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Overview
After getting my hands on some new software (namely » DreamWeaver and » PaintShop Pro 6), I set to work improving the site. I started taking this a bit more seriously, so added support for Netscape, which I had previously spat on from a distance. Work was slightly slower than usual, with school around this time of year. After hanging out at » WebMonkey for waaay too long, I realised using frames was a bad idea from the start. Ditching them created a huge amount of work and meant absolutely no content was written through the closing stages of Source 2 and all through Source 3. The most important addition was the new Dictionary. I wanted to give it a snappier name, but all I could think of was 'Sourceionary', and that is a very crap name.

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6th of December 1999
>>EarthSource Version 2.0! WooHoo!
Oh yes. Today : 6th of December 1999; was EarthSource's biggest day ever. So many improvements! Ok, I'll give you the quicklist :

Make sure the brilliant new banners on the main page don't burn your eyes. They're so bright! And good. And I'm most proud because they're all my own work.
The articles have been made easier to read, with a reduced column width so you don't have to stretch your neck to read anymore. I'm so considerate.
My masterplan is coming into view. The encyclopaedia articles now have different backgrounds on the menubars than the homepage colour-scheme. Changing this has made me have to remake all the buttons on the left bar to make them stand out more. It took ages. But it looks good. And isn't that what it's all about?
I've finally figured out how to use my long term nemesis, tables. It's a HTML thing, baby. But now that I can, see my work in the 'article map' and 'important dates' pages, and marvel.
And on a final note, God Bless Paint Shop Pro.

8th of December 1999
Yep, I just got DreamWeaver so I'm trying to use it. It's crap! It screws up my layouts! Otherwise, a few optimisations here and there. I've got exams in school so work may be slow. But who cares, my counter reads 38!

10th of December 1999
Forget everything I've said about DreamWeaver. I was under exam pressure or something. It's undeniably brilliant. I've been busy checking my pages for typo's. There were lots. Did anyone else know your 'kneck' is spelt 'neck'?? That looks wrong!! Hmmm...
I have also made a decision. A big one. Here it is :
There are a lot of idiots in the world.
Meaning, of course, that I'm going to start writing for Netscape. DreamWeaver is helping out lots here, sorting out the huge amounts of broken links I had. Now that the dreaded tables aren't such a problem anymore, I can lay stuff out much better, which was Netscape's big problem. Anyway, I've only got 2 days before all my time will be taken up with exam study. Get ready for my great new EarthSource WinAmp skin! It's class!

11th of December 1999
>>Up to Version 2.2! Wikid!
The pages display in Netscape today. That didn't take long did it? If I fail my exams, though, I'm blaming it on Netscapers. Just a few bugs to sort out now, then I have to clean up the code on the pages (DreamWeaver makes a big mess), and we'll be ready for EarthSource 2K. Intrigued? Don't be. I just thought of it now!

20th of December 1999(!)
Man, I haven't updated in ages. But who cares? The exams are over!! Damn, I think I failed Maths. But I'm too scared to ask my teacher, so I think I'll just wait it out. What are you getting for Christmas? I'm getting Donkey Kong! Yay! Wish I could get a DreamCast, though. Ah well.
I dunno what I'm going to update with. I might start a second article or something. How about Pandas? They're cool!

22nd of December 1999
3...more...days....*urgh* I snuck a quick go of Donkey Kong today, it's brilliant. Whoops, I hope my mum isn't reading this...
Today I actually did quite a lot of work. There's a new article doing the rounds - Elephants!.
Plus! There is now a dictionary, to explain some of those commonly used terms such as 'Ungulate'. Yep. Groove-tastic colour scheme as well.

13th of January 2000 (!!)
Wow. First update of the millennium! I'm sure you're as excited as me. Anyway, I've been thinking about changing the focus of the site for a while now and so I'll probably do it soon. I might get friends to write about stuff that's interesting. Or I'll make it so there's only stuff you can't find easily around the net and that's interesting. Some hope.
I was also reliably informed today that my site was

"Boring" by a guy who only looked at the first page. Sadly, that's my favourite page on the whole site. Ah Crap.
I haven't actually uploaded the site in about a month, so, conversely, you're not reading this. Ah. That will only make sense to me.

15th of January 2000 ^ Upload ^
I'll upload today, so you can see all the good stuff I've been working on for the last month. Nothing.
Well, that's not actually true, I think there's a whole new article since last time - Elephants! Funtastic!
Most pages load that little bit faster now, because I made the backgrounds smaller. Real clever, huh? You better believe it.

18th of January 2000
A new idea! Thank God! After doing a bit of research, I have discovered that half of the people reading EarthSource can't see the whole page because their monitors are too small. So, as usual, because of someone else's stupidity, I have to do more work. Here's the plan :
Operation Idiot-Proof
It's going to take ages, but I'm going to allow people viewing at 800x600 to read this. I'm also going to try and cut page download times, with some nifty tricks I've been learning recently. So there you go, faster and better all-round then. If I ever do complete this task, I'm bumping it up to EarthSource 3. Then, visitors await....

19th of January 2000
What a pain in the ass. Even if I was numb to pain this would still be the biggest pain in the ass of all time. The pages just don't fit into smaller spaces. The amount of times I have wanted to scream "GRRHHGGHRHHRGHHHHHH!!" defies belief. This could take a while.....