Category: Site Updates

Some new developments on the EricBrooks.Com site & stuff.

So, what happened to Enemy of the State?

Posted on by Eric Brooks

Hmmmm…
Basically I mass emailed a bunch of you, let you know what my future plans are. With all of my maniacal ranting, and the CPS court case up for review next month… I don’t think having archives up was very wise.

Besides, I’m tired of reality.
I’m tired of doom and gloom…
I’m tired of whining.
I’m a doer, not a whiner.

I wanted to get a little goofy, put up “Rik Havyk’s Funhouse”, kind of like a puppet show for all my pals, if you will.

Well, most of you are just a tad sick of fake online personas.
The wounds are still too fresh. Hey, that’s cool.

I can still see your charred flesh and exposed layers of meat and nerves….

*stops to finish his eggplant hoagie and continues…*

So I shut it down. Temporarily.

I’m not comfortable with people seeing the real me. Knowing too much. Having too much information.

That’s how I bring people down.
I can get inside their heads, learn their fears, their weaknesses. Learn how to hear to what someone *isn’t* saying.

Of course I spoke to kd. She supports my decision, and leaving the door open for me…. the doll that she is.

I also wonder about the half truths, and the parts I keep leaving out (insiders know it all)… but is that any different from lying? I’d rather say nothing at this point.

A lot has changed in the past few weeks.

*Taps the 9″ bulletproof plexiglass walls surrounding the place; installed during one of Faith’s flame wars (Ah! The good ol’ days!)*

Ain’t nobody getting into this place, bay-bee….. you’re all safe here.

To be continued….

Font site update…

Posted on by Eric Brooks

At the request of Fontographer Michael Bujardet, the following fonts have been updated in the Font Section:

Bujardet Freres, Candy Cane Match and Dactylographe.

He’s a talented guy, and a class act. He found the information in the zip files either wrong or missing, and asked me to fix it… rather than remove it, and be nasty about it. He maintains a large site himself and understands that sometimes your sources (I get most of my fonts from FTP sites and CD’s) are less than reliable. Stuff like this happens. I truly appreciated his willingness to continue working with me. He even thanked *me* for *my* support!

Well, hey… the font section is the most popular section on this site. I couldn’t have done it without the contributions of talented folks like him. So I thank Mr. Bujardet, Ray Larabie, and all the other talented folks that make my font section possible. It’s a lot of hard work making fonts, and I try to support these guys whenever possible.

However…

I have to deal with the occasional “Shareware Weenie“, who thinks I’m indebted to them, and they have the right to address me like I’m a lower form of being. Like this letter I got the next day from some *other* fontographer not worth mentioning:

“Hi –
I’m the author of [name of crappy font] and [name of crappy font], which are available on your server. The read-me with those files is inaccurate, and the Windows version is unauthorized. Please remove the fonts and associated files from your server. Thanks very much.

You may wish to link to my type page, where users can pay for my fonts via PayPal:“

Uhm… let me think about it. No!

WTF? This guy practically accuses me of pirating his fonts (one of which I cant even find on my site), talks down to me in an insulting manner, and expects me to be nice and link him???? I don’t think so. I removed his fonts, and that’s that.

I don’t have I problem with these guys wanting to get paid for their hard work (hell, they deserve it!)… But damn, respect goes both ways, Chuckles.

Site update

Posted on by Eric Brooks

My apologies for the recent loading speed of this site. There’s another site on this server, which has gotten quite popular, and it’s consuming so much bandwidth that it’s slowing all of the other sites on this server. This will be resolved later this week as that site will get it’s own server.

Many functions here will be switched from CGI to MySQL to speed things up too.

Work will resume on Server-Space, and will be re-opened to the public soon, offering 20MB sites for $8.99 a month!

Interested? Feel free to contact me, if you want to set up ASAP!

Hypothetical question: If we set up a Cafe Press-like capability for you to sell your HIGH QUALITY merchandise on your site… would you be interested?

Font site update….

Posted on by Eric Brooks

At the request of Fontographer Michael Bujardet, the following fonts have been updated in the Font Section:

Bujardet Freres, Candy Cane Match and Dactylographe.

He’s a talented guy, and a class act. He found the information in the zip files either wrong or missing, and asked me to fix it… rather than remove it, and be nasty about it. He maintains a large site himself and understands that sometimes your sources (I get most of my fonts from FTP sites and CD’s) are less than reliable. Stuff like this happens. I truly appreciated his willingness to continue working with me. He even thanked *me* for *my* support!

Well, hey… the font section is the most popular section on this site. I couldn’t have done it without the contributions of talented folks like him. So I thank Mr. Bujardet, Ray Larabie, and all the other talented folks that make my font section possible. It’s a lot of hard work making fonts, and I try to support these guys whenever possible.

However…

I have to deal with the occasional “Shareware Weenie“, who thinks I’m indebted to them, and they have the right to address me like I’m a lower form of being. Like this letter I got the next day from some *other* fontographer not worth mentioning:

“Hi –
I’m the author of [name of crappy font] and [name of crappy font], which are available on your server. The read-me with those files is inaccurate, and the Windows version is unauthorized. Please remove the fonts and associated files from your server. Thanks very much.

You may wish to link to my type page, where users can pay for my fonts via PayPal:“

Uhm… let me think about it. No!

WTF? This guy practically accuses me of pirating his fonts (one of which I cant even find on my site), talks down to me in an insulting manner, and expects me to be nice and link him???? I don’t think so. I removed his fonts, and that’s that.

I don’t have I problem with these guys wanting to get paid for their hard work (hell, they deserve it!)… But damn, respect goes both ways, chuckles.

Font Site Operational

Posted on by Eric Brooks

So far A-S is operational on the Font Section. I should be done late tonight, and then back to redesigning my ISP.

An impassioned plea for peace

At a time where we should all be coming together… it kills me to watch my *FORMER* Blogging Twin, slowly and painfully lose his marbles.

Sources say he stays up all night, guarding his comment box, checking his referrer logs, running traceroute on every visitor… doesn’t eat, sleep or shower (eew..)… just waiting for an attack that may or may not come.

Please, whoever you are… leave Mr. Jenett (pronounced “Paranoid Schizo”) alone?

Can’t we all just get along?Maybe you’re one of the many, many people he recently kicked out of his projects because your host implemented pop-under ads without your consent? Or you redesigned, and forgot to put one of his buttons back up? Or you got one of his creepy emails full of threats for gawd-only-knows-what…

We forgive you for your callous and heartless disregard for this poor man’s feelings… but right now, KNOCK IT OFF…YOU’RE MAKING BABY JESUS CRY! 🙁

Perhaps I share a tiny, miniscule (actually, microscopic!) share of the blame. Maybe I was a little heavy handed yesterday, demanding you stop. I know I shouldn’t feel this way, but I do. Now I am on my knees begging you to stop harassing this “meaningless web person” (in his own words!).

Can’t we all just get along?

I would have come to Joe’s rescue sooner, but I’m a tad busy these days. I am saddened, stunned… and will now join Baby Jesus and weep.

Today’s Lesson: “The more bridges you burn, the less places you have to run and hide.”

Site update…Newz & Gossip

Posted on by Eric Brooks
  • Font Site – Sorry… knee-deep in a redesign project. Still gonna be a few more days. 
  • Updated the related links at WHUZZUP! to make room for new ones… it was kinda painful to remove two of them. SKIZZ was one of the coolest guys I ever met on the web. And wherever Amber Eden is right now… I hope she’s doing well rebuilding her life, and finds a way to get in touch. I wish her all the very best, and I miss her terribly.
  • Faith takes cabs back and forth to work again – A sure sign that New York City is going back to normal. Now if only she’d start taking more spy pics of that cute secretary of hers again…Funny thing about mass transit in NYC. My mother always told me “there was at least one wierdo on every train or bus”. All the years I rode the “M” train, I never saw one. :0)
  • On Metafocker: Chinese food. Is it chicken? Is it cat? Do you really care?
  • Dammit…leave Joe alone! – Apparently some insensitive bastard ruined Joe Jennet’s day yesterday. His site was reviewed, and they used a screenshot of his site without his permission. He went apeshit.So he asked for opinions. “Was he right or wrong?”

    And some idiot told the truth…

    “Joe, with all due respect… I’m trying to figure out if you’re just partially or totally nuts. Someone reviews your site, and you’re going anal about a screenshot? I don’t get it.
    (I just bet some people that this will be deleted the second you see it.)”

    WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING????
    This is a guy who surrounds himself with people that only tell him what he wants to hear… you can’t post stuff like that?!!??

    Let me catch the jerk responsible… I’ll kick his ass for making my friend Joe cry like that.

  • This week’s tutorial at HTML Goodies: So, You Want A Pop-Under Window, Huh?. A great tutorial that show us all how to make Pop-under ads. They’re great. They hide behind a page, so people can get what they want, and read your pop-up later… which makes them very useful and effective.

    • Font Site Update

    Posted on by Eric Brooks

    Sorry guys… still haven’t finished the changeover to the new location (actually, the fonts have moved, now it’s a matter of changing all the links.). Couple that with work, two major design projects, personal crap (which pretty much no one cares, so I won’t even bother)… and well, I HAVE TO FUCKING SLEEP SOME TIME!

    Another day or two, I promise.

    My POP3 E-Mail will have to wait, The Cardshop works fine… Halloween cards coming soon.

    For those leaving nasty Complaints… ummmm, remind me again how much you’re paying me for these fonts?

    Do you want my blood or not???

    The Pocono Record had it’s annual blood drive yesterday. Some lucky person out there will be the proud recipient of a pint of my Type “O” Universal…

    I have been trying since the attack. One place turned a pack of us away, and another ran out of bags.

    I can deal with just about anything… just don’t prick me in the finger. I hate that. It’s the worst part.

    Yeah, I know it’s not going to the World Trade Center victims. Hospitals all over the country need blood on a regular basis, and if this is what Americans needed to get off their ass, then that’s cool.

    For some odd reason, throughout the whole process, my mind drifted off, and I starting thinking about a little girl in Minneapolis who is about to be in a car accident…

    After a coke and a pack of cookies, I was back on my way for more work. But you know, knowing you just helped save someone’s life out there; that’s a great feeling. Giving blood is cool.

    But they really got to do something about that finger-pricking stuff.

    PLEASE READ: Download and E-Mail problems at EricBrooks.Com

    Posted on by Eric Brooks

    Downloading: Well, it seems personal sites on NBCi are no more. Most of the zip files that you have download here were stored there, dating back three-or-so years ago when it was XOOM, my very first home on the web… and they offered unlimited storage to its members.

    Those days are long gone, and now any of us using XOOM/NBCi as storage is being directed to X-Drive Plus, where members can try it free for 15 days.

    I don’t think so.

    All of my .zip files are now being moved to another location, and should be done by the end of the weekend. Which solves problem #1.

    E-Mail: There appears to be a problem with the “sendmail” program on this server. This fucks upeffects the following functions on this site: My E-Mail, The Card Shop, The Complaint Department, WHUZZUPDATE!… and I’m sure more will come in, as I combat an ulcer with Alka Seltzer.

    Just know that we’re (the techs at Server-Space, and myself.) aware, and working feverishly on fixing the problem. Keep checking WHUZZUP! for any new developments…

    Thanx for your patience…
    -e-

    Slaving away at Server-Space

    Posted on by Eric Brooks

    I decided to make a last-minute twist and go PHP at Server-Space. The site is still in the “Under Construction” stage, but it’s not stopping people from signing up for more information like crazy!

    With me and Carole both working yesterday, we took turns keeping the kids at our jobs for a few hours… by 11:30, me and the kids were bored silly, so I took them down the block for the…

    Brace yourself….

    The GARLIC FESTIVAL…!

    (I’m serious. Stop laughing… they really have stuff like that in Stroudsburg.)

    Garlic popcorn, garlic artwork, even garlic wine that claims to be as powerful as viagra.

    I shit you not.

    We lasted about 10 minutes there with the smell. The Adorable BrooksKidz wouldn’t even let me stick around and check out the special musical guests: THE GARLIC-EATING TUBA TROUBADOURS.

    First time I ever took the tribe to a festival, and not have to spend a dime… they wouldn’t even take the freebies the vendors offered.

    Eventually, our appetites returned… and we ran around the corner for pizza.

    Plain pizza. ;0)

    Y2k Revisited….

    Posted on by Eric Brooks

    Y2K Mike
    The web looks like it can use a laugh right about now.

    Remember what you were doing during Y2K?

  • Making sure you weren’t in an elevator or on a train?
  • Waiting for the Russian missiles to blow us to kingdom come?
  • Holding your breath when the clock struck midnight?
  • Not reading my Newsletter when I TOLD you nothing was going to happen????Well, I was running a series called “Y2K Mike” at the time. It started on New Year’s Day, and quite frankly the world was pretty sick of words like “Y2K” and “Millennium”, so I canned it and never finished it.

    Since we all like to get roped into tales of hardship that may/may not have happened… here is the harrowing tale of a survivalist and his wife being trapped in their Y2K shelter for nine horrible days, while his redneck buddies let them think the United States was destroyed (laughing their asses off above ground).

    A hoax you say?
    Please don’t insult me.
    I assure you the story of Y2K Mike is quite real*, and all the cynics can go to hell.

    *In light of this article, maybe I better flat-out say it’s a PARODY. Penned in January 2000, with a new shock ending rewritten last night, which you may find pretty amusing…

    …or not.

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