So here we are on Tripod. Tripod serves advertisement banners on the pages they host. I find it surprising that these banners can be obscured by positioning page elements directly over them. Only problem is, IE (and I assume Netscape) seems to always render pull-down menus on the topmost layer, which is a bitch. So I’d say about one third of the time, this page will look strange because a pull-down menu will be obscuring my images. I wonder if I will get an angry email instructing me to stop obscuring the advertisement banners.

Additionally, some of the links still point back to RIT, some of them may not work at all … I’ll resolve this soon.

First. How many times have I said it? How many times have I said it? Brian Lewis is stealing all my ideas. First I had The List, wherein I ranked people according to numerical totals. Then I created Who Am I?, an interactive, episodic feature that I advertised in my IM info. So what does Brian do? He creates Ridiculously Difficult Daily Trivia, an interactive and episodic feature, advertised on his IM info, with contestants ranked according to numerical totals.

Now. My first post on the latest DP page. I got a new IM name, a new email address, and a new URL. What’s Brian talking about on his latest post to Oblivion Diaries? New IM name. New email address. New URL. I mean, didn’t we sign a copyright accord after WWII?

Additionally. Chipmonk (as in Road, Valley, or Creek) is spelled with an O.

Regarding golf at the Genessee Community Club — first, the starter was a huge dick. Second … Eric Angello’s not gonna be joining the PGA anytime soon because, even though he owns his own clubs and has taken professional lessons and has been playing for years, his score was about as bad as mine. Oh, and he blamed his poor play on his clubs.

Enough with the rants. I’m moving to Arlington, Virginia this Saturday, October 5, 2002. I’m going to be living with my sister for an as of yet undetermined amount of time. I don’t have a job lined up yet, and that’s the main reason I won’t be living in my own place for a while. I’m excited. I like the area, I like the warm weather. Frankly, I expected to be out of Allegany by now, and I had subconsciously planned on never being here again to experience the weather cooling off. I’m glad that we’ve had some nice weather, but really I’m happier to be getting out of here.

So I got a Volkswagen Jetta. And I graduated from college. And I backed up all my data. And I even updated the web site. The design is a little iffy, right now … I’m not sure exactly where I want to go with the layout. If I didn’t fall asleep, pics of the Jetta should be up. What else … I retired “Premo Bud” as an IM name and have started using “Logic Bus.” Additionally, since my RIT email address will be running out at the end of the Fall 2003 quarter, I will be moving toward the new email address of logicbus at yahoo dot com. Also, I have tentative plans to move the site to premobud.tripod.com. Depending on when you read this, it may be a mirror of the new site, or just a copy of the old main page.

Alright. I’ve got three goals to accomplish before this Summer is over:

1. Redesign and most likely rename Historical Context. I’m considering Dan Premo 2.0, but Historical Context 2.0 isn’t out of the question. Did I say three goals? Let’s see …

2. I guess I should probably back up all my data at some point.

3. Oh yeah – graduate from college. It looks like I’m on the way. I’ve got some papers to write between now and then, but by the end of this week I should be done with two more, leaving me with just a few weeks left until I finish my fourth and final class of the summer. After that, I will be an honest-to-goodness RIT graduate.

After I take care of those three, what will I do with my life? Well, it’s looking kind of like I will move to Viriginia. I don’t have a job lined up yet, but keep your fingers crossed. At that point, after college, after Allegany, NY … maybe it really will be Dan Premo 2.0.

Now I know I’ve made it big. I’m front page news at Oblivion Diaries. Of course, Lewis threw in a healthy amount of trash-talking. As far as the comments about Who Am I, I have this piece of advice for Mr. Lewis: The longer you go, the harder it is to come up with new material. Of course, trivia isn’t really that hard to come up with.

Brian Lewis is stealing my ideas. First I had The List, wherein I listed peoples’ names in one column with their scores in a second column. Enter Ridiculously Difficult Daily Trivia. Total format ripoff. Later, I introduced a little feature called Who Am I. That page used an episodic format to challenge readers, and developed a real interactivity. To advertised that page, I used my IM info. Let’s review Lewis’s trivia. Episodic format? Check. Publicize it on IM info? Check. What can I say? Brian Lewis is stealing my ideas.