Modifications
This is the page on which I record changes made to my website. If
I were really cool this would be updated programmatically by a script...but
I'm not that kind of cool. Nor am I reliable enough in these matters that I
will always remember to update this page when appropriate. Therefore, I
don't guarantee that this page will always be (a) correct or (b) complete...but
it's better than nothing, and it will help keep me straight, which is
its main purpose.
10 December 2006
wishlist.html: removed Bobby McFerrin's self-titled
album (thanks to Derek for the belated birthday present :) )
8 January 2006
wishlist.html:
removed Basin Street from Albums, Swiss Army Knife from
Toys, The System Of The World, Mirror Dance, and
"Winterfair Gifts" from Books (thanks to Mom & Dad); removed
The Runes of the Earth from Books (thanks to Alex)
15 December 2005
minor editing of main/professional pages
wishlist.html:
added Dangerous Days to "Comics"
fixed broken link to Craftsman Swiss Army Knife
removed from "books": Very Bad Deaths,
The Crazy Years (belated thanks
to Derek)
music sections renamed to "Albums" and "Compositions",
description added/edited
14 December 2005: broke index.html into three
separate files (index, personal, professional), added some CSS styling in
default.css.
4 August 2005
wishlist.html: removed Bujold's Brothers In Arms
(thanks, Gail)
12 July 2005
wishlist.html: removed tape deck (thanks, Mom and Dad)
29 June 2005
wishlist.html: removed from "books": Guy Gavriel Kay's
The Last Light of the Sun, Bujold's Shards of Honor,
Barrayar, The Warrior's Apprentice, The Vor Game,
Diplomatic Immunity
21 March 2005
index.html: edited some now-outdated language, added
link to Corwin's page (repeatedly updated in last several weeks; see page
for dates and details)
19 January 2005
wishlist.html:
popular music:
added (in green) Tracy Chapman's self-titled album
added "anything by U2 except The Joshua Tree".
removed Bujold's A Civil Campaign, Memory,
and Cetaganda (thanks to Megan).
1 January 2005
wishlist.html:
videos: removed Seasons 6-7 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
(thanks to Mom and Dad)
popular music: removed The Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack
Recording and The Voice (thanks, Mom and Dad)
books: added Neal Stephenson's The System of the World;
Stephen Donaldson's The Runes of the Earth and the Mick
Axbrewder/Ginny Fistoulari novels; and Spider Robinson's
Robert A. Heinlein's Variable Star,
Very Bad Deaths, and The Crazy Years.
added the "Things Not To Get" section.
9 August 2004
wishlist.html:
books: removed Falling Free, Borders
of Infinity, Ethan of Athos, Komarr
Thanks to Alex and Stef.
30 July 2004
wishlist.html:
music: removed Myth, Chorus of Tribes
books: removed Mary Stewart's Arthurian Saga,
Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles; added
Guy Gavriel Kay's The Last Light of the
Sun, added Lois McMaster Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan books
video: removed Babylon 5, season 5
6 January 2004
wishlist.html:
music: removed Peter Gabriel's Up and Ovo, Sting's Sacred Love
books: removed Wil Huygen's Gnomes, Stephen Donaldson's
Reave the Just and Other Tales, Neal Stephenson's
Quicksilver, Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle's Lucifer's Hammer,
Spider Robinson's Callahan's Con, Iain Banks' Look to Windward and
The State of the Art
video: removed Babylon 5, season 4 and Buffy, season 5
electronics: removed digital camera
Thanks to Mom and Dad (Amazon certificate), Alex (Powell's certificate), and Megan (Sting
(and Sarah MacLachlan) CD(s)).
1 December 2003
wishlist.html:
added Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver
changed "Encore!" color to indicate that it's also a Megan-and-I gift
added digital camera to "Electronics"
research/index.html:
rearranged; put links to research groups at top
reworded links
added direct link to JUNG technical report
updated "most recent release" mention for JUNG to 1.1.1
16 November 2003
wishlist.html: added Sting's Sacred Love
(also for Megan)
- 13 October 2003
index.html: changed "ICS Department" to "School of ICS"
(new status as of mid-2003).
research/index.html: added link to JUNG technical report
wishlist.html:
- removed Babylon 5, season 3
- added "Buffy", seasons 5-7
- 21 August 2003
index.html:
- changed formatting (indentation)
- revised professional interest list
- rearranged "site index" section
- fixed runaway bolding problem
- removed link to (nonexistent) schedule
friends.html:
added links to Danyel, Cathy, Owen
fixed Megan's name and URL
fixed link to Chris Dwan
research/index.html: added info on JUNG
- 24 July 2003
wishlist.html:
- removed Seasons 1-2 of Babylon 5 (thanks, Megan!)
- removed Sluggy Freelance books 1-7
- removed Spider Robinson's ANTINOMY, added CALLAHAN'S CON
- removed DVD-R burner and sound card
- 5 May 2003
dawning_moment.html: created and added to site.
index.html:
- added link to
dawning_moment.html
- edited Megan-related text to reflect new job and kittens
- 21 February 2003
wishlist.html: removed printer/copier/scanner
- 19 February 2003
games.html: added "Wise And Otherwise" and "Carcassonne".
- 12 January 2003
offbeat.html: fixed some small errors (including title
of one song) and created Javascript "return" link
- 5 January 2003
wishlist.html:
- removed CHRONICLES OF NARNIA (thanks, Mom and Dad!)
- added electronics: DVD-RW/CD-RW burner, printer/copier/scanner,
sound card
- 20 December 2002
wishlist.html: added Reave the Just, added note on
compendia
- 18 December 2002
wishlist.html:
- added link to Megan's email address for present coordination
- added links to gift certificates (Powell's and REI)
- added link to this document in "last updated" text.
- added Escher shirts.
- added "favorite colors".
- added Peter Gabriel's UP.
- removed Blues Brothers 2000 soundtrack.
- edited text for Complete Blues Brothers.
- updated Portland Opera T-shirt texts (colors).
- 12 November 2002
wishlist.html: updated text for Babylon 5 DVDs and
Portland Opera T-shirts.
- 29 October 2002
contact/index.html: removed obsolete notations,
added office location and phone number, slight wording change
on usage notice.
- 24 October 2002
research/index.html: added link to internal
(password-protected) Datalab WikiWeb site and to the Datalab itself.
- 22 October 2002
wishlist.html: added Swiss Army knife.
- 16 October 2002
index.html: updated links to Megan.
wishlist.html: added T-shirts, Niven/Pournelle book,
Lewis books, Alexander books.
- 15 October 2002
schedule.html: changed to Fall 2002.
index.html: changed research link to read
"Research and Publications"; added reference to "Men In Blaque" in
activities; added link to games.html; updated link text
to schedule.
research/index.html: added research projects with
Padhraic.
wishlist.html: added Myth's CHORUS OF TRIBES,
removed PERMUTATION CITY.
- 29 August 2002
- Updated
index.html: added reference to Padhraic
and Mike as co-advisors, updated link to Megan's home page,
updated Megan's name, edited language slightly
- 15 April 2002
- Updated
schedule.html to Spring 2002.
- Updated
wishlist.html to reflect purchase of
Iain Banks' INVERSIONS [and added Eyes Like Mars album?].
- 12 April 2002
- Added links to
research/index.html for my
research project in fuzzy term expansion and document
reweighting (for Professor Pratt's class, Fall 2001).
- 22 March 2002
- Updated artist links in file
lyrics/index.html
for Elton John, Journey, Pink Floyd, and Spider Robinson, and
linked "last modified" text to this page.
- 21 March 2002
- Created this record.
- Changed directory
mathcs to research.
- Changed "Mathematics and Computer Science Writing" link text in
index.html to "Research".
- Added links to file
research/index.html for my research
project in artificial neural networks and the iterated Prisoner's Dilemma
(for Professor Baldi's NN class, Winter 2002).
- Changed links in file
index.html of the form
"directory" to "directory/index.html" to
placate Netscape 6.x.
- Revamped
research/index.html to make it more accessible
and readable.
- Changed my contact information in file
research/reputation/index.html to point to my contact page.
- Added a link to my old Thurston High School-related rant to file
essays/index.html, and placed the associated file
(tragedy.html) in the essays directory.
Edited tragedy.html slightly, primarily to fix broken
links.
- Corrected link to my home page in file
frodo.html, and
edited text slightly.
- Edited text of
essays/index.html and
essays/whyphd.html to remove relative temporal
dependencies.
- 24 January 2002
- Changed
index.html to reflect my new names.
- Created
middle.html, omadadhain.html,
namejoke.html.
- Added links
middle.html and omadadhain.html
to file index.html.