December 2002


12/31/02.  Happy New Year everyone!  Lots of little changes.  You can now join the chessthecat.com mailing list.  The old button wall has been split into "Link to me" and "Friends."  The guestbook is back and I've added the imood indicator.  And thanks to all the visitors who have come during the last two days!  Lessee.  I want to plug ikickshins.net.  That is all.


12/30/02.  Check out this divx file of someone riding an escalator on the outside!  It's huge though.  Seven meg.  Not for dialup.


Ugh.  I've spent way too much time online and in front of this computer over the last week.  I feel physically ill.  And Christmas vacation is almost over.  Yuck.

12/28/02.  I've added one last little doohickey to the tag-board toolbox; an alt-code chart.  Click the ¿ under the board.


 I've added a little, tiny, very small juke box to the site. It only plays one mp3. What a chore putting that in I'll tell you. I've been at that for about 4 hours at least. One of the problems is that IE likes to add an extra space to forms. I didn't know that. And it can crush a layout. Stupid Bill Gates. Anyone know a fix to that? It's a big file. Almost three megs. It plays it as a background sound so it won't start until the whole thing is in memory.   If you have any problems with it let me know. It's working wicked awesome for me but I'd like to know how it works for you. Remember tho', if you're on dialup be prepared to wait to hear *anything* for awhile.

12/27/02.  The Chessthecat.com Activist Group Name Generator Version 1.0


A little while back I was talking about copyright law and how it's supposed to work.  Well, now I'm going to show you.  Posted on this site are The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.  They've fallen out of copyright and anyone can post them so I am.  Because Sherlock Holmes RULES!

12/26/02.  What the heck is Boxing Day all about anyway?


I CAN'T BELIEVE what I got for Christmas.

12/25/02.  Merry Christ-Mass everyone!  Have a great Holy-day!   I haven't closed the site today because I thought it would be appropriate to let people post their Christmas greetings on the Tag-Board.  Merry Christmas!


Added a calculator to  the Tag-Board toolbox appearing underneath the Tag-Board.  Click the '='.  I've also reformatted the Tag-Board itself a bit.  I've added that little pic above the posting window, reformatted names as '-name-' and changed the time-date stamp to day. month date, year.  @ hour-minute am/pm.  That may change again later.  I've added a short help box underneath the Tag-Board.  Click the '?'

12/24/02.  Need a wallet?  Have a piece of paper?  2+2=4!


I've created a blinking indicator that will show when Calvin's cam is on.   This will be posted right beside the link that opens the cam. 

First semester marks were posted today.  I laughed when I saw them and had to share.

Term

Course ID

Course Name

Grade
F2002 GA100 DESIGN & LAYOUT-GA A+
F2002 GA112 INTRO TO ELECTR IMAGING-GA A-
F2002 GA117 INTRO TO COMPUTER OS-GA A+
F2002 GA118 INTRO PAGE ASSEMBLY-GA A
F2002 GA119 INTRO VECTOR GRAPHICS-GA A+
F2002 LL041 COMMUNICATIONS(LANGS) A+
F2002 MA107 MATHEMATICS A+

I've added the *last* of the Tag-board smilies today too.  There won't be any more for awhile barring special requests.

12/23/02.  I know that Calvin's Cam has been down a long while; I couldn't find a place to put it where Starsmars plants weren't blocking it.  Well, it's fixed now and will be on more often.  That is all.


12/21/02.  I've added a slew of custom smilies to the Tag-board.  Click the "+" sign underneath the Tag-board, or hover over any smilie appearing in the Tag-board to reveal its code!


Keep an eye on Freezingwarm's new site:  CocoSnail.com.  It's your one stop source for news and MORE!

12/20/02.   After spending eight hours a day programming like a mad gypsy, I've added Chess' Amazing Electramatronic Postable Cards--or "E-Cards"-- to the site.   Send them to your friends.  They're fun.  BTW, I've noticed the odd image that won't load.  When I see a red x, right click on it and choose "Show Picture", it invariably appears.  I don't know if anyone else is getting this, but if so, I'm guessing it's the Doteasy server.  Dunno.  Don't care.


Check up on the latest Game Reviews here.

12/19/02.  I found a neat site called InternetBumperStickers.com.  I posted my faves here.  May take a bit on dial up.  I'm not sure.


There's a bit of a scandal that I have to tell you about.  As most everyone is aware, chessthecat.com has claimed to have been protecting America since 1933.  Well, I went to the library last night and did some research; it turns out chessthecat.com has only been protecting America since 1942.  I've changed the slugline and the bookmark title.  On behalf of myself and chessthecat.com, I apologize.  We regret the error.

I've added a handful of WTF? links.

Another new development today.  If you look under that handsome chessthecat.com logo, in the upper left hand corner of the screen, you'll see a whole bunch of junk.  But today there is new junk; that last item, AIM me!  If you have AIM, simply click that link to send me an instant message.  Wunderbar!

12/18/02.  Holy Schnikeys!  Have I gone MAD?  Some say I've suffered BRAIN DAMAGE!  I have 150 Buttons!  for you to download TODAY!  They're FREE providing you follow the Terms and Conditions.  These are the same beautiful buttons you see on my site.  I made them and now I'm GIVING THEM AWAY!   Hurry up and download them before I change my mind!  Please note, however, the page takes about a minute to load with a 56k connection.


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I'm reading this great book called dot.bomb: My Days and Nights at an Internet goliath.  It's written by the former Senior Vice President of Communications for Value America.  Never heard of it?  Neither had I but it's stocks were trading at over $70USD on it's first day of offering.  Craig Winn, its founder was worth millions and Wall Street predicted it would be bigger than Amazon.  What happened?   The same thing that happened to thousands of Internet companies:  it crashed.  There goes the corporate jet, there goes the campus with three hole golf course, and there goes Winndom, Winn's sprawling estate.  Even the site is gone.  Great read.   dot.bomb: My Days and Nights at an...

I've also added "The Daily Phrazzle".   This page, found under Fun, updates every day.  It's a fun word puzzle.  If you have the answer, post it on the Tag-board.  That way you'll be the envy of your friend.  Then, be sure to check back the next day for the answer!

12/17/02.  I've added a bit of content.  First you can check out these Downloads (updates regularly), then you can check out the weekly Lethargic Lad strip right here on Chessthecat.com.  That's right!  Both of these pages are found under the Content menu.  That is all.


12/16/02.  Added a search function.  Playing MOH.  That is all.

What's this?  Darlene Darling has something she wants to get off her chest.

12/10/02.  Welcome to all you Farkers.  There's nothing here for you.  You've already gotten your "Merry Christmas."  Seriously though, I love Fark, and all you Farkers.  You're the best.  Thanks a lot.


Why not view my Crappy MOH Fan Page?  Warning:  Plays a loud noise right in your EAR!

12/09/02.  The First Special Service Force.  To the Devil!


12/07/02.  I've posted Pi to 128,000 digits.  I've got nothing.  (It takes roughly 1 minute to d/l the page using a 56k connection.)


12/05/02.  Iran may be closer to a revolution than you think.


12/04/02.  This website has grown a lot since last June.  But now that this site is "In Association with Amazon.com" how can you doubt its power?  Why not buy some movies for those cold winter nights at home?

Help find the missing Krispy Kreme blimp; get free donuts for life.


12/03/02.  Why Saddam must die.  I'd like to ask all these people protesting a war in Iraq if they live in fear of Bush or Blair drilling through their hands.  Jerks.


12/02/02.  Sorry about your luck Adbusters.  But Wal-Mart--your arch-enemy--broke sales records on Buy Nothing Day.  How much did Wal-Mart make on November 29th?  Try 1.43 billion dollars nationally.  Epa!


Tao, get ready to shit your pants.  Looks like you're left between a rock and a hard place huh?  "The probability of life originating at random is so utterly minuscule as to make the random concept absurd".  Fred Hoyle.  If that's not enough for you, try God:  The Evidence.  or Is there a God?  I've read both of them.

  © Wired Magazine.

Tao had a great idea the other night and so I've added a Supersize link to my Tag-board.  So if a chat spontaneously occurs on the board you can dive right in.  Thanks Tao.

Check it out!  Google PageRank rates my page a 3 out of 10.  I'm lame.  I know.  X-E gets a 7 and Fark gets a 8.  Kinda cool.

12/01/02.  It must be getting close to Christmas because when I was playing Animal Crossing today, Tom Nook had a Christmas tree for sale.  lol.  Anyway, I've made some changes to the layout and the way things are spaced on the page.  I'm using lots of white space so if your monitor isn't at 1024x786 the page looks really bad.   I'll have to work on a 800x600 page someday but until then it's not me it's you.  That is all.


I just saw a good movie that you should see.  It's called Pumpkin.


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