Happy New Year!

Heh...My first update of 2003, typed up just minutes after watching the ball drop =)

And...I finally got my DVD player (a Toshiba SD-310V), the final item in my list of Christmas presents that I wanted! Man, I didn't think the quality would look this good on a DVD player...It was well worth the money ^^

Wow, I've been gone for awhile =P But I got a great Christmas present...A new computer =D

Here are the specifications:

• Built by Armstrong Microsystems (same as my old one); OS is Windows 2000 Professional (w/SP3); Processor is a Pentium 4 at 2.4 GHz; Amount of RAM is 512 MB; Video Card is 64 MB; Hard Drive is 120 GB, and; Monitor is 19" flat screen (er, flat CRT, to be specific...A true flat panel monitor is too much for me =P). The resolution on the monitor has been set to 1,024 Ã? 768 pixels, with a 32-bit color depth. It's a great computer =)
• I also got a new cable modem (a Toshiba PCX2200, which I've noticed is significantly faster than my old modem for no reason O.o), so the $5.00 cable modem lease fee from Adelphia is no more (^_^), and a NetGear Router...With these two things (as well as a NetGear Hub I have kept around from a previous networking attempt with my old computer and the no-longer-in-use Gateway), I finally got my two computers networked...Not only that, both computers can now access the Internet at the same time =D
• I also got some other nice stuff for Christmas too, including a great pair of heat-retaining gloves, and four Bathroom Reader books (trust me, these are all very interesting to read =) ). All that's left to get is the DVD player...Once I get that, I'll finally have all my Christmas presents ^_^
• Lastly...Happy holidays to all of you visiting my site, and have a Happy New Year! ^^

I have made a small change to the FAQ by providing a more accurate date (relatively speaking, of course =P) for when I chose to connect to the 'Net ^_~

I have added another section, "Program Sites", to the Links page (in addition to removing their respective links [but not text] from the FAQ) - Just try and guess what's included in that section =P

It took awhile, but I've finally finished it: All directories accessible from this site are done with all-lowercase letters, to make it easier to access parts of the site =)

I've also decided to promote three lesser characters of mine to the status of normal characters - Take a look at the Characters page to see who they are ^_^

This week's gone nice:

Rented F-Zero X for the week (been awhile since I played it), and on the day I had to take it back, I managed to win all 20 cups (all cup classes from Jack to X, and all difficulties from Novice to Master)! Sure, it was only for one character (Samurai Goroh in the Fire Stingray, colored blue instead of the classic pink from the previous game), but once you get all the cups for one character, everything in the game's unlocked...So I don't really have a reason to rent it again, unless I want to get all the cups for all the characters and set records on the Time Attack mode, which I just don't have the time for ;P

As you may have noticed, I've altered the site a bit: Table borders have been removed, image borders are now beveled, and (if you look at the HTML code) all lists finally have all their respective closing tags =D

New comics were added to the Links page, and all of the tables featuring my link banners have been changed so your browser has an easier time resizing them ^_^

I've moved the section in the "About Me" page regarding my computer and its programs to the "Page FAQ / Disclaimer" page, and have also altered it slightly to match the format of that page...

...But wait, there's more! Now, every program listed in that section is linked to the site that features it, so if you want to try the programs out yourself, you won't have any trouble finding them ^_~

Well, my parent's '87 silver Corsica rolled over to its 200,000^th mile on Tuesday =)

Not much else to say here...The CSS coding has been given a few minor changes (such as all links within table cells are now in bold, and separators have been added), and the layout of the site has been altered (just a bit) to reflect the changes. That's about it =P

5^th Quarter at ITT Technical Institute is over...Only three more to go =)

The RP Characters icons seem to be acting up in IE...I've changed the coding and now they'll work in Mozilla, but not in IE =(

(Then again, considering it only worked in the Favorites menu in IE, did anyone really bookmark any of my characters' pages? =P)

I have also removed the "Favorites Icon" question in the FAQ/Disclaimer Page, as it was kind of a dumb question to ask/answer, anyway =P

I have put in the description for a "title" tag in first viewer-submitted screenshot in the Funny Screenshots section that somehow didn't get filled in...That picture should be working now.

My bio has been updated with a few very minor changes...A major one, however, is the new "Computer Info" section ^_^

Here's an interesting link I found while surfing the Web: It's a Shockwave Flash video that is a Tribute to Final Fantasy...It involves the characters of various Final Fantasy games, and, IMO, was very funny =)

It took some thinking over, but I finally got professions listed for all four of my RP characters (and added a bit more info on Effilpeck in Timo's bio) ^_^

I've also made a few (mostly unnoticeable =P) changes to the Page FAQ / Disclaimer page.

Plus, a new page (which has replaced the pretty-much-obsolete "Poll" page) has been added: It's called "Wolfey's Wishlist", and will serve as a list asking for help with some things that I'm unable to do by myself ^_^;

I think I got something working for those of you who have browsers that can't render frames (to be honest, though, I have yet to actually see a case where someone has to use a browser like that =P)...If the page looks odd to you, E-Mail me about it and I'll see if there's anything that can be done to fix the problem.

I've messed around a bit more with the coding for most of the pages, as well as the CSS file used throughout the site, so all non-IE browsers should be able to properly render the layout of this page a bit better now ^_^

Well, it's not much, but take a look at the "Miscellaneous" page...I've added a movie file (ASF format) that my Dad sent to me awhile back...It's a real funny commercial, so go take a look at it ^_^

I've started 5^th Quarter at ITT Tech last week...New setup, too: I go for roughly an hour more each day, but I get a whole day off - I only have to go from Monday to Wednesday instead of Monday to Thursday...Which means the 2^nd school week's over for me after tomorrow ^_^

I've also added two more links on the Links page. It's not much, but it should be enough to hold you over until I get some real good content on the site (yeah...Like that'll ever happen =P).

BIG Update: Aside from compatibility with Internet Explorer browsers, the site should now look right in all non-Internet Explorer browsers too, and even Babelfish to boot =D I've finally found coding that seems to work correctly with other browsers, including Netscape 4 and above. I have to give a big thank-you to Empy Claw for helping test this for me until I found a solution that *worked* ^_^

I've just finished 4^th Quarter at ITT Tech (halfway done! ^_^), and have all of next week off =D

The Links page has been given three updates (two major, one minor). One, "Roleplaying Sites" has been split up: All Roleplaying websites are still in that category, but all message boards have been moved to a new category (appropriately titled "Message Boards"). This is so that message boards (RolePlaying and non-RolePlaying) without a website can still have their message boards listed here. Two, aside from the fact that I have added new comics (and removed inactive/finished ones), I am now listing each comic's update schedule right below the comic's link (using one-letter abbreviations for each day, each day separated with a hyphen), so you can see how often new comics come out. Three, I made a couple of minor changes to the statements in the "Visitor's Links" and "Link Up!" sections.

A minor glitch on the Index page that kept the updates from showing up has been fixed...Sorry about that ^_^;

I've shortened and thinned the hilt on my drawing of Ragnarok's Esper form so it has a closer resemblance to that of an actual sword's hilt (as well as the sprite of him from FF6 =P). Can't believe it took me that long to realize how overly large the hilt was...

I have fixed up the "bullet" problem for the items in the RP Characters section, and I've also added something new: A story on how Excalibur and Illumina gained their powers...It's entitled "Strength and Psionics" ^_^

Heh...Notice anything different? =P

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That's right! ^_^ I've changed the color scheme for the entire website, even the RP Characters section (both of them now have the same color scheme). Blue was getting kinda old...And it was hard on the eyes at some points...So I just decided to try out dark grey, to see how good it works =)

I have also redone my character bios a bit...Mostly changing the layout and names of a couple of categories to something that should be much more useful to those who wish to look at them =D

Happy (19^th) Birthday To Me! ^_^

Had a nice little party yesterday at a place called the Star Grill...No friends were there, just all of the relatives that could make it =P

I didn't get much in the way of gifts, but it didn't matter, as I couldn't think of anything I wanted/needed ;P

If you wanted to know what I got, it included: One Tempur-Pedic Home/Office Seat Cushion (you wouldn't believe how comfortable these things are =) ), one Micro-Photon Light II (really bright, it only takes a second for it to juice up anything that glows in the dark, and it's in my favorite color: Sapphire Blue! =D ), and $305 in birthday card money ^_^

There's not much in terms of updates...All I did was some cleaning up of my Links. Still, it's something...And besides, can't I have some time off to enjoy my 19^th birthday? =P

My 19^th birthday is in three weeks and one day ^_^

I got some new things during the Easter holiday, including the Visibone Web Designer's HTML Card I ordered a few weeks ago, and a gel mouse pad (with the wrist rest separate from the mouse pad =) ) optimized for mice using optical technology. But you say that I've been using a ball mouse (or to be more specific, an IntelliMouse Pro), right? Well, I did...But now I have a nifty IntelliMouse Explorer with optical technology (with cord...No wireless technology for me, you'll see why in the next statement)...No more cleaning, control is much more accurate, and I have two extra buttons to mess around with =D

A word of caution to those who use the mouse for quick, slight movements, if you're looking for a new mouse: Stay away from the wireless versions. Sure, the elimination of the cord is nice, but movement tends to be jerky, it almost never registers slight movements with the mouse, it's (relatively) heavy, and it requires batteries...But if those things don't bother you, then go ahead and get one ^_~

I've added a new page to the RP Characters portion of the site, pertaining to Excalibur, and it can only be found from his page: It is called "Excalibur's Creations", and lists what has been (or will be) created in his laboratory.