Personal Web Pages December 19, 2006
Posted by Rex Freiberger in Blogging, Diary, Family & Friends, HTML, Personal Web Pages, Relationships, Women.add a comment
I setup my first personal web page when I was in high school, partially to see if I could do it and partially because of the novelty of the thing. I used it to keep people up to date on what was going on in my life as a sort of public diary.
It was a blog (or WEBLOG), and though few people knew what a blog was back then, now just about everyone knows what a blog is and what it can do. For those who don’t, a blog is a website with usually consists of posts entered at successive dates; these posts are usually ordered in chronological or reverse chorological order, and can literally be about any topic you can imagine. Many blog hosting sites also support photographs, and all support hyperlinks.
If you’re looking to set up a personal web page for the first time, a blog is probably the easiest way to do it since all of the tough work is already done for you. You don’t need to know HTML programming, the most common internet programming language, or ever need to learn it for that matter. Simply navigate to any one of the numerous blog hosting sites (Blogger and Livejournal are both very popular), and setup your account with a valid email address. Almost all blog hosting sites will allow you to setup your personal web page for free and choose one of a number of different templates, or formats, for your web page. If you do take the time to learn HTML you can alter these templates even more to suit your individual style by changing colors, moving columns and banners around, and adding photographs and links to other web pages. Once you have everything setup you can start making posts whenever you’d like.
Personal web pages take on a lot of different forms, from diary-style entries for friends and family to lists of book and movie reviews and recommendations to political manifestos. My personal blog is even more important to me now that I’ve moved away from my childhood friends and family since it allows them to keep in touch with me and keep tabs on what I’m up to without requiring me to send them periodical emails or letters. It also serves as a convenient place for me to vent problems and concerns or to make announcements about parties or important events in my life. You can do whatever you want with your personal web page, since it‘s yours and yours alone.
My Circle of Friends November 18, 2006
Posted by Rex Freiberger in Family & Friends, Friends, Men, Relationships, Women, Women's Stuff, handbags.add a comment
We have a very close-knit circle of friends. It’s interesting to note that this group is not any particular age range. Our friends include children that play with our kids, teenagers whose parents we are close too, and even older people in their 70’s and 80’s.
It’s a strange way to be, but we’ve worked it to our advantage allowing us to include individuals from all stages of life in our circle of friends.
The father is a hardworking guy in his mid-50’s. I guess we view him as sort of a father-figure and will often go to him for advice or to work through everyday problems that arise. His wife is a very cool woman, in her early 50’s, with a killer fashion sense, great cooking skills and terrific tips on saving money and keeping your house in order. Then there’s there 19 year old daughter. Surprisingly, she has no problem hanging out with us 30-somethings, even if our children are around. She thinks we’re a lot of fun and somehow we hold more of a draw then other young people in her own age group.
When my husband and this young guy get together they are ridiculous. They play and fight like they’re both young kids and have so much in common it’s almost scary. Our children are never left out – this family always makes a special effort to make the kids feel involved and wanted.
Our circle of friends may not be vast, but it is full of the sort of people that add a quality and richness to our lives that we can’t live without!
