Saturday August 19, '06
Well this web page has been about two months in the making, if it were up to me
I wouldn't even be published yet; I sort of got steamrolled into it. I learned in '72 when my brother and I opened
a store, that it's better not to present your dream to the world until it looks like you want it to, but my son was impatient.
So here I am trying to make this interesting while I learn how everything works.
I actually ended up having two web sites on the go. I had trouble on my computer;
an error developed and gave me trouble with my ID and password. When I tried to find out what password I used (as I
tried changing it, to see if it solved the problem) I found I'd initiated a whole new site. That was the birth of Pat's
Cyberspace: My Interactive Art Gallery, and Pat's Art Archive.
I love working on the Tripod site builder, but the biggest problem of doing it
on the free account is the limited disc space. For the moment this is the way it has to be. My initial goals
for what I want to do turns out to be overly ambitious, so as I've had to learn when it comes to writing, I find I have to
learn where I can cut down on the nonessentials.
One of the things I love about building pages is what you can do with links, and
now I've discovered how to use thumbnail pictures and link them to larger views it helps me reduce my use of disc space.
I want to develop some interaction with my visitors, whether it be friends or people
who stumble on my site as they search for topics that interest them. It would be nice to know if some of the hits are
actually visitors, and not just me as I blow it and have to re-enter to carry on with what I'm doing. I keep hearing
about blogging, and I'm looking into it to see if I can turn a page into a blog.
For now though, I'm preoccupied with the huge job I've created, which is one reason
I've neglected my correspondence to dear friends. So I pray some of you will see this and know I haven't forgotten
you.
