Hallelujah!
TODAY I miraculously gained access to my Yahoo Geocities account again. This may not seem like a big deal to most of you, but if you're familiar with the crappy year this has been, not having access to my web domain was a big part of the greater annoyance factor.
I am -most- pleased at this development. It wasn't any sort of financial issue, it was merely a matter of my password finally being recognized again. While I am not yet prepared to declare the problems completely reversed, I am pleased to say that Honved.com may not actually be dead after all, which would mean I wouldn't have to transfer all of my data, writing, etc. to a new server.
I am also pleased to say that I am working on a solution to my -constant- software issues with Geocities. This would allow me to update my site without relying upon their crappy software, and it would allow me to keep a stable format that won't be subjected to the "stylistic changes" Yahoo imposes every forty eight hours. The solution is probably something that most of you with more HTML experience have figured out long ago: a third party webpage editor. However, this is the first time that I've actually got one to DO what I want it to do. Now, the real test will be to see if it actually works WITH Geocities. I'm not going to put all my bets on this possibility, but if it works, I'll finally realize the goal I've been working on since beginning Honved.com some four years ago: a site that could will be REGULARLY updated and which, with some experience, take on its OWN unique look.
Whatever the final decision is, the site will never be as wonderfully cool looking and inspirational as something like the Major General's Site, but I'd like to think it'll be pretty cool, just the same.
At any rate, I have another reason to be in a slightly better mood today.
I am -most- pleased at this development. It wasn't any sort of financial issue, it was merely a matter of my password finally being recognized again. While I am not yet prepared to declare the problems completely reversed, I am pleased to say that Honved.com may not actually be dead after all, which would mean I wouldn't have to transfer all of my data, writing, etc. to a new server.
I am also pleased to say that I am working on a solution to my -constant- software issues with Geocities. This would allow me to update my site without relying upon their crappy software, and it would allow me to keep a stable format that won't be subjected to the "stylistic changes" Yahoo imposes every forty eight hours. The solution is probably something that most of you with more HTML experience have figured out long ago: a third party webpage editor. However, this is the first time that I've actually got one to DO what I want it to do. Now, the real test will be to see if it actually works WITH Geocities. I'm not going to put all my bets on this possibility, but if it works, I'll finally realize the goal I've been working on since beginning Honved.com some four years ago: a site that could will be REGULARLY updated and which, with some experience, take on its OWN unique look.
Whatever the final decision is, the site will never be as wonderfully cool looking and inspirational as something like the Major General's Site, but I'd like to think it'll be pretty cool, just the same.
At any rate, I have another reason to be in a slightly better mood today.
posted by Aurelian at 2:51 PM
1 Comments:
Alex, I was looking at your Honved page on pre-dreds, and noted two points.
You mentioned: The Austrian
and Spanish fleets are confirmed by color plates to have tarred their
decks, which tended to make their decks darker than others; the practice was not universal amongst other fleets." Does this mean that the tar covered the whole deck, or just that there was tar in between the planks? Presumably this would have burned fairly readily. Do you know if it had any effect on the fires suffered by the Spanish ships at Manila Bay and Santiago?
You also referred to: "Mark S. of the Pre-Dred List, who lives in Spain and has spent some time with the Spanish naval archives..." Is there a way I can get in touch with him?
I'd also be interested in contacting Thomo of the Pre-Dred list, who commented on Philo McGiffin.
Thanks very much. Appreciate your work with Honved.
Lin Wells
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