Page updated: January 23, 2002
Why, Oh, Why?
Why make a web site? Why not. Besides, I’m a compulsive
organizer. My CDs are in alphabetical order (by musical category), my white socks have their
own drawer, and I eat M&Ms by color (but doesn’t everybody?). This does not
mean, however, that I’m anal-retentive, because that would imply that I actually KEEP
everything organized.
So, in my umpteenth iteration of this site (v3.5), I’m still inflicting
my cars on unwary Browsers of the Net, but arranged differently.
However, until I figure out how to make a fortune with this Web
thing, or get asked to become a foreign correspondent to an exotic
car magazine, my site is still about cars and driving. (Even
worse, I’ve included vacation pictures.) But mostly this is my
current creative outlet. And if I ever get a creative idea, it’s
going straight to this site.
I will be making a non-framed version available at the same
time I make a German version of this site. (Please start holding
your breath now.) Also, any clever or witty comments encountered
on this site is purely accidental, but the author will certainly
take full credit for them anyway.
But when all is said and done, I do this just to amuse myself.
If you have any comments, please either e-mail me or sign the guestbook.
Thanks!
E-MAIL:
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SITE
OVERVIEW 
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Cars |
Travel |
Musings |
Links |
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Porsche |
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Museums
> Factories
> Auto Shows
> Castles
> Berchtesgaden
> Paris
> Regensburg |
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The Left Lane |
> Porsche
> Chevrolet
> BMW
> Cars
> Travel
> Misc |
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Chevy |
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Jokes |
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BMW |
= Rally Sport |
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> Little Cars
> Sporty Cars
> Pony Express
> Nürburgring
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+ indicates it has its own annoying frame
= indicates a different site
> means ‘greater than’
Select them from the menu down below, like this example. Simple,
no?
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Site Description
There are four general areas in this site:
Cars:
This describes my cars, and what I do with them. However, as
this site is rated for General Audiences, these descriptions
have been edited somewhat. As you can see from the Overview above,
there’s quite a variety in this section.
Travel:
I describe some of the places I’ve visited (or want to visit).
This includes museums, factories parks, and cities. There are
general information about each place, and I’ve tried to include
maps, accomodations, phone numbers, etc., whenever possible.
It’s the biggest section on this site.
Musings:
I write a monthly column for a Porsche club newsletter, the BahnStormer,
for the Rally
Sport Region (Detroit, MI). Someone told me Hemingway started
out this way. (That would be Bert Hemingway, I believe.)
Links:
This is a consolidation of links within my site to other sites
out there.
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System Requirements
I tried my best to get around it, but you’ll still need a
computer and a monitor to view this site. I’ve tried to design
it for monitors from 640 x480 to 800 x 600, but like the most
perpetuated myth in life, bigger is better. (Would the person
who used the 2500 x 1600 monitor to view my site back in 1999 please stand
up and take a bow.)
Any browser that recognizes Javascript would be the best,
but not necessary. As with any sites, using the latest, greatest
browser this side of the Federation is usually best—even the
Borg’s browser, Internet Exploder. However, I test this site
with Netscape’s Communicator 4.5+, and occasionally with iCab.
[Update: I have recently designated Netscape Communicator as
Evil Incarnate. If you could use another
browser, that would be very nice. Thanks.]
I wish browsers would get their act together so this (and
other) site(s) would look consistent!
I also wish I would learn CSS so this website would be more consistent. *Sigh.*
And of course, it will look much better if viewed on any Macintosh,
like a colored iMac
(an iMac of color) or an El Capitan G3/G4. Then you wouldn’t have those
horrid Windows fonts, and everything will fit in their little
boxes like they’re supposed to. This site is beautiful—on
a Mac.
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Getting Around
(Not too often, these days.) Clicking on the “EMan’s
World” logo in the upper left will always get you to the
home page. Otherwise, it’s just like any other website out there.
If you haven’t figured those out yet, then I’m impressed that
you’ve actually made it this far.
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Mac Attack
This site
was designed and created using an Apple PowerBook 1400c/166 with
a Newer Technology 250 Mhz G3 processor upgrade (now a Sonnet 400
Mhz G3), and assorted
other hardware goodies, like a 230Mb magneto-optical (MO) internal
drive from VST.
I originally used Adobe
PageMill (2.0-3.0) (bleah!) and PhotoShop (6.0); Deneba’s Canvas
(v3.5 & 6.0); and Yves Piguet’s freeware GifBuilder v0.5
(for animated GIFs). I tried GoLive 5.0 as well, but now I’m relying more
on BBEDIT,
a simple text editor, to do the HTML coding. That’s
because my goal is now HTML 4.01-compliant pages, instead of rendering
it in a really specific way.
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Mac Attack Times 4
As of February 2000, the
trusty PB1400 has been superseded. I still have it, and I’m now
using a Lucent Orinoco Gold card to communicate to my main computer
using IEEE 802.11b (or AirPort or WiFi).
The main computer is now a 350 MHz G4 (AGP) with 512 MB RAM,
ZIP, two hard drives—10 GB and 60 GB and an AirPort card.
I finally got an ATI Radeon (AGP) for it, but I don’t really know if it was worth the
trouble. But like cars, souping up a computer is as much fun as it is psychological.
Come on—just exactly how much horsepower is that new K&N air filter getting
you? Two? Five? Can you feel it? Not really, but if makes you feel good that it’s
in there, doesn’t it? I thought so.
It’s a fun little machine.
(Okay—I seem to buy more Apples than I can keep track off on this page. You can
click the Toys to check out the
iBook I’m currently using, and whatever other toys I may be playing with.)
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