Added a link to my sister's home page(Yellow Brick Road), and a new article in Empyre(Paradigm Shift). However, I think Paradigm shift should be placed in global system, but seeing as how that's not up yet, I've elected to put it in Empyre.
Sept 1, 1998---
v1.5 of empyre is out now. Mostly interface change(hopefully the title graphic isn't too large. I'll find that out in a bit when I upload) Will be adding some articles to it this coming week. Hopefully tomorrow. I really hope I feel like writing after work, because I've got some great ideas coming...
Along with empyre, will be a sister(and truly a sister/mother, not brother/father) site. global system. empyre will tend to focus on all the shit that's fucked up in the world, and also cultural things that reflect/bitch about it. This will include such things as gabber music, nihilist philosophy, punk, etc... Perhaps even an historical tour through the empire paradigm. On the other side of the coin, will be global system, which will give news on efforts to help turn the world around. It will include such diverse elements as extropianism, pantheism, liberalism, one-world-government(owg) movements, UN, international cooperation, human rights, etc... But for now, let me focus on the dark side, because things are looking pretty messed up right now, and I'm in a dark mood lately, so I'll just publish my feelings as they occur.
Coming up in the next few days for
Aug. 27, 1998---
Negativity, boyz'ngirlz, that's what I'm feeling right now, and I really hate it. I think it's about that time of year when it kicks in... The "depressarific" state of mind(note: I didn't coin the wonderful word, but a friend of mine did. If you've ever felt depressarific, then you know what I'm talking about) Well, though I may not feel the 'rific' part right now, I know I did the other day.
I stayed home sick today, and it sucks. I puked, and I had to call in. I hated doing that. I mean, I really really really hate calling in sick for work, because I feel like a complete dork, and plus... I missed a few days already which I probably shouldn't have missed. anyways... I just had to vent a little again... I think we are majorly fucked right now. I'm usually an optimist, but I think things are just heading straight downhill, and it frightens the fuck out of me. I'm pretty rational, so I know that in the long run, we'll make it through, but I just kind of fear the shit that's coming up. Economic downturn, and it's gonna happen. I didn't believe it until yesterday... And now I can feel it. And our(the United States) even more antagonistic attitude towards others... Attacking suspected terrorist camps(ever heard of innocent 'til proven guilty?), landing bombs in innocent countries backyards(Pakistan), proving we've got a bigger cock than those that have a hard-on for their god... Yeah, they may have religious intolerance and fundamentalism, but we've got arrogance and fundamentalism.
The flag... Ya know, I've always wanted to burn a flag. I still think it's a right that we have, and should have. Anyways, I felt this anger and resentment towards the US... And when there was much debate over a "constitutional amendment" I had written up an article on how banning flag burning was against capitalist principles. Now, I may have felt anger, but never what I felt yesterday, and I wanted to just lay my head down and cry. As I was driving home from work(in a suburb of Madison, which is about a half hour from where I live) I had seen lined up on every single utility pole a flag. I believe they put them up around memorial day. As I looked up at those pieces of cloth with red and white stripes, and a blue field w/white stars, it had hit me... The worst, most agonizing feeling I had ever felt as an American, and it's not anger, not hatred, not any of these things. I think these are a little more easy to handle. No... What I had felt was an emotion called shame. That's right, not only was I angry at our policies, and upset at our hipocrisy, I couldn't even feel proud to be an American. No, I couldn't go to another country and say "Yeah, I'm an American" I wouldn't want to be associated with this wreck, this hellhole, of a country. In fact, I'm a little ashamed to consider myself a human. Having our minds, we have to opportunity to rise above this violence and aggression which seems to stem from our animal heritage, but instead, we use our stupid minds as proud devices to exercise excuses for our irrational behavior. We seem to need to rationalize our aggressive behavior, because we know it's wrong. We need some force to give us a reason to fight. We need freedom, fight! We need economic proseperity, fight! We need a lord to rule over us, fight! Neah... We need to be, fuck! And that's about all I feel right now. I have to put something up, so this is all you're getting today. I guess I just want someone, anyone to know that I'm just feelin' a bit shitty at this moment.
Aug. 27, 1998---
I've started to work on my site again. As you can see, this is the newest addition. 'Sup?! is where you can find the latest info about what's going on in my plans. Since I'ven't done much lately, there's not much here. Well, I am working on my "ForEVER the Empyre" page, and that should be up in the next few days. Also, I'm going to be focusing on my interface for the next period of time. I really want to get it going soon. So, for a sneak preview, here's
Aug. 18, 1998---
Well, here I am again, after a long hiatus from the net. Due to the move to a new place(livin' in a college town means ya gotta move in August, kindafuktup,eh? Speaking of kindafuktup, I sure could use some kind to get fuktup riteaboutnow...) anyways, let's see where I'm going, shall we?
First, I got my job at the assessor's office permanently. This means, that I will be busy a hell of a lot, since I'm no longer a temp, and have a lot of responsibility.
Second, as I mentioned above, I moved, and that was a pain in the ass, not to mention, that I'm broke as shit. But in a few weeks, I'll be sailin' smooth...
Finally, my friend Yuko, and her friend Sumiyo(who is now my friend, too :) stayed with us for a week and a half. So, I'ven't been on the net much, nor have I been doin' shit on my site. This is the main reason for not doing anything, but they leave tomorrow :( so I can work on this damn thing again... :) OK, I'm feeling kinda shitty now, but I don't know why. A little depression/loneliness. And, I'm also pissed, because my roommate/friend, Tony took the girls for a ride to Devil's lake(a beautiful park, carved by a glacier) Anyways, they leave tomorrow, and I'd like to hang out with them, but they're not back yet, and it's already 8:30, so I don't have much time to hang out with them anymore... FUCK! OK, so that's why I'm mostly writing this, is to vent. But let me say that I will be adding more to my site soon. Mostly, I will finish up my Binary intro, and branch off into ASCII and Hex, and from there into colors for the web(Hex), and other shit. I'm listening to Lisa Gerard and Pieter Bourke right now, and I just love that shit. If you want to hear beautiful music, check out Dead Can Dance, or Duality(what I'm listening to now)
Anyways, I should probably go, since I've got nothing else to say. Oh yeah... Gotta call my friend, too... So, I'll be adding more this coming week. Hope to add quite a bit, actually... Also, I'm gonna have a new interface within the next month(hopefully), so it'll kick ass... But you're gonna need a javascript browser. WEll, Peace out and luv to y'all!!! -dave
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PS: If ya wanna get a sneak preview at the general idea of why my site'll look like(very, very, very basic right now... Just a concept thrown together... It needs much work yet, but you can see the idea...), check out rollover. To get back home, just click on the digital aether logo in the center and you'll go back where you should be...
note: if you don't have a javascript browser, you'll be able to see it, but it won't be interactive like it should be(the images "push" in when you put your cursor over it... Also, my basic plan, is to have a menu drop down when you put your mouse over the button, and you can choose from subcategories.
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August 2,1998: Well, I have tried my hand at CSS1(Cascading Style Sheets) on my tutorial, and I must say, it works like a charm. I don't know why I couldn't get it to work on Navigator before, but it's working now. This week, I also plan on revising the whole site to style sheets.
August 1,1998: I added the first of my computer tutorials. This one is based on the binary number system. If you've ever seen 1's and 0's in reference to computers, that's what it's all about. I hope this helps the beginner to understand a little how computers use numbers. Please note that it's kind of long right now, and not well organized yet... However, I plan on making it more readable(divided into sections), and also I will eventually make it an interactive tutorial so that you can apply what you've learned.
This is my first new original addition to this site in over a year(in fact, a year and a half!!! I call it simply "Why I am not a Christian"(Content original, Title plagiarized, with deepest respect to Bertrand Russell.)
F*ed Up Central Komedy - is my new "artsy" page devoted to my bizarre "plays/skits", Stonedoodle, and eventually, my poems, and erosophy(find out about that later...)