Site Updates
November 16, 2005, 3:31 AM – 23 images from Life and Times have been marked as being available under the GFDL. I thought I'd licensed more than that from Life and Times under GFDL...
November 15, 2005, 9:32 PM – The display page for full size photos in Life and Times and Photography has been modified to mark those images that are made available under the GNU Free Documentation License. Please note that the database settings required to actually show the GFDL tag have not yet been set. This will come later. In addition, any image not explicitly marked as having been made available under the GFDL should be assumed to not be available under the GFDL.
November 8, 2005, 7:26 PM – The Online Store received a facelift, moving it off of Schumin Web's site and now running directly from CafePress.com.
November 7, 2005, 9:34 PM – The Journal has been refurbished, adding "permalinks" to all the entries for purposes of direct linking and printing, and also a new section header.
November 6, 2005, 11:12 PM – "Link to this page!" feature now available at the bottom of each Journal entry on the main Journal page.
November 5, 2005, 7:40 PM – Life and Times has been converted to the wide format. This completes the conversion of all areas of the site to the new slightly-wider template format.
November 5, 2005, 6:59 PM – Photography is now in wide format.
November 4, 2005, 8:11 PM – Odds and Ends upgraded to wide format.
November 4, 2005, 7:54 PM – Archives upgraded to wide format.
November 4, 2005, 6:44 PM – Online Store upgraded to wide format.
November 4, 2005, 6:36 PM – Center section upgraded to wide format.
November 4, 2005, 6:22 PM – Journal and Major Areas sections upgraded to wide format.
November 3, 2005, 8:33 AM – October 2005 Journal archive is now online.
October 31, 2005, 6:15 PM – Updated splash page archives through the November 2005 image.
October 31, 2005, 5:25 PM – Changed splash page image to one of me in my Halloween costume. I was dressed up as the Thnikkaman from homestarrunner.com this year.
October 14, 2005, 11:32 PM – The September 24 Protests narrative and photo set is now available in Life and Times.
October 2, 2005, 7:20 PM – The Schumin Web Community is now upgraded to YaBB 2, and open for business.
October 2, 2005, 6:01 PM – Added Journal page for September 2005.
October 2, 2005, 5:48 PM – Changed splash page image to photo of me with Chevy Chase Bank mascot.
October 2, 2005, 5:35 PM – The Schumin Web Community is temporarily down while we upgrade the forum system to YaBB 2. This is being done three days earlier than previously announced.
September 23, 2005, 12:47 AM – Shades of Gray Photography set is now complete and online.
September 20, 2005, 10:09 PM – Minor update to a photo caption in If These Streets Could Talk, Part 3 to clarify the motive behind the free stress tests.
September 15, 2005, 9:30 PM – Added information about the intended use and reason for abandonment of the tunnel at Pentagon City to the DC Metro section of the Transit Center site.
September 1, 2005, 11:49 PM – Added August 2005 Journal page.
September 1, 2005, 6:49 PM – Splash page image changed for September. This month's image was taken by me off of a convex mirror.
August 26, 2005, 5:29 PM – Added bottom-of-page nav-links to The Schumin Web Salutes America, The Roanoke Star, An Urban Comparison, and A Protest Against the War. The Schumin Web Salutes America II was not converted due to the unusual navigation box.
August 26, 2005, 3:10 PM – Added nav-links to the bottom of the pages for my Virginia Beach trip in 2000. It had not occurred to me when I removed those links on the bottom during the redesign (for cosmetic reasons) how annoying it would be without them. These links will also be restored to the other pages where they were removed.
August 21, 2005, 10:07 PM – Your Webmaster is on vacation! See you on Friday, August 26.
August 17, 2005, 12:38 AM – Malcolm X Park Photography set is now complete and online.
August 15, 2005, 12:15 AM – Sixteen photos were added to the Photo Feature Archive, bringing it up to the present date.
July 31, 2005, 11:56 PM – Added July 2005 Journal archive page.
July 30, 2005, 6:00 PM – Updated splash page image for August. It's a self-portrait from 2002.
July 26, 2005, 4:48 AM – Two-part Downtown Lynchburg photography set is now online.
July 18, 2005, 9:26 PM – Added direct links between the upper and lower level pages for Fort Totten, Gallery Place-Chinatown, Metro Center, and L'Enfant Plaza stations in the Washington DC section of The Schumin Web Transit Center.
July 17, 2005, 12:30 AM – Large update to the Washington DC section of the Transit Center site. All pages in this section had updates, either with new photos, removal of older photos, wording changes, or otherwise. New pages include the Abandoned Tunnel at Pentagon City and McMetro.
July 16, 2005, 8:40 PM – Big update to Childhood Days photo set in Odds and Ends. Lots of new photos of me as a child, including one of me dressed as a crayon for Halloween.
July 4, 2005, 9:17 PM – Reverted changes made for July 4 Metro service back to regular service patterns.
July 3, 2005, 5:32 PM – The Washington DC Metro section on the Transit Center site has been temporarily reconfigured to reflect Metro's special July 4 service.
July 2, 2005, 11:57 PM – Changed splash page image for July. The main image is a childhood photo of me that Mom took back in the 80s while we lived in Arkansas. Wasn't I just darling? The inset is a smaller version of the August/September 2003 photo that ran in the same space.
July 1, 2005, 11:30 PM – Turned the Journal over for the second half of 2005. This clears the main journal page of any entries prior to July 1, 2005. This change also affects the main page. Additionally, the June 2005 Journal page has been released. Lastly, three new Journal entries were posted at once on July 1.
June 26, 2005, 6:01 PM – New Transit Center pages for DASH, The BUS, and Shuttle-UM in the Washington DC Bus section.
June 20, 2005, 11:39 PM – Washington DC bus update on the Transit Center Web site. The following pages have new photos: CUE, Dash About, Fairfax Connector, and Metrobus Flxible, New Flyer, and Orion. Coming up soon: New pages for DASH, Shuttle-UM, and The BUS.
June 16, 2005, 6:34 PM – Added new designs derived from Photography and Life and Times sets in the Mouse Pads section of the Online Store.
June 16, 2005, 12:55 PM – Clicking links on the Major Areas page no longer causes the links to open a new browser window.
June 15, 2005, 1:15 PM – Updated Photo Feature Archives to add the ten new photo features done since the last update.
June 15, 2005, 12:33 PM – Added new Photo Feature images to Framed Prints section of the Online Store.
June 2, 2005, 11:06 AM – Not directly Schumin Web related, but draws on content that lives here. I have established a Wikipedia user page, and have added a number of my photographs to articles on Wikipedia.
June 1, 2005, 10:56 AM – New Splash Page image, showing me in front of a giant metal bug in Lynchburg. Also added May 2005 Journal archive page.
May 31, 2005, 6:37 PM – Made the 100x100 avatar size limit mandatory on the Discussion Forums. Any avatars larger than 100x100 will now be squeezed into that space by the forum program.
May 25, 2005, 3:25 AM – Minor tweaks to the main page primarily for maintenance purposes.