What's New for 2004
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on this page may have been broken many years ago ... maybe not, try
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December
3, 2004
Due to the risk of - well, several
mishaps - I am shutting down the adstone server until January 8, 2005
or soon after. If you run into trouble, alert me as I am
running a private server elsewhere which has not been made known to
you; because it is way too slow to be of practical use. You can
either email me or call me at toll free 888-756-0710
November 28, 2004
Hope Thanksgiving was good and tasty.
Work performed and files drawn and/or
contributed, converted to formats
and posted today:
My Work:............. davero,
redraw lost file rosh, and rosh2, and sabbath,
Bill Peisher:............angelb,
bboss1, bboss2, bboss3, bboss4,
bboss5, bboss6,
bboss7, bboss8, bboss9, bboss9a,
bboss9b, bboss9c,
bboss9d,, bboss9e, burr1,
burr2, burr3, burr4,
burr5, burr6,
bboss7, dodge3,
October
28, 2004
After 5 weeks of flowers,
networking, flowers, building a new showroom, flowers, hard drive
changes, flowers, police, flowers, working the flower shop from 6 am
till 6 then to webmastering till ??, flowers and more flowers
I'm tossing in the towel. Time to go home to Cathy. She's been
a dream to wait so long. Anyway, I'll be back in
Kissimmee but only for a few days, then back. So I force posted
the following and be back at it around mid-Novemeber. Enough is enough.
Work performed and files drawn and/or
contributed, converted to formats
and posted today:
My Work:..............
added to FAQ, agony, agony3,
agony4,
Sherri Henly............ smack
October 22, 2004
Catching up with 10/16/04
Work performed and files drawn and/or
contributed, converted to formats
and posted today:
My Work:.............. added
emblems.ai, dave2, dave3,
Bill Peisher:............ braids1,
braids, braids2, braids3, braids4, braids5, braids6,
braids7,, braids8, braids9,
braids9a
October
16, 2004
I'm adding Ai format
to the Board. Starting with today's postings.
Been converting
and posting designs for 15? No, 24 years and give me a 2
month break and I get all confused...giggle. I'm posting
the following but have lots more. I tripped all over myself
during the routine of converting according to alphabetical order -
not by contributor, and that got me all out of whack (such as adding
designs by Moe in the following but with a design name like BBB;
already converted the "B's") So here's a bunch and I'll get
others later on in the week. ----Oh, by the
way, DirectWay sucks.
I find myself using dialup instead. So
I'm not sure if we'll have a private server installed here.
Work
performed and files drawn and/or contributed, converted to formats
and posted today:
My Work:.............. cala7
Bill Peisher:............ billboat,
cbilld1, cbilld2, cbilld3, cbilld4,
dbilla, dbilla2,
dovesc, ourang,
ourangel, pchild,
rosetteb, rosettec
October
6, 2004 
DirectWay™ says they'll be
here Tuesday, October 12. OK, hope you've all had fun
watching me get blown around by hurricanes, return to knicking my
fingers on rose thorns and sleeping on top of fern boxes, but next
Tuesday we get serious again. Expect Bill to flood you with new
designs - and me too. We also scored a high honor by having a hand in
the Twin Towers Memorial. (See Stencil forum at the message board.)
So once I go live from West Babylon, we'll have (another) new private
server and I'll be back with a vengence.
Sept.
20, 2004
Gosh, sorry for so many mishaps
recently - just in case you're not following
events at the message board
- I'm so busy with the flower shop and trying to get Net access so I
can get all these new designs up for you. Then flying back to Fla to
get all these hurricane repairs done so Cathy and Pj don't have to
sleep and slush around in water all the time. And I HATE not being
able to draw! Still I was able to rewrite the wish list
page and because of the embarrassing foul-up with that referral to
Elkston (so, sorry, Peter, was all my fault!) I also redid the
entire referral area....while
putting shingles back on the guest room roof. I'm back in NY on
the 27th and should have Net access soon after. Hope it's cheap
- Cablevision, but might be satilite if not cable.
August 9, 2004
Work performed and files drawn and/or
contributed, converted to formats
and posted this week:
My Work:..............
Still on data base. Set up new Message
Board.
sample12, sample13, sample2, sample8,
Bill Peisher:............
atide, atide2, daquit, drebel,
drebel2, sugarl,amrev1a,
amrev2, amrev3, amrev4, amrev5, amrev6,
catfishb,
planeone, siccors,
July 17, 2004
Work performed and files drawn and/or
contributed, converted to formats
and posted this week:
My Work:..............
Moved 67 to full designs, joe782,
joe783, joe784
joe785, joe786, joe787, joe788 joe789
Bill Peisher:............ beer,
boat, bmade1,
bemade2, bemade3, bemade4
bemade5, bemade6, bemade7,
July 12, 2004
I was going to poke fun, saying:
'The industry's most prolific designer is a truck driver.' Then, I
realized, that's the common variable in the trade. I spent all my
career (as a stone cutter/designer) hauling around a 750 cfm
compressor, or a flat bed of stone - most of us do, right? So let me
rephrase my antidote. 'The industry's most prolific designer is a bus
driver.' Click the image to see larger.
And - being
who I am - I just had to complain about the awful layout of my name
on the diploma.
July 7, 2004
Work performed and files drawn and/or
contributed, converted to formats
and posted this week:
My Work:..............
Modified visitor's home page to reflect
new data base,
Still working on new data base - 2,000 listings done so far.
total listings are 8,121, but many are out of biz,
Posted and still adjusting new message
boards. joe1,
joe2, joe3,
joe4, joe5, joe6, joe7, joe8, joe9,
July 7, 2004
RELAX! My goodness. The
doors don't shut that easily around here.
Life has clocked me a hard left to
the head. I've been clocked before and knocked down a few times also.
Let's not jump to conclusions, folks. Here's the scoop, as briefly as possible:
I personally fell into debt -
roughly $50,000 from out of the blue. Unfortunately that comes on the
heals of spending 4 years of time, effort, and all my savings to
secure my (now 4 year old) grandson from the clutches of the State of
Florida. So I'm broke - again. This time in debt.
Not one to whine (tho whine loudly)
for more than a week over twisted fate, I have embarked on landing a
job that will get me on my feet as fast as possible. I'm getting my
CDL to drive truck. There's tons of jobs down here in FLA ... if
you're under 55 years old, graduated from High School, speak Spanish,
and never got on the bad side of the Law. Me? None of the above
.... FLA is a port state. More ports here than anywhere, and the Want
Ads are endless with truck driver jobs. I can do that.
I will entertain offers to buy my
interests in the Board. That move would be purely for selfish
reasons. However, I am not spreading this news. This Board is self
sufficient. I - not one of us wants to see it altered. I causally
offered the Board to the one person who would "keep the
faith," ShelbyM, but, apparently, he feels I
can handle it on nights and weekends. I agree, but the Board
might be trimmed down to make it simpler to manage.
I was just inches from starting a
new post card campaign to get new members - seems that of
the 2,000 updated listings in the data base more than 600 of them
were never on our radar scope. I'd expect some new members when I do
send. But then this happened. Perhaps I will put that off until
the dust settles. Most of you know how things go 'round here. No
sense confusing new-bees.
In Other News
Denis is installing a new Message
Board. We should lose the old one today or soon. If the server
is down - use the Private Server!!!
June
15, 2004
Finally got around to updating user fees - it's such a tedious task
to do. Then, wouldn't ya figure, we lose 7 members in one week. Damn
it! That's too big a number to sustain. I will wait and see if
it's just a temporary thing or bad credit card info, but if nothing
changes, I'm going to have to raise the fees again. Be aware of that
and if you can't afford (let me do some quick math...) $49.50
please let me know and when I do raise it I will remove your account.
This is the smallest number of members we've ever held - 27. I
hope it shows that there's no longer a need for our kind of service
and that CADD artists find the time and creativity to fly alone. If
ever we shut this down, I want to hold that kind of satisfaction as I
move on in life.
Work performed and files drawn and/or
contributed, converted to formats and posted this week:
My Work:.............. fixed
broken links at: ht11/free6.htm, ht3/free8.htm,
finally got around to updating user fees from $44 to $45
and $500 to $512. All other fees remain same - because
(except for Jody) we have no members in other rates.
rv, mpa,
mpb, msh, msh1, msh2, msh3, msh4, msh5, msh6
Bill Peisher:............ 2angel,
2angels, 2angels2, 2angels3,
2angels4, 2ducks,
phbill, ssport,
billflow, billbook,
billtop, bux, bux1
bux2, bux3, bux4, bux5, bux6,
bux7, bux8,
______________________________________________________________
June 6, 2004
Work performed and files drawn and/or
contributed, converted to formats
and posted this week:
My Work:..............Manually
updating data base, A's and part of B's done.
7,811 left to go. hand,
mlyons, mnappi, mnewhart,
mooney, pegasus5,
Bill Peisher:............ burx1,
burx2, burx3, burx4,
burx5, burx6, burx7,
burx8, burx9, burx9a, burx9b,
burx9c, burx9d,
burx9e, burx9f
June 4, 2004
Central Florida has entered its
rainy season when the cool breezes off the Atlantic and off the Gulf
of Mexico rush onto and into the hot air over our state. Electrical
storms are usual. It will be common practice for me to shut
down the private server daily between 3 pm and 9pm from June
till October.
May
25, 2004
Work performed and files drawn and/or
contributed, converted to formats and posted this week:
My Work:..............Changed 414
to 920 area code in data base.
Moved fail, blackwel, booskos,
bryant, glover,
mcmillin, bjesus,
bjesus2, bjesus3, bjesus4,
bjesus5, bjesus6, bjesus7,
jesus1, chout, mary01,
sltx8, art8, kids,
holy4, shep1,
shep2, rel4, sh4,
shic2, yanko,
stjoe3, Updated all Search engines,
removed duplicates: roses11,
roses12, roses13, roses14, roses15, roses16,
New designs: mkar, mkar2, mkar3,
mkar4,
mkar6, mli,
mlmerk, kar5
May 20, 2004
Gosh! we're just expanding in all
kinds of directions lately. Arn't we? Showrooms, Stencil / design,
artistDATE, interactive data bases, CADD for sales people. You ask, I
get. Now it's my turn to contribute. It's new but an old service I'm
calling front and center: the Memorial Referral Service. I
know, we get them all the time so what's new? With this new data base
(as screwy as it is at this stage) and the Net traffic we are
experiencing, as well as a suspicion that folks might NOT ask when
they ought to, I'm posting a referral
link on our homepage - not inside where us designers live. Just
so you know how it works, check it out especially if you have never
gotten a referral from me before (there are about 10 of you who
haven't as yet.)
May 19, 2004
The data base is done.
Albeit, the data is old and a lot of duplicates. Anyone who added a
listings after 1995, had better get over there and add it anew. Data
Bases
May 18, 2004
I realize you can't tell it
but I really earned my pay this week. Spent over 50 hours on hard
code. Easiest thing I did was to re-do the main and private
servers - and that ain't easy. Very little to show
(unless you can read PERL code) but you'll see it as I bring up the
new data bases and new message boards over the next week or so.
PLEASE NOTE: as always whenever new software is installed you rely on
my poor spelling. If your user-id doesn't work, alert me.
Folks like ShelbyM (and
myself) were politely relieved when "I" decided to forget
about ArtistDATE. But folks like Mark, John, Valerie and others
really gave me a rough time. So, in a nutshell, I will design
the site, code it, and develop myself. Hey, ya wish is my
crucifix. Still, you ought notice that this is the very first
design posting in 15 years which I drew nothing.
Work performed and files drawn
and/or contributed, converted to formats and posted this week:
My Work:.............. Built
new data base here (Not puiblic yet) and
for artistdate,
unistalled / installed new server here and at private server, redid
all CGI programs for both sites,
Derick Earp:.......... 10de,
12de, 13de, 15de, 16de, 17de, 17fde,
18de, 18fde,
19de, 19fde,
19f1de, 19f2de,
May 14, 2004
* The new
server (visit the private server for review) is a knock out. I
believe we are ready to upgrade the main servers also. So, make a
note: Monday, May 17th,
around 2 pm I will bring down MyDrawingBoard.com, likely for
the remainder of the day. Use ADSTONE if you require files.
* I
have finished the new data base - all except the listings
themselves; which are in process for another week or so. You can
review it, click here.
Bang on it, toy with it, try to break it. Let's make sure it's
working right before moving it to the public servers. If you add your
listing while toying, that's OK, but you will have to do it again
when I move the data because I will be re-writing the new data.
* Fees
will be going up by 2 dollars. That hack-attack ruined us, folks. And
we lost many members ... down to 35, as opposed to 47 last year.
I am too busy to take the 4 to 5 hours necessary to adjust the fees
over at the Credit Card company, but when I do - the next billing
period will reflect the adjustment.
May 11, 2004
Just back from Mom's Day.
Lots going on including fee changes in from Carollynn (accountant
dept) and MOST IMPORTANT: today I am installing the brandie new
server at ADSTONE. So those who visit that private server,
please expect all kinds of issues. Along with the install comes
all kinds of work - search engines, data bases, back ground
programming - so sit tight and I'll report back in a few days about
news and details.
May 4, 2004
Happy Mom's Day........
Work performed and files drawn and/or
contributed, converted to formats
and posted this week:
My Work:.............. moved
art7 and art8,
moved art10 and art4,
moved dc101, moved art1,
removed duplicate
art3, moved art2,
purchased updated list of
monument retailers to add to new data base still
under construction ($99 less $50 rebate),
Purchased new Website system - at eBay
for $20..YES !!! ... $1,200 value.
Bill Peisher:............ shep,
shep2, shepherd, sheppd7, sleepy1,
sleepy2, sleepy3, sleepy4, sleepy5, sleepy6,
April 27, 2004
Have my head in writing a new database for
quicker public access to monument retailers. Was waiting on Shelby,
but he dropped the idea, so I'm relearning PERL as I go. This new
database will allow you to modify your listing. Lots of reasons
to allow that, but I'm sure it's better than waiting around for Mr or
Mrs. John Doe to alert me to changes in YOUR phone.
Converted and posted this week:
My Work:..............
mcherib, mivy, monk, moro, mpickett, mpx,
Bill Peisher:............ hunterb,
hunterb2, huskeyb,
pawbill,
pointer,
shark, shark2,
sheepd1,
sheepd2, sheepd3, sheepd4, sheepd5, sheepd6
Derick Earp:.......... de3,
de4, de5, de6,
de7, de8, de9
April 21, 2004
I'm sure you've noticed that I've been
busy. Check out the saints I drew and the re-designed search engines
(returned to the old PERL scripts.)
Converted and posted this week:
My Work:.............. sttekak2,
sttekakw, sttheres, wood,
dismantled artistDATE
my1,
my2, Re-wrote the search engines, Conference with
sourcesmart, fixed all kinds of bad links found after
installing new server.
Bill Peisher:............ 2ducks,
barbie, beagleh,
beagleh2, beagleh3,
birds1, birds2, cat1,
cat2, cat3, crab1, crab2,
crab3, crab4, dogcat,
dogcat2, doll, bookrose,
Moses.................... moses1,
moses2,
April
4, 2004,
Happy holidays ya'll
Up to my ears in flowers and
deliveries, so taking time from the Board till after Easter.
Thanks to Lizbeth and VersaCad, we have discovered a major problem
with Arbor Image's Cuting Shop which means, to us, that all 2D
conversions over the last year are no good. Versa Cad folks
have to download DXF and import it into VersaCad. As of now I will no
longer post 2D or HPLG (plot) conversions. At least until I figure
something out.
Converted and posted this week:
My Work:.............. mabc,
mabb, mabb1, maba, mabb, mabd, mabe, mabf, mabg
mabh, mabi,
mabj, mabk, mabl, mabm
Derick Earp:.......... dr22,
dr23, dr24, dr25, dr26, dr27,
dr28
Moses.................... flwr440,
flwr441, flwr441a, flwr144,
flwr144as
March
22, 2004
Didn't go
'exactly' as planned, but wasn't bad either, huh? Hey, the
private server saved the day - hooray!
Couple of
features still coming online.
Watch my spelling, folks, if you can't
log on - might be I misspelled
your user-id, alert me to it. 90% of the drawings are all
uploaded to the server. Will be 100% by Tuesday afternoon. Hey,
we got over 13 gigs of posted drawings. That's posted - got another
13 gigs in archive. Takes awhile to upload.
March 15, 2004
Really didn't want to make this
post as I'm up to my ears in switching the servers. BUT a problem
arose this morning which will occur again when the servers are
switched, so be warned: If designs don't download, or your user-id
won't work, NOTIFY me to fix the files or to fix my misspelling
errors - you know what a poor speller I am.
And while I'm at it:
Converted and posted this week:
My Work:.............. 7sorrows,
thorns,
Bill Peisher:............
set1a, set1b, set1c, set1d, set1e,
dogs, oldcar
Derick Earp:..........d1, d10,
d12, d13, d15, d17, d18,
d21
March 12, 2004
I have new drawings, not many, but
a few. I am involved with switching the main server with the
private one - you'll see changes at the private one if you visit
there right now. It's taking a lot of time because I have to
reconfigure the private server to match this one you're on now.
I wasn't going to do that because the other private server was a
duplicate, until it ended under 6 feet of water. Long (stupid)
story. So, to be brief, I'll have the machines switched and will post
these drawings. Hang in there.
Feb.
24, 2004
Converted and posted this week:
My Work:..............
mark27, mark28, mark29, mark30, mark31
mark32, mark33, Updated
Data Bases as per
postcards found undeliverable for 2004.
Posted a mock-up for artistDATE and
requested bids for development from
Denis and 2 other software firms. Carol and I
closed out the books for 2003.
Moses..................... magik10,
magik2, magik3, magik4,
magik5, magik6
Derick Earp:..........der11,
der12, der13,
der14, der15,
der16,
der17, der18, der
20, der21, der22, der23,
der24, der25,
Feb. 17, 2004
No news is good news - still,
considering the efforts involved with Marc's project, I ought say,
"Happy Val's Day." (Tongue in cheek, of course.) Denis,
(our Russian programmer of My
Own Drawing Board™
fame and other gadgets we have) is getting a real giggle out of the
project - a nice diversion from the Siberian cold. Sajid - our
Indian "page designer" is asking if musicians are also
considered artists 'round here. Good question. Please weigh in on the
question at Message
Boards
Converted and posted this week:
My Work:.............. mark20,
mark21, mark22, mark23, mark24, mark25
mark26,
pipeo to PLT
Bill Peisher:............
schoolA,
schoolB, schoolC, schoolD, schoolE,
smoke,
scoutw1,
tang,
Derick...................... der1,
der24, der3, der4, der5, der6, der7
der8, der9
February 5, 2004
Thanks for all the warm 'get-wells.' Any day above
ground is a good one though some outshine others to be sure. I've
posted the long-winded tale-of-horror on the General
Message Board for those interested. I'm 75%
now, so let's move on.
Since and because that poll we took encouraged me
to move the board overseas if the government taxed us, I have
been researching our possibilities. Which has caused a bit of gossip
in my little world since Cathy and I are state delegates for a
political party I will not mention - you know how touchy Republicans
can be (snicker). So far I have discovered that if we move to Mexico
or Costa Rica, expenses will drop like a brick, but not on the
technology side. Internet is expensive off shore - as it stands
today. If any of you read AARP
the magazine, as we old-folks do, take special
notice of the article concerning the massive
immigration of us baby boomers to Mexico.... the border guards can't
keep us out. Mexicans are talking about putting up a wall! (Gee,
doesn't that sound familiar?) More about this after Cathy and I
spend more time in both Mexico and Costa Rico later this year.
Anyone one interested in starting a movement to
form a MyDrawingBoard Junket to either destination? Best
place to discuss it is at the General
Message Board.
Converted and posted this week:
My Work:................. boat,
drywall,
linda,
Derick Earp:.......... tri1,
Bill Peisher:............angels1,
angels2, angels3, beew2,
busw1,
fly1,
oilw4,
grassw2,
grassw2a, grassw2b, grassw2c, grassw2d
grassw2e,
grassw2f, grassw2g, grassw2h,, phw1
phw2,
phw3,
phw4,
phw5,
phw6,
phw7, phw8,
phw9
January 22, 2004
I have been using Spy-Hunter for
awhile now and have to recommend it to every body. Bill has
discovered a program just like it, but free. Click
here.
Converted and posted this week:
My Work:................. mark11,
mark12, mark13, mark14, mark15, mark16
mark17,
mark18
Moses..................... goblet,
goblet1, goblet2, hb1,
mark19
January 15, 2004
Sorry not to mention it here
sooner, was posted at the Message Board, rates have dropped. See the General
Message Board
My Work:............... modon2,
mark1, mark2, mark3, mark4, mark5,
mark6, mark7,
mark8, mark9, mark10
January
8, 2004
My Work:............... hearse3,
bnr, bnr2, bnr3, , bnr4, bnr5, bnr6,
bnr7, bnr8,
Bill Peisher:............
maryjane,
January
1, 2004... a
new or, at best, nuther start.
Back at the old computer. I'm
buried in all kinds of work and projects (really dismal) but I'm
opening up the doors for new members and also commencing the GRAND
OPENING of the DESIGN and STENCIL Service. For those of you who
want to follow the ins-and-outs of that project, link to the STENCIL
message board via the Message Boards link from the main menus.
Sincerely Yours,
Joe Auricchio
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