Category: Old Stuff

Old posts here from 1998 – 2003. Frankly, I’m too lazy to sort them, and I don’t think anyone cares, really.

Whatever happened to… moi?

Posted on by Eric Brooks

I know it seems like I’ve dropped off the face of the web lately. I sorta did… A lot of good friends have been worried, so I’ll give you a quick recap of what’s going on in my section of CyberTown:

  • I’ve been in full swing making logos, layouts and original artwork for a company in Arizona. Would love to tell you more, but they’re in the process of trademarking and patenting their products… so I really can’t yet…. SORRY!
  • Also creating ads and a media blitz in the Poconos for Carole’s Home Remodeling Company
  • Another scary week for the Tribe Called Brooks, involving Lawyers, Constables, Magistrates and other legal bullshit (and we’re told this will be the next two years of our lives…). Again, legal stuff… can’t talk about it.
  • I’ve cut off most of the middle-of-my-back-length hair ’cause I Goddamn felt like it.. Actually, I’ve been told I look younger and better-looking, between that and my radical new (heh heh) “crash diet”… lost 40lbs in a month and a half so far.

Weekend Surfing Picks…

  • No Chef Rocks yer Donkey! – By up & coming designer Shawn McBee (aka “SpoogE”) & I’m proud as hell of this guy. It’s the official website of the Sarasota Rock band, No Chef… and well, they rock your donkey!!!! Currently featuring band bios, lyrics and concert dates (MP3’s and merchandise coming soon!)Bonus page: I wish SpoogE a speedy recovery from his recent accident (setting his hand on fire to impress a girl)… he has re-created the horrifying incident in this hysterical Flash Animation.
  • Printfont– Another fun charity project by Jo aka The Webmistress currently on display are the handwriting fonts of Jeffrey Zeldman, Heather Champ, Daniel (Waferbaby), Miz Kitty and a few other cool web designers. All of their favorite charities are listed. Available in PC and Mac formats. Great to have, in case one of their checks should happen to land in your mailbox by accident… (heh heh, I get Zeldman’s all the time….).My font comes out next month (that’s a lot of hard work to make fonts, you know!), but you can’t use it to cash *MY* checks, because that would be wrong, ok? :0)Also…..
  • Women’s Font Collective – Another great brainchild of Jo’s whose time has come. We all know Ray Larabie and Chank… but what about all the great female fontographers????? They’re all featured right here with a ton of talented ladies. Been meaning to feature this site for months.Oh, and Jo? I’ve been waiting three years for Lance Arthur to return my email… so don’t feel bad. :0)

Weekend Surf Picks

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  • Mystic Ferret– Not since my Magic 8 Ball™, has a website offered answers with such accuracy! Amaze your friends! (Via Ken Price)
  • Nancy Healy – A really great homepage (with a cool Java trick enabling two frames to change with one link). Her "Just For Fun" page has a load of great links to keep you amused. (*cough* like my Magic 8 Ball™*cough*) Thanks, Nancy!
  • Poconos Celestial Place – A nice site with a lot of great pictures… thus blowing my stereotype of the "fat, toothless" women of the Poconos. :0) It’s the personal page of PoconoGrl aka Lissa Lee aka owner and proprietor of BODY Kneadz® Massage, right here in the Poconos… she hangs out with us at our Pocono Internet Professionals Yahoo Club

    Wow… a pretty girl in the Poconos. Imagine that.

  • Blog Party – I don’t know when Wendell did it (I’ve been away for a while)… but the new redesign TOTALLY ROCKS! Just so ya know dude, everytime I saw that ripoff Nick-At-Nite did of your site all summer long… I thought of ya! ;0)

    Speaking of "Linky Love"… a belated Thanx to Faith, Jeff, Matt, Suzie, The Webmistress, & Kare_D for the birthday wishes two weeks ago… what can I say, I suck! I’m so far behind in email too, it ain’t funny!. And if I left anyone out… I really, REALLY SUCK!!!! (These folks could’ve wished Blogger, Barbara Eden, Gene Kelly or Rick Springfield a happy birthday on that day… but instead, they chose me!!! Thanx!!! ::SNIFF::)

Hi…

Posted on by Eric Brooks

I know I haven’t been posting much lately. I’ve been pretty sick and very weak lately. Figured a telephone-company-imposed “vacation” would help…. but I don’t see me getting better anytime soon.

I’m doing a slew of updates for Gresser Realty, Reis Homes and Meyer Auctioneering…

I’ll be back to my old self real soon…

Maybe.

Major Announcement…

Posted on by Eric Brooks

Did you see what that whacky George Carlin said today??? I didn’t think he & his Webmaster would remember…

    • Erox Graphix turns two years old today…
    • EricBrooks.Com® celebrates it’s first anniversary today…
    • And uh, yeah… I turn 35 today… let the mid-life crisis begin!

    • Yep, it’s true….

In keeping with my tradition I opened a forum on Yahoo today. It’s called “Pocono Internet Professionals”

It’s time to meet the needs of Vacationers, honeymooners, Pocono Businesses and websurfers across the Northeastern United States… a lot of people have tried and failed, but I think I have the backing necessary to pull it off…

Any help, suggestions or advice would be more than welcome….COME ON IN, JOIN AND MAKE SOME FRIENDS!
(Even if you don’t live in the Poconos)

Did I mention it was my birthday…? (Sad puppydog face) :0(

Pardon my WHAT????

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So, let me get this straight…

Internet Explorer 5* has basically been out for a year now, and you still didn’t make an icon for when your site is bookmarked????

How: Take a square .GIF image, and shrink to 16×16 pixels. Re-enlarge to 32×32.

Use a file converting tool like Irfanview, and save as “favicon.ico”. It’ll look blurry at the standard icon size, but IE5 will re-shrink it, and it’ll look great!

Implementation: Well, if you’re using only one favicon.ico for your domain, just upload into your main (public_html) folder.

Various Icons I use at this site.

To use several (like I do) insert this into the <HEAD> of your document:

<LINK REL=”SHORTCUT ICON” HREF=”http://www.yourdomain.com/pathto/favicon.ico”>
* This doesn’t work with Netscape Navigator… sorry!

(But then again, what *DOES* work in Netscape???)

Weekend Surfing Picks….

  • Jessica Brooks.Com– Like she said in my guest book, being an egomaniac must run in the name “Brooks”. :0) Lots of fun stuff all over her site. Oh and Jessica? Definitely redhead! (We’re not related, so I can flirt with her…)
  • Webbie World – Another great work by Mark Connell. Tons and tons of great sites. (My personal fave is the current #2 People’s pick.)
  • Farmclub.com – Dammit put down that Metallica MP3!!!! You know it’s illegal (unless you’re doing it to piss them off… uh, well then, KEWL! heh heh…::turning against their fans like that, grumble, grumble:::)Well, I kinda cheated on this link, it goes directly to my buddy’s band, “Deadwood” you can vote for them (hint hint) to be “Download of the Week”… check out their MP3’s and then check out the rest of the site. Another great venue for indie bands to get noticed.

You’re endorsing Alan Herrell for ICANN, Right?

Posted on by Eric Brooks

If you got your PIN# from ICANN in the mail (took me over a month), it’s time for you to endorse him for nomination in the Board of Directors.[Click Here] To go to ICANN and throw in your endorsement (deadline August 31st)

If you forgot what the hell I’m talking about, here’s a quick reminder….

Half a Million Visitors…..

Sometime tonight, visitor #500,000 passed through www.ericbrooks.com!!!!!!!!!!

BTW, this site turns a year old in six days….I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!

In the Newz…..

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  • Awwww…. I sent Keith & Jennifer Brown a card for their anniversary. Happy 4th Anniversary, guys! It’s so cute to see folks are still in love after four years of marriage. :*)
  • Dan… Red Cricket Rocks! Discussion boards, Industry News, and hysterical cartoons with superhero dolls… I mean, who could ask for more???
  • Brazillian Designer Luiz Carlos Magela just unveiled his brand new website. It’s in SpanishPortuguese and in English…AND it’s totally asskicking!!!! Mr. Magela & I go WAAAAY back to the days when our sites were on XOOM, and we’ve been linked forever! YOU RULE, BRO!!!!(Thanks to Cosmic Diva for pointing out that it wasn’t Spanish. Luiz is too polite, and I thought my understanding of Spanish has slipped since the old Bushwick days!)
  • Speaking of dolls, Waferbaby is proud to announce their Jeffrey Zeldman and Nick D Action figures. (Webmistress coming soon!). They’re cool. Waferbaby worked really hard on them, and is so proud that he came out with the idea of Web Designer Action figures first. And since you & I such nice people, we’re gonna let him think that, right? 😉
  • Oooookay… I admit maybe I stretched the truth just a little about me & Faith’s trip to Florida. Sure I was invited… but I have a SERIOUS problem with being told I have to sit in the back seat, while a Pug gets to ride shotgun, okay? Besides, it’s apparent that the better man has won. She still wants ya dude… of course, so does she, and so does she… and I’m sure I’m leaving a ton of chicks out…It’s official: Matt Rossi is a Web Stud. (And my new hero!)

I’m too lazy to do “Weekend Surf Picks“… so check out all of the great sites above…. See Ya! Oh yeah… Happy Birthday to my homie… JOHN PANASIK…. I love ya, man!

OH NO…Virulent Memes is gone!!!!!!

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Oh wait… Graham’s moved to http://grudnuk.com/vm/ (Friggin “A” dude! I’ll let Faith know when WE get back from OUR road trip to Florida… heh heh.).

Intergenerational Blogging: Yeah dude… there’s no originality left on the web (except Grudnuk)…. Megnut ripped me off, and I ripped off Keith Brown. Now I know how The Webmistress feels with all that stuff Zeldman “borrows” from her.

Meant to say this for three days… Welcome back Matt! Damn…. he’s more pissed than ever! (Psst! check your guestbook…) ;0)

Sacre Bleu…!

Posted on by Eric Brooks
  • You know what I love about the internet???? The ability to re-write history with a minimum of effort. Too bad you missed what I wrote. ;0)
    • So I’m one of them Bad Boyz, huh? (Big mischevious grin) For making my week with that remark darlin’… I’m the one who should be sending you flowers. :0)
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