What's New for 2005
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Decemeber 15,
2005,
We were this close to shutting down the last 4 days. Hope you didn't
notice. Someone had hacked and deleted all our website files and then
traced everything back to our 2 backup servers - one right here on my
desk - and deleted all the drawing files (only?) Anyway, I have tape
and CD backups and am uploading as I write this. If you still have
trouble getting a file try the private server. Point the browser to: www.adstone.net
Then I am going to post a POLL asking the membership, all 14 of us,
how we're going to handle the down time but since it was under 4
days, I'll forget it unless you complain.
Meanwhile, everyone, a very merry Christmas and a prosperous and
happy New Year.
October
10,
2005
- SURVEY SAYS!
It's encouraging when 11 members
respond to a questionnaire. Hey, the entire membership presently
stands at only 27 of us. That's almost 50%
I want to thank you for voting to
raise my pay to $175 weekly. For the very first time I can say
the Board pays me more than my day job driving bus - $136 weekly. Thanks.
OK, fees will remain at $45
until May 5, 2006. I guarantee you they will drop after that, we
are running a small surplus right now. And if we push up our
membership numbers, hey, who knows?
In other - and curious - news, from
time to time Mark and Linda ask about what ever happened to the JrSB
comics. I think John asked once too. They never left, I just
never got to post them all, and responded in that way. Then last
month during my attempts to get to New Orleans and all that, I met
someone who was not ever a member but did follow the comics!?!?!?!
Then last week Mark and - a name from way back - Marshall ask about them.
OK, OK, I get the message. I
posted all the JrSB
comics and am currently posting what I have from the ISLIP
MONUMENT comics. When they are done I'll post what I have of the
Poor Peters Comics, The LOST YEARS OF JESUS comics and SINGLE AGAIN.
I'm amazed anyone ever followed them in the first place.
October
4, 2005
It's post time for THE CEMETERY
BOOK. If you value your customers, here's your chance to offer
them something useful after their long ordeal with undertakers,
cemeteries and, yes, even the likes of you and I. Better yet, 80% of
the proceeds go to reducing our access fees here at the Board. Click
here.
September 29, 2005
What a situation!
The poll is at 50/50. So I've extended the polling another 10
days to October 10th. So get over there and vote. VOTE
HERE.
In other news, The
Cemetery Book is about 2 weeks away.
I'll have links setup for ordering your copies. DO NOT pay the the
cover price. I will have discounts for us. For bulk sales, you will
be better off at the links and phone numbers I'll post. I will not be
able to discount bulk sales for anyone, that's the publisher's territory.
My Work: nc2, nc2a,
ncol, ncol2,
see-saw, seesaw
Bill Piesher: grape1, grape2,
gunn2, hands1a,
hands1a1, hands1a2, mastif1, mex1
September 13, 2005
Starting to look like Yahoo! 'round here, huh? Well, look at it this
way: the Board gets 80% of sales for autographed copies sold of I
REMEMBER YOU, and 80% of ALL net sales from THE CEMETERY BOOK.
Which translate to lower fees for us.
My Work: nutfrog, bros,
castro, cohen, cohx, cohx2, cola,
column, danza, degen, delsa, dune, elgart
September 5, 2005
The Cemetery Book is being printed as I write this. Should be
available during October, maybe sooner.
My Work: bourne, chiwawa,
chiwawa1, chiwawa2, footfal2, footfall
Bill Piesher: gfire, gfire2, gfire3, gfire4, gfire5, gfire6, gfire7, gfire8
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March
13, 2005
Happy holidays to everyone.
Sorry for the unabashed advertising but, hey, Old Joe needs the money.
Files converted and posted:
My Work: book14,
book15, flower14, full14,
full15, full16
.............
Bill's contributions:
bobcat, dachshun,
ferret, rabbit.fullmc
February
24, 2005
I know everyone is clamoring about
Wish List drawings and postings of new designs. Sorry. I'm up to my
ears with building a new private server, selling off my personal
interest in the Board and programing new search
engines. All valid chores here at MyDraw.
February
1, 2005
I'm involved with putting together a brochure
for stencil designs and cuts.
Can
see the start of the project here. For
those not in the know, on advice from a potential owner, we're going
to publish brochures to prompt stencil cut sales. We're also
going to re-think and re-do the way we design and cut stencil, so
visit the STENCIL area every so
often for updates. And check the STENCIL
MESSAGE BOARD for all details. Reason I say this and post this
is that YOU may want specific designs in the brochures and/or get on
board as a designer or cutter.
January 30, 2005
Work done:
3 conversations with suitors for
the Board.
Opened dialog with KUA for 2005
contract for hosting servers.
Fixed the Hebrew
Search Engine.
Edited all pages from top level of
Board to Library/Logos (logos in process.)
January 29,
2005
Besides being real sick, yet on the
mend, I am recoding all 48,567 pages here at the Board due to too
much SPAM coming to my old email address as well as prepping the
Board for Mike - our only suitor. Mike employs several webmasters and
he - as well as I - see a need to adjust our links. Thus I haven't
gotten to many drawings -did do a hedgehog- or convert any files.
Slow time of year anyway, right?
January
10,
2005
On January 5, 2005 around 12:30 PM
in an ambulance taking me to Atlantic Maryland General everything
changed for me - and my role at the Board: I flat lined. Died.
Obviously I'm back. Thanks to
an attendant named Jack and a half dozen people I'll never meet
again, though owe so much. Presently I'm suffering from pneumonia, on
the mend and re-evaluating my place on earth - yes, I did spend some
time in an "other" world, as much as I was never a
believer. Forced or pushed back here, I have to choose wisely
going forward - I suggest you do also.
I apologize for my absence.
Christmas at the florist distracted me although I did handle
everything which came my way. Those 2 members who phoned my
Florida home, sorry, during holidays please call 888-756-0710
instead. I am back at the server - both servers - now and
should be getting back to normal in days.
However, I am giving my
notice. Been doing this since 1972 (GemRock) - online as
Quantum then ADSTONE.BBS then ADSTONE.net since 1977 - then on the
Net since 1992 (adstone.com) and think I built y'll a very impressive
tool. Sure wrote a lot of history in several trades, huh? Thank
YOU for supporting the project.
We have a buyer. Name is Mike
and he is a member since the late 80's. He is a fabricator and
wants to take the Board into the Big Time. I have run this
purchase by ShelbyM last October and he's not against it. I
still prefer a buyer from the memorial sector, but as long as Mike
pays for my servers, my name, my drawings and compensates Bill,
Derick, Moe, Shelby, Kimon, Mark and Ken for theirs; I will bow out
gracefully. Either way, folks, I don't want to "own"
the Board come Easter.
Naturally - it is my baby - I will
hang in and webmaster and admin until YOU instruct me differently.
But let's not drag this out. I am walking away from a beloved as I
move on from The Drawing Board. Don't want to glance backwards too
often as I go.
Sincerely Yours,
Joe Auricchio
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