The Evander Family Web Development Platform

This tribute to our sacred friend, the computer, is brought to you so that you may know our computer almost as well as myself. Well, at least you will know what I run on and what programs I used to make this wonderful web site all possible.

P.S: Special thanks goes to no one in particular.

• Intel Pentium II 266Mhz Processor
• 64 megabytes of SDRAM.
• Intel 440LX chipset.
• Adaptec Easy SCSI.
• STB Velocity 128ZX 2X AGP with 8meg of SGRAM.
• USRobotics Courier 56k modem.
• 3 COM ISA ethernet card.
• NetSpeed SpeedRunner 204 connect to a 256kbps ADSL line.
• Sound Blaster 16 with ASP upgrade.
• One Maxtor 6.4 gig hard drive.(Quantum)
• One 2.0gig Samsung hard drive.
• Conner 330meg tape backup drive.
• 3 1/2" Floppy drive.
• 5 1/4" Floppy drive.
• 32X CD-ROM drive.
• HP LaserJet 5L printer.
• Epson Stylus Color 600
• Artec ViewStation 6000c Plus flatbed scanner.
• Gravis GamePad, Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro and a steering wheel.
• Microsoft IntelliMouse.
• IBM 101 key keyboard.
• Sony Trinitron 20" display.
• Technics 200 watt Stereo/Receiver Amplifier with surround sound.
• Jensen 3-way with 12" woofer main speakers.
• KLH surround sound speakers.
• and of course, a two line phone system complete with head set! (great for head to head games!)

• Microsoft Windows 98.
• Microsoft Word 7.0.
• Netscape Navigator 4.0.
• Scantools, by Artec.
• Lview Pro.
• Adobe Photoshop 5.0.

First I would start with taking lots of pictures with my new APS Kodak camera with 60mm Zoom. I love these new pictures, they are so much larger than standard 35mm prints. I always get lots of compliments when people see the pictures it takes. I then use Kodak film developing (doesn't this all sound like one really bad advertisement?) and scan the pictures in on the viewstation using Scantools. Unfortunately, you can only save pictures one way in Scantools, and that is to BMP. So I create a 200 to 250k image, BMP format, and port the image to Adobe Photoshop. Here, I crop the picture, adjust detail and color levels, and then save it. Any editing I do to the actual photo is done in Adobe as well. (like arrows, color correction, and modifications).

Now I port the picture to L-View PRO, and fiddle with the gamma correction settings. I save the file as a JPG using standard settings. I also crop the picture if need be.

That's it! Whew....

I create all my own HTML because it is simpler that way. I can keep track of what's going on a lot better, and besides, you still have to write the content no matter which way you choose to produce a page. I use Netscape to keep track of the images directory, and to obtain width and height information. All pages on this site are specified to their fullest extent, to help load faster! And that is a bonus for you.

Don't underestimate the power of Photoshop. You can also make a really neat collage with it! Just check out the image map on our home page! Well, enough for now, I have to go mow the lawn. C-U-L8R.

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