Why?

I wanted a personal web site like GeoCities

Forever ago internet access came with a free web site or at least a home page. All the cool kids had one with lots of colorful buttons and as many animated gifs as possible.

This is how my web site started. Latter I secured a domain name and a web hosting service. This allows for one-way interaction with the world or at least the 39 visitors a year.

There is a history of my GeoCities type sites (here)

I never joined social media (Face Book, Instagrahm, Linked In, Tick Tock). Personal data vacuums! Maybe I should join to check on the grandkids.

I found a nice piece on the early internet (here)

Halloween

20 + years ago Halloween turned into a serious obsession. Folks check the site out once a year to see what's new and catch a couple of videos. Sadly its not maintained as it could be with less instructional content than I hoped.

Halloween Cards

During Halloween setup people stop by and I hand out these business cards with a link to the Halloween web site:

Halloween Sign

I also put a sign in the yard with a QR code to the web site:

I want to share with friends and family

_______________'s first Birthday party.

Have you seen the latest photos of _______________?

The Grand Canyon. Your Granddad in the marines.

The photo of that guy nobody knows in that place nobody can identify. I wish it was in focus.

A Museum

I have a lot of stuff and collect everything.

BLOG

Is Grandpa ok or laying around curled up in a ball?