There’s a short list of Web sites that I visit daily. One of my very favorites is KDE-Look. Check it out. Despite the name, it’s not just a Linux thing. (KDE is a popular desktop interface for Linux.) The graphics there are in standard formats that can be used on any computer. And the wallpaper selection is amazing! If you like collecting landscape photography (like me), or just appreciate good graphics in general, visit frequently.
…the more they stay the same. This may be my first “blog,” but I’ve done this before. In the olden days, and I mean really olden days, going back to the late 1800’s, there was a thing known as the “APA” or “Amateur Press Association”. See this for some early history, and the Wikipedia listing for some recent info.
An APA was an analog (paper and snail mail) way of satisfying many of the same base urges as a blog. On a schedule, the members would submit multiple printed copies of their stuff (usually called zines) to a Central Mailer who then bundled everything up into a “mailing” and sent it back out to everyone on the member list.
Since this site is hosted at Auburn, first I need to disclose my status as a Florida Gator. Yes, I attended UF many years ago. I was in the Gator Band in 1984, the year UF actually won their first SEC Championship. Yah, I know all official records of that have been purged. But I was there. I have the license plate, and a friend of mine who played center that year has the ring to prove it.
I don’t hate Auburn. Really. In fact, my wife and I liked Terry Bowden when he was head coach there, and we cheered him on. It’s only Tennessee that we really hate, since they are the ones who, in 1985, petitioned the SEC to retroactively strip us of that ‘84 title. Get over it? Nope, don’t think so…