•º•techy-sitey stuffº•º

hokay, i'm not sure why you came here, other than to know how everything on my site was made. or you think a person is sexy they based on the type of computer they have. <hey, i'm not one to judge!> anyway, i guess since you are here, i might as well tell you. ^_^

first off, I want to start out by saying, if you find something wrong with the layout of my page, please email me and let me know so i can get it fixed asap...and I don't mean personal problems like if you don't like the colors or your version of ie sucks or something, either, i mean like a broken pic or link or something...

•º•my computerº•º
my pc has a name, it's baka-box. and baka-box is a monorail pc, with an amd k6-2 processor, 350 mhz, 64 mb ram, and 1mb cache, and some really neat-o right speakers. nothing too spiffy, but he gets the job done. i've added the following peripherals since i've had him: voodoo3 2000 video card, acer 6x4x32 cdrw, a whopping 13 mb hard drive. <not really, that was sarcasm> baka-box also has some neat assessories that make my job a lot easier. he has a umax astra 610p color scanner, a luxurious lexmark z11 color inkjet printer. <not really, again, more sarcasm - i probably have the cheapest printer ever made: wal-mart, $59> and i use window98 only because i don't know how to use any other operating system.

•º•my programsº•º
i have way too many programs, and i'm not going to list them all, <sorry to disappoint you> but i will list the ones i use to make my site.
cuteftp - i use this to upload my files via ftp
cutehtml - i use this for all my html editing
frontpage express <because i'm too cheap to buy anything better> - to put the html in a way i can read it better to find my mistakes
notepad - to hold everything i cut and paste
acdsee - to keep track of my graphics and to view them easily <drag and drop, baby!>
paint shop pro 6 - to make my graphics
photoshop 5 - to color my graphics before i edit them in psp6
vistascan - to scan my line drawings so i can make my custom graphics
internet explorer and netscape - to view my site ^_^
aohell<h is silent>- to keep me humble on the net, other wise i might start to think my other isp sucks
winamp - to help me keep my patience while working on my site
napster - for allowing me to able to use winamp effectively ^_~
icq - to chat with my best bud, syd, and keep me from throwing baka-box through the window

•º•my knowledgeº•º
no, i'm not going to list everything i know! >.<;; what i am going to say here is how i gained experience in html, and where and when i learned it. ^_^
i first started reading html online tutorials that are scattered all over the net. and i felt i had a basic enough knowledge of it to start my own homepage. <everyone has one, why shouldn't i?> so in november of 99, i sat down and started my first homepage. i knew nothing of tables, so my page was horrible! as soon as i did learn them, my page headed more in the direction of looking like a cool kid's page. i tried about 4 different looks before settling with the blue plaid/checkered look. now that my year anniversary is coming up next month, i wanted to do something special with my page. so i learned frames, and added some really keen java scripts and dhtml scripts.
i now use a domain from namezero <again, because i'm cheap> and i love having an email that has my actual name in it. ^_^

•º•art suppliesº•º
so you have read down this far? wow, i'm impressed you didn't fall asleep! well, this is the art material i use in order to make the graphics before i can them, also what i use to make my art.
paper - whoa! who'da thunk! ^_~ haha, specifically, copy paper for the doodles and stuff, and sketch paper for the more formal art works, and tracing paper to trace my drawings when the eraser marks get to be too many
bic clicky mechanical pencils - i love 'em! ^_~
a really spiffy new black outlining pen i got from syd - its a pentel ceramicron 500 .03...sounds technical, doesn't it?
when i don't use my pc to color a picture, i use:
colorpencils - prismacolor and crayola, i'm easy, i won't discriminate. ^_~
markers - prismacolor, crayola, and my new tria flesh colored ones. <thanks, syd!>
acrylic paint - liquitex and the cheap wal-mart craft paint. <i told ya i was cheap!>
construction paper - >=)

so, do you think i bored you enough yet? no! really!? well, then, you're in for a treat when you decide to read all about me in the about section . ^_~ i'm all about boring, baby! .=Þ