Welcome to my freshly updated cyberspace 'home'.
G'day and thanks for visiting my website. This site is a labour of love, and has changed faces many times over the last several years - since 1995!
I've just updated the site using Drupal as the content management system, and couldn't be more thrilled as it has really come to life, has much more to offer, and has room to grow.
Here are a few of the things you'll find on my site:
- Information about me - instead of boring you with the usual details on my front page, I've moved this to my personal info page.
- Diabetes - In September 2006, I was diagnosed with diabetes. I've added a new area on my website so that I can use my site for keeping stats on how my glucose levels are doing. One thing I've discovered with this diagnosis and showing my stats on my website is just how much I enjoy playing with numbers, charts and such.
- Breast Cancer - In August 2001, I found a lump in my right breast which turned out to be breast cancer. Naturally this aspect of my life has been added into my website. It's now been 7 years since my diagnosis and treatment, and I'm pleased to note that gosh, I'm still here!
- Random Experiments II - I started using this blog for keeping track of the various experiments I do with my diabetes - what helps keep my glucose levels down, and what doesn't. As it turns out, I also try 'random experiments' in other areas of my life, to find out what works and what doesn't work, so the blog is very aptly named. The first Random Experiments blog is/was on Blogspot, but I've since moved it to my own website as it makes it easier for me to update it.
- WebCams - If it were just me, I'd probably not have any cams, but my other half was quite interested in these in the 'early days'. It's turned out to be a real help though, because my family lives in the USA and I'm down under in Australia. My kids and sisters can see me while we chat with each other online, and I know some of them find that reassuring. It helps make me seem less faraway to them.
We have four different cams. A couple of personal cams (one's USB with a microphone and the other is a plain colour one), there's one that's atop a bookcase looking down towards both me and my husband, and a doorcam that looks on our porch towards our car.
- Gallery - This is a subsection of my web site with photos of great moments, plus other photos I'd like to share with friends and family. It's currently undergoing revision though and won't have the same photos as it had before this current update. Eventually all the photos will be back in the gallery, but first I need to upload them to my account on Flickr first.
- Recipes - This is a new addition. Since moving to Australia, I've become quite proficient at cooking, and really enjoy creating in the kitchen. This section will let me share great recipes that I try/invent/stumble into.
Odds n Ends
- House Work Avoidance Tips - This is a humorous essay that I wrote back in 1996 when I was bemused that people were finding my site when looking up 'housework' in search engines. It's still a good read. I used to wonder why people would use housework as a search query, but as the net has matured, I find even I look up silly things like how to iron, just in case someone's shared a hint or tip to make the job easier.
- Back in Oz - Many years ago, I came to Australia to meet the man who is now my husband. We managed to get my Visitors Visa extended so that I was here for 12 months, after which I had to return to the USA and apply for a permanent Visa. This page describes my feelings and events while I was away waiting for permission to come back home to Australia.
- Links - Places online that are important to me, one way or another.
- Newsfeeds - News feeds are links to other sites that have updated articles. A news aggregator goes out and gets the links to these articles as well as a description such as the first few lines of the article. This way I can browse the descriptions and only click on anything that piques my interest. I read newsfeeds using my Email software, but I thought it would be nice to share some of the feeds I read, so I've added the news aggregator to my site along with some of my favourite daily reads.
- Reading Corner. There are times I read voraciously and other times that a month can go by before I pick up the book I'm currently reading. As I'd been participating on a book related website, I thought having a list of the books I've read would be a great way to share what I've been reading.
