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"SCRUFFY EAGLE"
WEBSITE 2003 UPDATES ARCHIVE LIST
Dates and details of updates to this website during 2003.
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Revised Include re. visitor counting (of any & all areas) at website : scruffyeagle.com website
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11-04-03
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Began
creating documents for setting up the "Scruffy Eagle"
website.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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11-05-03
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Registered
domain name, "scruffyeagle.com".
This took several days of trying,... I never did find out why
my card kept getting declined by the automated system. The staff
at directNIC facilitated the transaction manually, and then
notified me when it had gone through.
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11-07-03
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Continued
creating documents for setting up the "Scruffy Eagle"
website.
"Baby steps",...
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11-10-03
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Continued
creating documents for setting up the "Scruffy Eagle"
website.
Nudging it toward usefulness,... The young eagle will never
learn to fly, until it takes that first courageous hop off the
edge of the erie's rim into the air where it flies or falls.
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Set up
email & hosting details at directNIC.com, for free hosting
services re. scruffyeagle.com.
Difficult to figure out, but manageable.
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Uploaded
placeholder Main Page, Copyright include, & my picture, to
the new website.
As of this entry, it's officially online!
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11-11-03
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Uploaded
an
"ABOUT & CONTACT"
page for the website, and put a link for reaching it onto the
Main Page.
Every website should have one.
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Added
a link for the website updates stuff onto the Main Page.
Every website should have an updates list available for visitors
to see.
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New
section on Main Page, for "Musical Endeavors".
After all, it's what this website is about.
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New
document for the "Musical Endeavors" section:
"SCRUFFY EAGLE'S OPEN STAGE"
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Info about the Open Stage event I'm conducting at the Gateway
Lodge, in Land O' Lakes, WI.
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Revised
color scheme on all documents, and in the Copyright include.
I just thought this looked more interesting and attractive,
making the color scheme lean slightly toward yellow and orange.
(Those are, after all, my favorite colors!)
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11-12-03
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Revised
document for the "Musical Endeavors" section, re.
"SCRUFFY EAGLE'S OPEN STAGE"
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Added more details & info about the Open Stage event I'm
conducting at the Gateway Lodge, in Land O' Lakes, WI.
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11-13-03
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Revised
document for the "Musical Endeavors" section, re.
"SCRUFFY EAGLE'S OPEN STAGE"
at the Gateway Lodge.
Revised it in both content and format, making it more
informative and attractive.
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New
document for the "Musical Endeavors" section:
"REGARDING PATRONAGE OF THE ARTS"
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A discussion about the value of and need for patronage of the
Arts, and how that relates to the "Scruffy Eagle's Open
Stage" event. (NOTE: Was moved into "Info"
section, a while after this update entry was posted.)
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11-14-03
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Set up
visitor counter, via SiteMeter.com.
This is another of those things, which every website should
have.
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Installed
visitor counter onto all pages of website, as an Include
document.
Following through on it.
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11-16-03
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New
document for the "Musical Endeavors" section:
"GATEWAY LODGE SESSIONS"
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Descriptions of the sessions to date, of "Scruffy Eagle's
Open Stage" event, at the Gateway Lodge, in Land O' Lakes,
Wisconsin. (NOTE: Was later recombined, back into the main
document covering the Gateway Lodge sessions of "Scruffy
Eagle's Open Stage".)
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Revised
the
"SCRUFFY EAGLE'S OPEN STAGE"
at the Gateway Lodge document, to not include the info re.
individual sessions - making that a separate document accessed
via a link on the page.
This will be more tidy.
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11-17-03
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Renamed
"COMMUNICATIONS" section on the Main Page to become
the "INFO & COMMUNICATIONS" section.
Hopefully, making it more useful, re. organizing the site's
contents.
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New
document for the "INFO & COMMUNICATIONS" section:
"WHY 'SCRUFFY EAGLE'?"
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The story describing the visit from the scruffy eagle, and what
I eventually understood about its visit.
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Moved
the
"REGARDING PATRONAGE OF THE ARTS"
document, from the "MUSICAL ENDEAVORS" section, into
the "INFO & COMMUNICATIONS" section.
Making sure it's still accurate.
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Revised
link within the document,
"SCRUFFY EAGLE'S OPEN STAGE"
, in the "Musical Endeavors" section, to point at new
location of the
"REGARDING PATRONAGE OF THE ARTS"
document.
Making sure it's still accurate.
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Replaced
the picture on the Main Page, with a smaller copy, going from
700 pixels wide to 600.
I had the chance to see the website via a 600x800 display,
yesterday, and saw that having the picture so big made the page
become too wide for an un-scrollbar'ed display. This should fix
that.
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11-19-03
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Recombined
the
"SCRUFFY EAGLE'S OPEN STAGE"
at the Gateway Lodge document, with the document I'd made to
hold just info re. individual sessions. Made notes in all the
needed places, that the Open Stage has been cancelled for at
least the next month.
Sad, but true.
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11-20-03
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Revised
the
"SCRUFFY EAGLE'S OPEN STAGE AT GATEWAY LODGE"
document, in the course of separating the concept of
"Scruffy Eagle's Open Stage" from the Open Stage
events which have been held at the Gateway Lodge.
Making it so the Gateway Lodge is no longer the sole place the
Open Stage events could be held at; no longer the logical
precursor.
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New
document, with generic info & description of
"SCRUFFY EAGLE'S OPEN STAGE"
as I envision it to be. Also, included info designed for any who
might be interested in arranging for the Open Stage to be held
at their place of business.
Making it so the Gateway Lodge is no longer the sole place the
Open Stage events could be held at; no longer the logical
precursor.
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11-22-03
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New
document for the "Musical Stuff" section:
"SCRUFFY & BONGOS"
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Some of the history of my involvement with bongo-playing, w/
info about and a nice picture of my current set of bongos.
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11-23-03
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Relocated
the
"SCRUFFY EAGLE'S OPEN STAGE AT GATEWAY LODGE"
document, and the
"SCRUFFY EAGLE'S OPEN STAGE"
document, into an extra level of subdirectory stemming off the
"music" subdirectory, named, "events".
Updated all links throughout site, to accomodate this revision
of structure.
This should make allowance for the initiation of new documents
regarding events if they're needed; a refinement of website
structure which will help keep things sorted out, if & when
the documents become more numerous.
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Renamed
"INFO & COMMUNICATIONS" section on the Main Page
to become the "INFORMATIVE STUFF" section.
This seems a little less formal, and will match better with the
"MUSICAL STUFF" section name.
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11-25-03
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New
document for the "Musical Stuff" section:
"THE CHOCOLATE GUITAR"
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Some of the history and mystery tangled up in my Dean
"Z" electric guitar, and a fairly good picture of it.
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11-28-03
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Revised
the
"CHOCOLATE GUITAR"
document, to include a brief description of my Peavy
"Decade" practice amp, which is also in the same
picture. Also, renamed the document to make it noticeable that
the Peavy amp is included on it.
I didn't think I had enough to say about the Peavy amp, to
warrant making a new (separate) page for it.
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11-29-03
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Revised
the
"SCRUFFY & BONGOS"
document, to include a description of my "LP
Mini-Bongos" (w/ picture), and a paragraph re. the next
intended change re. my involvment w/ hand-drumming. I then
renamed the document to become
"SCRUFFY HAND-DRUMMING"
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Gaining a larger context.
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Revised
the method of including the visitor counter onto all the pages
of the website. Created a new link in the Include, so visitors
can easily return to the Main Page of the website, regardless of
which page they happen to be viewing at the moment.
This should be simpler to implement, and end up being less data
transferred over the internet (quicker, all in all). It should
also be more useful, in general, for visitors.
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11-30-03
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New
online showcase music storage arranged, at
"soundclick.com"
, and at
"imgifted.co.uk"
. I've submitted what I consider a "normal quality"
sound file of the song, "FOR EILEEN", at both sites.
Getting the actual music out where people can hear it online.
NOTE: There's some questions I have, regarding the
arrangment with imgifted.co.uk - so, for the time being, I'm
recommending use of the soundclick.com link.
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New
scruffyeagle.com web page for the song,
"FOR EILEEN"
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This new page has some background information regarding a song
I created for my daughter ("FOR EILEEN"), the lyrics
for the song, a free license for distribution, and linkage to
where the sound file has been posted online. (You can hear the
song via streaming media, or download it, free of charge.)
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Modified
presentation of entries into the "MUSICAL STUFF"
section of the Main Page, so each entry has a sub-header
showing whether it's about an event, some equipment, or a piece
of music.
This should make it easier for visitors to discern the contents
of the entries, for deciding which one(s) they'd like to see.
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12-01-03
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New
document for holding recordkeeping of updates to this website
during December, 2003 (this document).
A new month has begun.
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Revised
the
"SCRUFFY EAGLE'S OPEN STAGE"
document, to discuss the possibility of expanding the show's
options via the purchase of a Karaoke machine.
This might make a world of difference, in the availability of
gigs where the facility it's being held at would actually pay me
for my services (as vs. me conducting the show for donations and
tips).
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12-07-03
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Revised
website structure, renaming "instruments" subdirectory
to become "equipment".
This seems more useful; less restrictive re. what I might put
there.
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New
document in "equipment" area,
"SCRUFFY EAGLE'S EQUIPMENT LIST"
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This is intended to be an informational resource for potential
customers who might be considering hiring the show for gigs.
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Revised
the
"SCRUFFY EAGLE'S OPEN STAGE"
document, updating re. intention of expanding the show's
options via the purchase of a Karaoke machine. Also, added link
on this page, to new equipment list document.
I've decided I can do just barely cover doing it - but, am still
doing research re. available equipment.
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12-13-03
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Revised
document in "equipment" area,
"SCRUFFY EAGLE'S EQUIPMENT LIST"
, to include the newly-acquired Karaoke machine.
This is intended to be an informational resource for potential
customers who might be considering hiring the show for gigs.
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Revised
the
"SCRUFFY EAGLE'S OPEN STAGE"
document, updating re. the newly-acquired Karaoke machine, and
its currently-possible uses in the show.
Progress, not perfection.
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12-16-03
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New
musical instruments document,
"SCRUFFY'S OLD VIOLA"
. Some of the history of my old Viola, and two fairly good
pictures of it.
A sweet old instrument, and worth the time to take a peek at.
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"UPDATES ARCHIVES LISTS" include: "SCRUFFY EAGLE" website
ALL AVAILABLE "SCRUFFY EAGLE" WEBSITE UPDATES DOCUMENTS:
( Website was established in 2003. )
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