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This page will list the latest additions to this site, schedule
of local venue appearances, etc. I'll try to keep this
as up-to-date as time permits. This will be more of a 'blog'
than just a list of updates I've made to this site. I'll just
add news to the top of this, in chronological order, leaving older
entries intact. I think I'll get a kick out of reading this
later as things progress. Perhaps you'll be entertained as
well.
May 27, 2006
- HISTORY WAS MADE IN THE LAST TWO DAYS!!! Ground has
been broken for Fivebraids, Inc's new shop. Check out the
detailed update to the work shop page for info and
pictures. I'm going to try to make almost daily updates, so keep
watching that page if you're interested.
- Hopefully I'll find time to keep updating this site as I
build the shop. With all the work to be done, I apologize
in advance if updates aren't coming very fast.
- The various menus were getting a little clumsy so I
re-organized links a little. I've removed the Pond
Reconstruction and New Deck links. They can now be found
in the Work Shop 'blog' page. All the details and pictures
are still there. I just moved them off the navigation
bars. You can also go to them directly
here for
Pond Reconstruction and
here for our
new deck and spa. A new browser window will open.
Simply close the new window when you're done and you'll be
returned here.
April 3, 2006
- Made a long overdue update to the site!
- We've been busy working with all that salvaged firewood.
I've added a picture of the rounds that we split. I'll try
to post a few pictures of what we have stacked so far.
We're "guesstimating" about 30 cords, and we're not done
stacking!
- We've also made a new addition to the house/property.
Check out the New Deck and Spa
page for details.
- I'm finalizing plans for the shop, and will hopefully be
breaking ground in the next week or two. Stayed tuned for
updates...
Feb 07, 2006
- Spent the better part of the day cutting the salvaged wood
into rounds, in preparation for splitting. Added a picture showing the
progress.
Feb 06, 2006
- Added a few shots showing that the trash piles are almost
gone!
Feb 01, 2006
- Added a few more shots of the progress we're making getting
the land cleared for the new shop. Also added a shot
showing the progress of the pond. It's almost full!!
Jan 26, 2006
- Lots of pictures scanned
- I've been busy scanning lots of pictures. As a
result, there are now pictures of my Scottsdale shop
available in the work shop section. There are also
pictures of some of my work in the gallery section. (I
never realized how few pictures I have of my work. I
have to start making a point of photographing all of my
work!)
Jan 24, 2006
- Since this is the first entry on this newly created page,
in this newly created site, EVERYTHING on this site is NEW!
- I'm in the process of learning FrontPage 2003 to design
this site.
- As I mention elsewhere on this site, I'm a degreed
computer professional, with a strong background in web
technologies. But, I'm from the 'old school' of web
programming! I was in management for the last ten
years of my career, so I had programmers working for me that
did all the coding. The last actual web development I did
used HTML 1.0, tables were just being introduced and not
properly supported, and frames weren't even on the drawing
board. Themes in
FrontPage? Front 'who'? You get the idea...
- Add to this mix that I'm in the process of learning to
use Dynamic Web Templates (DWT's), and external Cascading
Style Sheets (CSS's) in FrontPage
so this site can be easily maintained and be as
cross-browser friendly as possible. If you notice
something that doesn't look quite right on the particular
browser you're using, please let me know about it using the
Contact Info link at the
bottom of any page. I'll do what I can to correct any
problems you might find.
- I avoided the use of gratuitous eye-candy when
developing this site for a few reasons. This site is
supposed to showcase my wood working abilities, not my
coding skills. Eye-candy, be it Flash, JavaScript, or
ActiveX controls, tend to slow down a site, and usually for
no good reason. I think you've noticed that this site
loads relatively quickly, even at dial-up speeds.
Aside from extensive photos in the Gallery and Work Shop
sections, I'll try my best to keep this site as speedy as
possible.
- There are several sections of this site that are far from
being complete.
- In particular, there aren't any images in the Gallery or
Scottsdale shop sections yet. My only real portfolio is currently housed in a
large photo album, with none of the pictures available as
digital images. I have a scanner, and am in the
process of getting the pictures digitized. I then have
to clean them up as much as possible and get them into a
coherent structure so they can be posted. Please be
patient with me...
- Here's a big one: I HAVE NO SHOP RIGHT
NOW!
- That's right. When I 'retired' in April of 2005, I
decided to leave the hectic Northern Virginia area and move
south where it doesn't snow. I have a great new house
now, but there's no shop on the property.
- I'm in the process of using
Sketchup
to design my new shop. Once I have the design
completed, I'll be building the shop. Until the new
shop is built and operational, my tools are all in storage.
That means I can't take on any new commissions. I can
discuss any needs you might have, and even work up tentative
designs, but without tools and a shop to use them in, I'm at
a loss to complete any work.
- The Work Shop link on this site will be constantly
updated with pictures and progress reports of the shop
construction process. Watch the progress (or lack
thereof) unfold before you.
- Even though the lack of a shop is driving me crazy, it's
probably a blessing in disguise. If I had my shop
open, I wouldn't have any time to a) learn all the things in
#2 above, or b) get all the manual, time-consuming things in
#3 above completed. Yeah, that's it, this is a
blessing. I'll just keep repeating that to
myself...over and over...
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