The thoughts behind this website:
I originally had a weird thought to create a web site when my wife bought me my 1977 Hunter 30, in October 2005. On the stern of the boat, along with her name (the boats name, not my wife's) there is usually a home port . So, I sayz (Popye language) to myself, 'Why not , instead of the tradition home port, put a little geekyness in and have a web address there'. I continued thinking (dangerous for me) and sayz, 'Not just any site, or favorite, but MY site. Not just my site, but the Ferrick clan's site. A site where folks can meet us and see what we are about'. Since ferrick.com was already taken. Why DVDoctor in Hoonah, AK wants MY name as a .com, beats me. I regristered as a .net . www.ferrick.net was born...What an undertaking............
The first goal for this site is to create something, anything that looks decent. Not being a designer, and I didn't want to shame my boat, and us, and I knew that I would end up with a mediorcre, symetrical page with frames and lots of pictures. The reason; just because I can (with a lot of help from the tutorials) do something, I would. With a little research, I now know that FRAMES are on the way out, CSS is in, and lots of pictures and moving gifs are anoying, I looked for free templates. Surfing, I� found these designs by Andreas Viklund at Open Source Web Design. Liking open source software, I knew I� found what I was looking for.
Now what about content. What can I do? Well, here are a few ideas I came up with:
- Geneology - I already talked about our clan, I can only go back a few generation. I� need help starting with my parents.
- My Family - Who we are, what we do and our hobbies, critters and toys.
- The other Ferrick clans - If they want to post.
- Voice of Truth - My boat - Pictures, history of my boats, adventures,
- The Lonely Sock Club - Ever have a single sock in the laundry? - Well a dating service for them.
- Driverless Cars - Ever notice how that sometime the car in front of you on the road appears to have no driver? - Picture of them with locations.
- Simple questions of life - Why do you park on a driveway?
- Favorite links, computer stuff, homestarrunner, ....
Please note: As this is my first attempt at a web site, first and formost be kind. I am open to constructive critisim, and perchance you like a feature aor want one, let me know that also. As far IP (Interlectural Property) I do not intend on borrowing any ( unless it is freely given, as in open source. I will be using links to other sites and using material ( maps, charts, ...) If I� have stepped on your toes and want your material removed, want credit, want an exchange link, etc, please let me know. Send email to (Don't know yet).
Open source, yeah!
If you like this layout and would like to use it in any way, you are free to do so by going to the original template at Open Source Web Design, and search for designer Andreas.
