HomeThis is the saga of TSA and the Siberia Gym. Web Design history, frustration, and a few side trips. TSA is no expert, but he tries hard at web design.
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12/1/2002 Yes, missed a major milestone 1,000 visits. Okay not the end of the world. But somebody is going to pay!
11/30/2002 Sent emails out to everyone I know to visit site. Of course know lots of people, but none that like the site. So none of them visited. So yes web design wins, Siberian American loses, less than 1,000 visits.
11/29/2002 Okay, the goal was 1,000 visits and it looks like will not make it. 989 this morning and only one day left. It would help if I could figure out what the site is really about. That seems to be necessary before you can promote it? So the web wins this month it seems.
11/28/2002 Well Thanksgiving and no dam turkey here. Used to have a Turkey but now I am the only American here. Everyone else got fired. Just Russians and Canadians, who have in common a love for Hockey, Vodka, and Russian Women.
11/27/2002 Folks this is AAH's interpreter. He got real pissed off at the web and got drunk last night. It is 2 o'clock and he is not up yet.
11/26/2002 Okay, going to put ARN on both web site. But does in matter traffic is falling for Siberia Gym. Why, why the hell would anybody come bad to a stupid site?
11/25/2002 Web design who can think of it today? It is -32 folks the first real cold snap. Digging out the insulated underwear. Wakes you up when you walk out the door to the gym.
11/24/2002 Okay, going nuts as finally opened up web site for America Russia News. Now what do you do shutdown on this site ARN or run both and do double the work?
11/23/2002 Okay I made it. I am alive, but boy never stay drunk for 24 hours then fly to Russia, well may be just anywhere. Any way too hungover to hit the clubs here. Fly to Siberia in the AM. Will spend the night dreaming about web design.
11/22/2002 Okay, I made the flight, well sort of. Had to bribe people to let me through. Actually the cab driver did as I was not exactly coherent at the time. It is now 8 AM and the flight is at 10 AM. Will be back in Russia tonight.
11/21/2002 Well really thinking about web design here in this night club. Yes when you see the girls dancing on the table makes you think of web design, right? Well if you do you are crazy, like me!!!! Okay the flight leaves at 4 AM to Frankfurt. So plan is to leave the bar at 2 AM. Have a cab reserved, hell he has my bags in his trunk. Gave him orders to drag me out by my feet if necessary as I do not want to miss the flight. I will spend my last hours of freedom thinking about web design.
11/20/2002 Well leaving later tomorrow back to my favorite place, yes Russia, yes Siberia. But miss the Gym, honest. But need to plan my trips better. May be have someone put a tag on me next time that says where I am going. One word of advice don't drink a bottle of Vodka in an hour.
Found my passport Marina stopped by and thanked me for a good time. I don't remember the good time, but must have been a good one.
11/19/2002 Okay I know where I am, Limassol Cyprus. Seems like there is almost as may Russians here as in Russia. I going to move to another City here in Cyprus, but only got one more night. Oh the hell with moving, there are great night clubs here.
And I think a girl Marina has my passport. Don't know why I think this but I do?
11/18/2002 Well it is Cyprus but do not know what cit yet? Well I think Cyprus but most people are speaking Russian out on the street. I little confused, but that is normal. But still know how to use a computer.
11/13/2002 to 11/17/2002 Well woke up today in a hotel in Cyprus, I think? Lost a few days there. Have not had a 5 day bender in a few years. But us oil people do this once in awhile. I got my wallet and still got most of my money. Okay so must be a safe place Cyprus? But no passport?
11/12/2002 Well made it out of Russia. What a shock they had crowd control at the passport control leaving the country. Only problem I don't know what country I am in. It may be Budapest, Warsaw, or Cyprus? What does it matter I got out of the place.
11/10/2002 Well leaving this damm place in a few minutes so will write when I am the hell out of here!!!!!!!
11/9/2002 Okay leaving tomorrow. There was a major protest by the employees. They called Moscow and said either he takes a break or we all quit. So they bought me a ticket out of here for tomorrow. Optimized the web design for news. What I hate about google is you never know when the are coming. Of course you can tell when they have been by what cache they got of your web design.
11/8/2002 In a brain storm decided to really push the news thing with America Russia news. No, not real news just to get the search engines to put it under the category of news. You just got to find these categories with no competition. Of course may be no visitors either, but right now go for the ranking. Web design with a plan, may be no money but a plan.
11/7/2002 Well got to make plans to leave soon. Starting to work on the web design too much and forgetting about work. Changed almost every page so it is in a table. I don't comment on the color. It looks more professional right? Give me the right answer understand.
11/6/2002 Okay, may be starting to lose it again. Almost smacked the secretary when she said good morning to me.
11/5/2002 Well you just got to pat yourself on the back when you accomplish something. Being number 1 and 2 is an accomplishment. And how people in Siberia can say they are number 1 or 2 on any search. Look at it from our view point instead of your money grubbing capitalist way!!!!
11/4/2002 Well a little earth shattering here. We are number 2 if you search for America Russia news in google. Yes number 2 for this and number 1 for Siberia pictures. Of course who would ever search for America Russia news you ask? Good question actually as we have not gotten one referral from this search. So actually a dam good question.
11/3/2002 Beginning to see why people hire this done. Doing on your own, okay one or two pages or 3 or 4 no problem. But when you starting making things bigger. Well it gets hard. Okay, may be if we were not in the middle of Siberia it would be easier?
11/2/2002 Okay, first is it my mistake. Check file manager on the sever, I screwed up again. They are using html as file ending not htm!!!!!!!!!! Shit, easy to fix but I am ready to give up.
11/1/2002 Okay, where are these guys located. Jump to the internet, research okay. The server is in Hong Kong, customer service in Bulgaria? No way! Okay so you only pay $50 per year, may be this is true?
10/31/2002 404 okay so what lets contact the host. Dear host what the hell is the matter with you. My missing page will not load. I get back message dear sor, we do not know what the problem is? Please give more inormation. Okay, are these maroons trying to insult me, "dear sor"," information"?
10/30/2002 404 continues. So the host says page name "404" is missing. Okay easy just make page missing. Does load? once, twice, three times, I going fire someone, four, still will not go. Okay what in the hell is going on here?
10/29/2002 Okay well pissed at the web is the same as Pissed at the web. Notice the major difference between the two, yes the "p" versus "P". Single right, except front page will not let me use the capital "P" in the title now. 5 hours of trying to do no luck. Okay, drop back and punt, make the no page found "404", the same as the site. Easy right?
Look at the Past History of AAH and Web Design October
Look at the Past History of AAH and Web Design September
Look at the Past History of AAH and Web Design August
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