A little about the Toolman!

Hey there! Good to see you! Come on in and set for a spell. Put your feet up, relax, the beers in the fridge. Relax, and listen to the ramblings of the Toolman. (You might even learn something, if your not careful! ha ha)

I am in my early 30's, and have been in the maintenance field for most of my life. I am a universally certified refrigeration technician. I also do building electrical, plumbing, heating, appliance repair, welding, remodeling, and a little bit of carpentry. (I even work on my own cars, when I have to. he-he) I guess you could call me a jack of all trades, but when it came to computers, I was lost!

I had never touched one, until that one fateful day, when I came in to work, and saw it sitting there on my desk. They had fired the foreman, and this was their idea of a cost effective alternative. There it sat, just starring at me, with that blank screen, waiting for me to do something! So, with only one day of training, I began to learn how to use this thing that had been forced upon me. In the months to come I began to see that it, was just another tool! I found out that I could actually use this thing!
WOW! Well, that was it, I was hooked!

I learned all I could about the computer, and on Oct. 96, I finally joined the crowd, and bought one of my own! After six months of trial and error, and uncountable hours on the tech. support lines, I did get the hang of it all! The Internet was my next passion. After surfing the Net for six months or so, I began to wonder if I could create a page of my own... Well this is it! I did it, and it was easy! (well, not too bad anyway.) Now, I want to show you how to do it also! Here are the best tutorials and links (in my opinion), to get you started, and on your way to a home on the World Wide WEB!
(This intro was written in 1997)

Well fellow surfers, the time has come to upgrade this little "puter". You know what I'm talking about, the need for speed! I've outgrown my little desktop machine, so now it's time for more power!
(Did I just hear someone grunt like the Toolman on TV?) ;-0
This is what I've done sofar...

That is all for now. It was easy to do, just plug in the parts and turn it back on ( all but the hard drive, the reconfigure process was a little confusing on the first time through, I know, I know, if all else fails then read the instructions! ). I would recomend you shop around your local "puter" shops for the best prices. If you can't find any near by, there are tons of them on the web.
Tell them the Toolman sent ya!

Those where the days! Wow, I've come a long way since 1997! It is now June 2003. That little supercharged Packard Bell was donated to my daughter when I upgraded to a new P4 1.4gz. system, back in 2000. I am still tweaking out all the horse power that I can from my P4 system. (and spending a lot more money on upgrades too.) I whent from a 28.8k dial up modem to a 56k, then tried ISDN (128k) for about a year. My system is now running on a Motorola Surfboard (SB4100) Cable Modem (1500/300k)!!

I rebuilt a couple of P2 350mz. systems for my son and neighbor. I set up a new home office for my wife with a brand new P4 2.6gz. system (Dell) (boy, did I get points for that hehe). I just finnished building my first computer from scratch (for my daughter, yes she was still using the Packard Bell!). It is an AMD athalon 1700+, that was a fun experience! (yes, it does work!) I also just upgraded my home network from a hub to a router. Now I am thinking about laptops...

Hello again! I'm just getting the site rebuild wrapped up. Boy, did it ever need it! Let me know what you think of the new frames set up. I added about 4 new main pages and I'm still working on getting all the content and links going again. I'm still using my P4 system and it's still running great. I have gone thru a few laptops and even baught a couple of broken IBM's off of EBAY and built a good one from the parts. I'm also getting some schooling in these days. I'm half way to my Associates Degree in Applied Computer Science now! (Hey if the Toolman can do it then any body can do it! ha ha) Wow, it's hard to believe how the time has flown by, I hit the big 40 this year. (Shhhhhhh don't tell any one...) Well, the kids are almost grown, only one left at home now. They are great kids, go check out the updated pages on them. I'll be surfing the web on the lookout for more great resources for you. With all the advancements in HTML and other mark-up langages I'll have my hands full trying to kee you all informed. Keep those web page ideas coming, remember the web is what you make it!
Happy HTML Everyone!!