Added Cinema to Coises’ Songs.
Added sheet music for Just Bring Me Home.
Added Just Bring Me Home to Coises’ Songs.
Added mp3 for Sunday Clown.
Added mp3 for Meet Me in the Sunset and made some changes to the lyrics and the sheet music.
Added sheet music for Meet Me in the Sunset.
Added Meet Me in the Sunset to Coises’ Songs.
Added Sunday Clown to Coises’ Songs.
Added Cat’s Claw to Coises Writes.
Added Sing Me a Song about Old Chicago to Coises’ Songs.
Added the keyboard layout US-1252 to the “Other” section of Coises’ Software.
Added Amazon.com reviews to the Writings section of the home page, corrected link to review of Aquarius Revisited and removed the broken link to review of Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (which can be found among the Amazon.com reviews).
Removed sub-sections under the Kindred Spirits link in the Writings section of the home page.
Removed Coises’ Wish List from the stuff section of the home page.
Added mp3 of Heartbeat to Coises’ Songs.
Added mp3 of Don’t Get Your Hopes Up to Coises’ Songs.
Added Searchlight to Coises’ Songs.
Added Fabius Maximus to the blogs section of the home page.
Added Democracy, Ends and Means to the Writings section of the home page.
Added Coises’ Quintzee to the Games section of Coises’ Software.
Added Poker Squared to the Games section of Coises’ Software.
Added The Digital Cuttlefish to the Blogs section of the home page.
Added pictures of me with the family with which I stayed in Heredia in the summer of 2008, and a picture of Borgia, my landlady’s Maltese, to the photographs pages.
Updated The FAQs about Coises.
Added The Big Picture to the Blogs section of the home page.
Updated SwiftKey to version 1.0.2, which provides a work-around for some users for whom SwiftKey omits some or all of the text it is supposed to type.
Updated code for “All Music Guide” searches in the “music” section of the home page... we’ll see how long it keeps working this time.
Updated code for “Reviews” and “Mr. Cranky” searches in the “movies” section of the home page.
Added Don’t Get Your Hopes Up, Heartbeat and Debbie’s Tune to Coises’ Songs.
Changed display of blogs in home page to use the Google AJAX Feed API instead of Feed to JavaScript, which has become very slow to update in the past month or two.
Minor updates to some home page sections.
Updated Slicker to version 1.0.1, which fixes a minor display error.
Fixed (hopefully) the All Music Guide searches on the music panel.
Added Slicker to Coises’ Software, and re-arranged the software index a bit to place games, applications and other software in separate sections.
I changed the entire structure of the site. What used to be “Favorite Links” has been radically reworked and is now part of my home page (see the options at the lower right). The FAQs About Coises was updated and VOBDNorm was added to Software.
I’m doing my best to be sure this site works in Internet Explorer 6 and up and in current versions of Opera and Firefox on Windows. I have no way of testing it on other platforms and browsers, so for those I can only hope...
Changed greeting to make no reference to any particular holiday, since I’m doing a really pathetic job of keeping this website updated.
search:
Google: Maps: link added.
the arts:
Roger Ebert: link corrected.
All Music Guide: link added.
The Grateful Dead: link added.
general information:
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: link added.
US Naval Observatory: link added.
shopping:
Georgia Computer Workshop: link added.
New Egg: link added.
Lands’ End: link added.
Updated WordStorm to version 2.1.1 (build 6).
Added a photograph of Boss from his last day with us, before he returned to Florida.
Added SwiftKey version 1.0 (build 4).
Added 2 photographs of Boss.
Changed greeting for Samhain.
Changed greeting for Lammas.
Restored banners which were lost due to negligence, and added banner for LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition).
search:
Merged Ask Jeeves and Teoma into
Ask.
the arts:
Joni Mitchell: link corrected.
internet resources:
Tomalak’s Realm: removed.
Changed greeting for Springtime.
Changed greeting for Imbolc.
Major reorganization of the Writings page, splitting Software into a separate set of pages.
Changed greeting for Yuletide.
Removed the section of software for 16-bit Windows.
Added Winter Hymn.
Corrected and/or removed failing links.
English:
Added a link to my LiveJournal.
Changed greeting for Samhain.
animal companions:
Information on the real “Coises!” updated.
transportation:
Cybernetic: updated.
Software for 32-bit Windows:
WordStorm (a word game) updated to version 2.1. Now with more options, fewer do-dads and no bad poetry!
Changed greeting for Spring.
Software for 32-bit Windows:
WordStorm (a word game) updated to version 1.0.
Links to pictures of home in Hidden Valley and Coconut Joe added.
Added a photograph of Mackie and Joe in our back yard and a close-up of Coconut Joe.
Changed greeting for Samhain.
physical characteristics:
height and weight updated.
residence:
updated.
animal companions:
Charlie and Coconut Joe added; information on Nicky updated.
Transportation:
updated.
Added 2 photographs of Charlie.
Software for 32-bit Windows:
WordStorm (a word game) and What a Drag! (a skin for Windows Media Player) added.
Changed greeting for Lammas.
internet resources:
[Free] Agent: failing link changed to address the Wayback machine.
Changed greeting for Beltane.
Changed greeting for Ostara.
Changed greeting for Yuletide.
Changed greeting for Samhain.
the arts:
Photography: David Hamilton: failing link removed.
Sarah McLachlan: failing link removed.
Sarah McLachlan: link added.
internet resources:
Opera: link removed (it's no longer about Opera).
Changed greeting for Mabon.
the arts:
Joni Mitchell: JMDL: link added.
Switched the order of Photographs and Music (which used to be called “Songs”) in all the main navigation links, because the betrayal of alphabetical order bothered me.
English:
Aquarius Revisited (31 July 1998): link updated.
Shampoo (29 December 1998): link corrected.
news, politics and law:
DigitalConsumer: link added.
the grey area:
Cannabis: link removed.
Changed greeting for Lughnasadh.
I’ve renamed the Songs section to Music. It now contains Coises’ Songs (music I’ve written) and Coises’ Covers (music I’ve recorded written by others). I’ve reformatted the Songs section a bit, and added a 56kbps mp3 of “Song for Carol”; I’ve also added 192kbps mp3 for the three songs which already had 56kbps mp3s. There are thirteen recordings (all 56kbps mp3s) in the new Covers section.
Some minor reformatting of grouped links.
search:
Kartoo: link added.
the arts:
Janis Ian:(Articles·Brazilian site·Lyrics): links added.
internet resources:
CFS: link removed.
CNet: (Download·Shareware): links updated.
DVD/VCD Help: link added.
general information:
TV Guide: link added.
Weather: link removed.
the grey area:
Here Instead: link added.
C J Silverio: link removed.
shopping:
Shepler’s Western Wear: link corrected.
Edmund Scientifics: link corrected.
Changed greeting for Midsummer.
the arts:
Pictures: ImageBase: link corrected.
internet resources:
Modem/Net/Com: dead link removed.
Changed greeting for Beltane.
the arts:
Tori Amos: underground: link removed.
(It's not really the Tori Amos Underground, it's the rmta underground, and it's already accessible from the Tori Amos: rmta link with only a couple more clicks... and there's not much there anymore.)
Changed greeting for Ostara.
I made some more changes. If you have JavaScript and cookies enabled, you can now select a color scheme... in case you think the original style is a bit garish. If you’re really adventuresome, you can write your own CSS style sheet and/or JavaScript routine to customize the page... click the “...” link near the top right and you’re on your own!
Changed greeting for Imbolc.
Changed from very old-fashioned tag soup to CSS, added news, politics and law section and moved a few things around. Things may look a bit different.
search:
Bitzi: link added.
the arts:
Pictures: ImageBase: link corrected.
Pictures: Web Gallery of Art: link added.
the grey area:
Reorganized this into “people,” “purpose” and “play.”
people... Lawrence Lessig: link added.
purpose... Witches’ Voice: link added.
play... Disgruntled Housewife: link added.
Changed greeting.
Changed greeting for Samhain.
Don't miss the hidden treats.
search:
Google: News: link added.
Singingfish: link added. This looks like it may be a reasonably effective audio and video search engine.
the arts:
Four Photography links added. Especially check out the Robert Farber/member showcases link.
Changed greeting for Mabon.
search:
Google: Directory: link added.
Hotbot: link removed.
Lycos links changed/updated (the old ones didn't work).
the arts:
Tori Amos: Tori: link updated.
Van Morrison: link added.
Neil Young: link added.
internet resources:
W3C: DOM: link added.
the grey area:
Areaology: link added.
shopping:
Gevalia: link added.
Changed greeting for Lughnasadh.
the arts:
Pictures: Virtual Art Museum link updated.
general information:
Acid Magic: link added.
Alex Catalogue: link added.
Sacred Texts: link added.
Combined the above new links with two others as new "Libraries" group.
Delphi: link removed.
the grey area:
Mavericks of the Mind: link added.
Techgnosis: link added.
shopping:
Epinions: link moved from general information to shopping.
Reseller Ratings: link added.
Cybername:
Snidely Whiplash: link changed to this
“Dudley Do-Right” episode description — complete with bondage, cross-dressing and Canadian Intelligence.
Favorite Quotes:
New quote (third, by DJ) added.
In the three-line self-quote at the end of the page, added a link to the Discordian Sacred Chao;
another link to a Flash animation with a spoken text by Alan Watts titled “Madness”; and a link to I Corinthians 13 regarding Love.
Changed greeting for Midsummer.
internet resources:
DNS: link added.
shopping:
Envision Computer Solutions: link added. I'm not sure what took me so long to get around to adding this link to my page. If you're thinking of buying a custom-built computer system, buy it from these people. They rule. End of story.
DVD Planet: link corrected.
Made various minor technical/editorial changes.
Added a photograph of Bobby.
the grey area:
C J Silverio: link added.
animal companions:
Information updated.
Added a recent picture of D.J..
Added photographs of Basil, Oliver and Nicky, and a new photograph of Coises! to the Animal Friends page.
Changed greeting for Beltane.
internet resources:
RFCs: link added.
Changed greeting for the Vernal Equinox. (The female figure and the face in the Sun are both derived from Mucha.)
the arts:
Tori Amos: Lyrics: removed; it's apparently gone for good. We'll miss you, TALD. :-(
general information:
Delphi: link updated.
the grey area:
OpenLaw: link added. Okay, it's not really grey area, but I don't know where else to put it.
shopping:
Ken Crane's DVD/Laserdisc: replaced with link to their new store,
DVD Planet.
Cyber-name:
A bit more information about the origin of the name “Coises!” was added.
Transportation:
Cybernetic section updated.
MP3 links changed to embed a streaming MP3 player if available; separate, straightforward download links added.
English:
Morality and Ethics: essay added.
Software:
Split into Software for 32-bit Windows and Software for 16-bit Windows.
Added entry for Launcher version 2.0a.
Site moved to new domain.
E-mail address references changed to reflect new domain.
MP3 links changed to support streaming with IE 6 and/or Windows Media Player.
Title Coises’ Songs on index page now links to a playlist of songs available in MP3 format.
English:
Déjà Coises: link adjusted to pick up new domain addresses.
Changed greeting for Imbolc.
internet resources:
Wayback: link added.
WhoIs: Replaced old link to Network Solutions with link to Allwhois.com.
general information:
Reference Desk: link added.
Changed greeting for Yule.
the arts:
Tori Amos: here. in my head: link added.
R.E.M.: link added.
Top 40/Lyrics: link removed; it appears to be gone for good. :-(
internet resources:
Bartleby: link added.
Changed greeting for Samhain. (The graphic is a modification of the cover art from the Moody Blues' classic 1968 album, In Search of the Lost Chord.)
search:
Google: Images: link added.
the arts:
Sarah McLachlan: replaces the link to http://members.aol.com/DEREKMAN/main.htm. (That's no slight on Derek Phoungphol's site, which is beautiful... it's just that it hasn't been updated for so long...)
internet resources:
FileDudes!,
WAVPlace: links removed... they never seem to connect successfully.
Many links were updated, corrected or replaced, and various editorial changes were made.
Changed greeting for Mabon.
search:
FAST: link updated.
the arts:
Movies: Roger Ebert: link added.
Tori Amos: Tori: link added.
general information:
Britannica: link removed.
EurekAlert!: link updated.
the grey area:
Cannabis: link updated.
shopping:
Consumer Review: link added.
Changed greeting for Lughnasadh.
search:
Teoma: link added.
internet resources:
Counterexploitation: link added.
shopping:
Amazon: Video: link corrected.
Bibliofind: link removed (it now goes to "Rare and Used Books" under Amazon).
Changed greeting for Litha.
search:
AltaVista: (Raging·Structured): changed to AltaVista (the main page).
internet resources:
FileDudes!: link changed (was: FileDudes!).
SoftSeek: link removed.
Tucows: link changed (was: Tucows).
WAVPlace: link corrected.
ZDNet: link added.
animal companions:
Information updated.
Changed greeting for Beltane.
Added a banner link to Mike and Kendra's May 4, 1970 Web Site.
the arts:
Movies: Link to Mr. Cranky added.
Shawn Colvin: link added.
Natalie Merchant: link changed (was: Natalie Merchant).
Top 40/Lyrics: link updated.
internet resources:
HTTP viewer: link added.
general information:
Urban Legends: link added.
the grey area:
Robert Anton Wilson: link added.
shopping:
Changed section title (was "some interesting merchants").
Active Buyer's Guide: link added.
Bibliofind: link added.
Balducci's: link removed (they have ceased online operations).
Denver Buffalo Company,
Sayersbrook Bison Ranch: links removed.
internet resources:
Fontage: link added.
Opera FAQ: link added.
Simtel: link updated.
W3C: CSS2 and HTML 4.01 links added.
the grey area:
George Carlin: link added.
John Gilmore: link to John Gilmore's home page added.
search:
Déjà News links removed.
AltaVista: Structured: link corrected.
Google: Usenet: link added.
the grey area:
Maximizing Harm: link added.
PeaceFire: link added.
search:
FAST: link added.
some interesting merchants:
Bissinger's: link added.
Sex:
Link to definition of IPU corrected.
Transportation:
Cybernetic section updated.
Smae Flavors:
Link to definition of smae corrected.
search:
remarQ: removed.
Google: changed to address advanced search.
the arts:
Tori Amos: Dent link updated.
internet resources:
Tomalak's Realm: link added.
Tucows: link corrected.
some interesting merchants:
Last Gasp: link corrected.
the arts:
Tori Amos: rmta and underground links updated.
internet resources:
WhoIs link added.
the arts:
Tori Amos: underground link changed to a (presumably) more stable reference.
Top 40/Lyrics: link added.
internet resources:
Modem/Net/Com: added.
general information:
America's Health Network: removed, and its replacement, WebMD, added.
eMusician: links removed: discussion hasn't worked for ages; articles doesn't seem so stable either.
some interesting merchants:
Send Me Movies: added.