and making many GIFS in PaintShop Pro I ended up with something like eight pages. I was the first person on the block to have a website...those were my cooler days. |
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| This Site | |
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The site on CompuServe was many years ago and internet technology has moved ahead slightly. Now, I say only slightly because everything (most everything at least) boils down to these wonderful files filled with the closest thing to plain English that the computer has ever seen. We still call them HTML files. So here we are now. Jason, my brother, and I have taken the plunge and bought a domain name -- www.fobart.net. Apparently you knew this already because you are here. Once again, the adventures in web publishing began. On July 26, 1998, I uploaded the first parts of this website to fobart.net. |
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| Goals? | |
| Good question. Do I have goals for this site? Uhhh...sorta? Yes, I want people to visit this site. It would also be nice if they like the site. It would be even cooler if I knew they like the site (hint, hint: ryan@fobart.net) or not (notice -- no link). Part of this site is dedicated to photography; a new hobby of mine. Another part is dedicated to music...because I like it. I'll stop writing a table of contents here and just say: my goal is to put whatever I want here. Maybe somebody will like it. Probably not though. | |
| "And in conclusion..." | |
| ...you should continue reading because there is more good stuff I have left to say. Oh, in conclusion of this websites' history I have to say I have yet to write it. This is mostly due to the fact that the website is not done. I don't think it ever will be. The Net seems to have revolutionized more than just computer life. | |
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