During World War 2, my father served in
an elite mobile 90mm antiaircraft artillery unit in Europe. They landed
at Normandy and fought across France, Luxembourg and Germany with Patton's
Third Army. This site is dedicated to their story from 1943 to 1945.
As of April 2005,
the complete text of the 200 page Symphony in B-Flak
has been added. Not only that, but all pages of this site can now be
viewed at no charge.
I've made several recent additions to the
WebTools section. Check out my survey of PHP
Dynamic Menu Tools, my PHP class ccBrowserInfo,
my improved PHP menu class HTML_TreeMenuXL
and my browser-compensating dynamic stylesheet ccSiteStyle.
ClassWorld.com is my current venture: a
semi-custom web application for reunion planners and alumni associations.
ClassWorld makes use of ClassBase™, a specialized content management
system and classmate database that I have developed. Launched February
2, 2002.
My most popular site. Half-Life is a "first
person shooter" game one can play over the net. I play as "TweezerMan".
My Half-Life site has grown rapidly and gets a ton of traffic from all
around the world. Half-Life gamers find it a handy reference for all
sorts of tips and tricks, new maps, downloads, and more.
... is an eclectic collection of the web sites and
web documents that I've developed. Some are lengthy, sophisticated and get
a lot of traffic (like Tweezer's Half-Life Health
Club), while others are short, simple and even primitive (such as
PhotoCD Processing information). The common
themes behind each resource are my own interest in each subject, and my hope
that others might find it helpful or interesting.
ClassWorld.com is my new venture:
a semi-custom web application service provider for reunion planners
and alumni associations. ClassWorld makes use of ClassBase™,
the specialized content management system and classmate database
that I developed. ClassBase has evolved out of my work on Tweezer's
Half-Life Health Club, Mustangs71, and The Story of the 115th
AAA Gun Battalion. The official ClassWorld.com launch date: February
2, 2002.
During World War 2, my father served in
the U.S. Army's 115th A.A.A Gun Battalion, an elite mobile 90mm antiaircraft
artillery unit. Serving in the European Theater (ETO), they landed at
Normandy and fought across France, Luxembourg and Germany with Patton's
Third Army. This site is dedicated to their story from 1943 to 1945.
The site features the full text of the Battalion unit history as well
the unit history published by B Battery ().
As of April 2005, all pages of this site can now be viewed at no charge.
How are recordable CDs different
from CD-ROMs? What's the difference between "gold" and "silver"
CD-Rs? How long will a CD-R last? Learn the answers to these questions
and many more in this illustrated technology tutorial.
HTML_TreeMenuXL is my
enhanced version of Richard Heyes' PEAR HTML_TreeMenu package, a valuable
tool for generating dynamic tree menus using PHP. My enhancements extend
its flexibility and fix a few problems. New Release! November 14, 2002
ccBrowserInfo is a class
that I've been using for about a year to perform server-side detection
of HTTP client user agents. This information can be used to influence
the generated pages in a variety of ways.
My survey of several PHP tools for dynamically
generating DHTML menus. Includes discussion of some non-PHP tools for
DHTML menus, as well as some PHP tools that generate static menus. Updated
November 2002.
A handy diagnostic tool for testing the
response of any given client to a number of different PHP methods for
sending a cookie. Based on work by Sean McLean. Updated August 2002.
How to prepare and submit a web site so
it gets clear listings and accurate keyword coverage in search engines
and directories. Step by step instructions for more than a dozen search
and directory services.
I use Media Center Pro from Jasc Software
to organize my on-line photo images into albums. Using tools supplied
with the program, I have produced a number of customized layouts for
use by its web page output engine. This document was never quite finished.
My most popular web site. Half-Life is
a "first person shooter" game one can play over the net. I play as
"TweezerMan". My Half-Life site has grown rapidly and gets a ton of
traffic from all around the world. Half-Life gamers find it a handy
reference for all sorts of tips and tricks, new maps, downloads, and
more.
Our friends were married September 10,
2000, at the Guglielmo Winery in Morgan Hill. I've just a few photos
but did manage to make some fun animations of part of the ceremony.
Lots of photos of the wonderful old friends
and the outstanding musicians who made a great party in Del Mar, September
16, 2000. Includes the First Cinnimon Haze Reunion... The animation
of Peter Sprague is my favorite.
The life and times of the Cinnimon Haze:
a garage band I played bass in from 1967 to 1972. Check out the Lifetime
Song List if you're looking for classic rock tunes. There's also
info about some of our friends' bands, like "Woody Duke and His
Rhythm Riders" or "Hangtown, Volcano and Whiskey Flats Resistance
Band". This was my first public web site.
When I started to shop for a film scanner
I wanted to summarize the differences between the leading contenders,
as well as provide a handy place to put all the relevant links.
Brief summary of my 1996 and 1997 investigation
into the technology, usage and pricing of Kodak's PhotoCD format. Lately
I've lately switched to much-cheaper PictureCDs. I'm now considering
a film scanner for my higher-resolution
and legacy-pix needs.
As of April 2005,
the complete text of the 200 page Symphony in B-Flak
has been added. Not only that, but all pages of this site can now be
viewed at no charge. 
