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This is the site changelog. All major updates and additions are reported here. Click a year tab to unfold older changes.
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| 5 feb 2010: | Did some home improvement: I made a backlit bathroom mirror |
| 30 Jan 2010: | Working on Ring light 4.1's weight loss. |
| 13 Jan 2010: | Started slimming down Ring light 4.1 to make it more practical to work with in the field. |
| 30 Aug 2009: | Update: the baritones were routed, planed, sanded, and primed. |
| 20 Aug 2009: | Change of plans. I put the Yelloweye idea in the freezer, in favour of a pair of bar-shaped home theater speakers dubbed "baritones". |
| 19 Aug 2009: | Not much to report. I reworked the equipment overview page. |
| 27 May 2009: | New project: a Sony Walkman dock to put my new Sony Walkman NWZ-A729 in. |
| 3 May 2009: | Update: I finished Ring light 4.1. |
| 1 May 2009: | Update: Ring light 4.1. I put up a lot of macro test shots. |
| 27 Apr 2009: | Added a page about Infrared wireless flash |
| 28 Feb 2009: | I moved to a dedicated domain. You won't notice anything, except you're now seeing Fuzzcraft.com in your address bar. I've been waiting for this domain for over two years, and finally it became available. |
| 26 Feb 2009: | Update: Ring light 4.1. I put up some quick test shots. |
| 23 Feb 2009: | Update: Ring light 4.1. |
| 14 Feb 2009: | I got a new camera (Sony Alpha 700), so I redid some pages, and now there's an equipment overview page. |
| 31 Dec 2008: | Just when you thought I was done building ring lights, I started building yet another one: Ring light 4.1, a fiber optic TTL ring flash. |
| 11 Nov 2008: | Yet another gadget review: I got an 8 GB Super Talent Pico-C thumb drive. |
| 1 Nov 2008: | Finally made a resource page for the Timex datalink USB wrist watch I have owned since 2004. |
| 16 Sep 2008: | Added: a review of my new Logitech Cordless Optical Trackman. |
| 6 Sep 2008: | Added: a review of my two new Hewlett Packard w2207h TFT monitors. Yes, I got two of'em. |
| 25 Aug 2008: | Added: a new media section, where I'll be giving my opinions, experiences and recommendations for software, games and movies. |
| 17 Jul 2008: |
Added: a review of my new Nokia 6300 All Black cell phone Updated the page about me |
| 7 May 2008: | Updated: Daihatsu Sirion2 car stereo. |
| 20 Apr 2008: | Started reformatting pages. Larger projects began to grow too large and became hard to sift through. I used to cut these projects into separate pages, but then I saw people linking to pages halfway. So instead I made clickable thumbnails for the images, resulting in much more compact pages. In the process, I also added numbers to them, so it looks like some sort of step-by-step plan. |
| 25 Feb 2008: |
Added: a review of my (not so new) Trekstor Vibez digital audio player Added: a review of my (not so new) Sandisk Cruzer Titanium USB stick |
| 18 Feb 2008: | Added: a page about this thing I have for digital wrist watches |
| 29 Jan 2008: |
Added: a review of my new pocket camera: a Ricoh Caplio R7. Introduced plans to build a ring light for the Ricoh R7. |
| 11 Dec 2007: | Update: I finished the fiber optic ringlight and it had its first test round. |
| 5 Dec 2007: | Update: the fiber optic ringlight now has a flash head adapter. |
| 22 Oct 2007: | Suddenly the fiber optic ringlight project is getting huge amounts of visitors. I updated the exact status of this project, as it has been gathering dust for way too long. |
| 2 Sep 2007: | Added a gear review for the Zoom B2.1u bass guitar floor board. |
| 11 Aug 2007: |
Mini project: USB power saver. Changes to the Disclaimer due to recent content theft. |
| 8 Jul 2007: | I got myself a used Minolta AF 135 mm f/2.8 lens. It didn't focus properly and I took it apart. Read my Minolta AF 135 mm f/2.8 lens service report. |
| 2 Jul 2007: | New audio project: a 2.1 or sub+sat speaker system using the Yellowstone driver set: the Yelloweyes. |
| 19 Jun 2007: | By increasingly popular demand I wrote a small tutorial on how to build a flightcase. |
| 4 Jun 2007: |
Not much to report. The new website for Dinaf, my current employer, is taking up a lot of my available time. Small updates on the Daihatsu Sirion2 car stereo. |
| 30 Mar 2007: | I started writing tutorials. The first is Photo tutorial 1: publishing photos on the web. |
| 13 Feb 2007: | We bought a new car, and I started plans to equip it with an invisible, but capable car stereo. |
| 3 Dec 2006: | Put up the preliminary version of Fuzzbass | Bass guitar amplifier knowledge base. |
| 27 Nov 2006: | New guestbook. Thanks Chris! |
| 25 Nov 2006: |
Follow up on CSS. I used to rely on tables to position my layout. But once I got a good grasp of CSS, I realized I've been doing it wrong all along. Laying out in CSS is easier, more flexible, and truly separates layout and content. The only horror with CSS is the fact that Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which dominates the browser market, doesn't stick to the standards all too well. To solve this little problem, I employed Dean Edwards' wonderful CSS hack library to smooth out most IE quirks. Navigation moved to the right hand side and Mootools makes things slide. Removed the status squares. Each project's status is on its own page. Switched to a "strict" Doctype declaration. Makes Mootools togglers work in IE. It doesn't validate yet. Set the viewport width to 996-1200 pixels to avoid breakup. 800x600 screen users will have to scroll. |
| 27 Sep 2006: | I gave up on dynamic CSS. I have been planning to add some hide/unhide thingies and a more dynamic navigation, but I've come to the conclusion that doing it in CSS requires too much hacking. IE6 and Opera are just not very supportive of CSS. Instead I found a very nifty javascript library called Mootools, based on prototype.js, and I'm going to put some of that stuff onto Fuzzcraft. This changelog page is the first. |
| 20 Sep 2006: |
Removed the donation link. A year has passed and nobody felt the urge to donate. Don't get me wrong, that's perfectly alright with me, but it means I'll have to resort to stronger measures: Google Ads. Minimal work on ring light 4.0. Slowly converting to CSS layout. Had some fun with a hover image on the front page. Server move from home.planet.nl to fuzzphoto.eu. I'm unable to setup a 301 permanent redirect from home.planet.nl, so I'm using a meta refresh to do so. Search engines don't like this, but it's the only way. |
| 14 Sep 2006: |
Some clean up work so it validates to the W3C HTML and CSS specifications. Added logos accordingly. However, I still have a long way to go before I can get rid of the table layout. I've been working on an e-book about bass guitar amplification, based on the work I've done back in 2001, and partially published by Talkbass.com. It will be available in the future from fuzzbass.fuzzphoto.eu |
| 5 Sep 2006: | Some work on ring light 4.0. |
| 30 Aug 2006: |
Name change from "Joris' home built stuff" to "Fuzzcraft". Some more style changes. |
| 26 Aug 2006: |
Some tiny style changes. Some work on ring light 4.0. |
| 22 Aug 2006: | Started scribbling about photography: random ramblings about photography. |
| 16 Aug 2006: | Made a ring light overview page. |
| 12 Aug 2006: | Yet another ring light: ring light 4.0, a fiber optic ring light. |
| 10 Aug 2006: | A bit of work on, and a setback for ring light 3.1: the CCFL tubes have failed. |
| 4 Aug 2006: |
After finishing Fuzzphoto.eu, I can again devote some time to home built stuff. I worked a bit on ring light 3.1, and I've been working on a camera grip and accessory system |
| 6 Jul 2006: |
Some cleanup work. I removed some stuff that became a nuisance to keep updated. And I have been working on my new site Fuzzphoto.eu. So there's not much to report here. |
| 24 May 2006: | Some work on ring light 3.1 |
| 18 May 2006: |
Started to rework the ring light 3.0 into ring light 3.1 Added an extremely simple project: attaching color gels to almost any flash system. |
| 16 May 2006: |
Updated the Konica Minolta Dynax/Maxxum 5D page. By request, a rewrite of the small bass rig project. |
| 2 May 2006: | Small update on the ring light 2.1 project. |
| 30 Apr 2006: | Restyle complete. Hope you like my "minimalist approach", black and white layout. It makes the photos really stand out, which I think, as a newborn photographer, was a nice touch. |
| 27 Apr 2006: |
Updated the ring light 2.0, so much so I gave it a separate page: ring light 2.1 Updated the photo equipment list Preparing to restyle the site completely. I'm looking for a lighter more professional looking style. There's gonna be a near-white background, a new logo, and a much simpler, more square type layout. |
| 6 Apr 2006: | Got myself a digital SLR: a Konica Minolta Dynax 5D |
| 30 Mar 2006: |
To aid me in a decision making process, I made an overview of what glass is available for the Konica Minolta camera I plan to upgrade to: Konica Minolta AF mount lenses Some style changes Aborted the photo strobe project. Froze the ring light 3.0 project. |
| 1 Mar 2006: | I'm taking a leave of absense from the usual projects for a while to concentrate on my photography. Running photography projects May or May not be updated, but the rest is out for a long time. As you can see, there are no projects that have yellow dots associated with them anymore. I'm doing this so I can sort out my priorities. I found a way to make money from photography and I'm gonna take a little plunge to see if I can make this a part time job. In order to get more exposure, I've started a weblog. Talk to you there! |
| 27 Feb 2006: | Added stage box. |
| 1 Feb 2006: | Not much is going on. On this website that is. I've been putting my newfound skills to the test on the Fenris website. Currently, a preview can be viewed here. |
| 10 Jan 2006: | Site wide upgrade. I'm very proud to announce that I'm now using a local content management system to build this HTML website from a source code. Layout and content are completele separated, making it much easier for me to change things that affect all pages. Every single page uses the same template. A bit of conditional coding was involved, as not all pages use the same basic elements. And all this without server side software! Long live free hosting! |
| 3 Jan 2006: | Small update on the achromats page |
| 24 Dec 2005: |
Updates to the colorimeter project Started building an intelligent digital battery charger |
| 17 Dec 2005: | Added X-mas tree LED lights |
| 7 Nov 2005: |
Added camera power supply Updates to the micro studio page |
| 2 Nov 2005: |
More work on ring light 3.0 Added a picture to the car stereo page |
| 30 October 2005: |
More work on ring light 3.0 Changed the introduction text on the home page I resumed work on the colorimeter project. Update in November! |
| 17 October 2005: |
Started working on a 3rd ring light! Small updates on the photo strobe Changes to the base page template, hopefully without any visible changes Improved site navigation by adding "related projects" links |
| 5 October 2005: |
Started building a micro studio Changed the behaviour of the color coding dots |
| 16 Sep 2005: | A recent view on this site's statistics revealed a move to a paid service May be inevitable. I added a donation button to the home page. Websites cost money. Sad but true. |
| 19 Aug 2005: |
Started working on a photo strobe Added pictures to the flash project Again, additions to the stock photography page |
| 11 Aug 2005: |
More additions to the stock photography page Layout changes to some tables throughout the site |
| 4 Aug 2005: |
Finished my photo equipment list Added a page about achromatic close-up lenses Additions to the stock photography page |
| 31 Jul 2005: |
Finished ring light 2.0 Started a write-up about my photo equipment |
| 24 Jul 2005: |
Exit ring light 1.0, enter ring light 2.0! I just started working on it Added example pictures to ring light 1.0 Added color coding to navigation bar Added 2 pictures to laser display, as it seems to be a popular page. |
| 14 Jul 2005: |
Added a picture to propeller 1 Added monoblock amp |
| 12 Jul 2005: |
Added stock photography page Slight cosmetics to home page |
| 05 May 2005: |
Finished ring light 1.0 Reversed the order of this list, so the most recent change is on top |
| 03 May 2005: |
Begun work on ring light 1.0 Made changes to the base template, hopefully without any visible changes |
| 22 Apr 2005: |
Added a disclaimer, for the mentally challenged  |
| 18 Apr 2005: |
Made a start with my photo gallery |
| 13 Apr 2005: |
Added unfinished business tab. Updates to this page will not be reported here. Instead, check the date on the page itself Added crosslinks |
| 11 Apr 2005: |
Added guestbook Added counter Removed unclickable items |
| 05 Apr 2005: |
Converted the old Dinaf projects to the new site format Added some comments to scan display Added some comments to laser projector Updated propeller 2 Begun documenting car stereo Preliminary work on laser display Added the photography tab |
| 18 Mar 2005: | Updated propeller 2 |
| 11 Mar 2005: |
Updated propeller 2 Updated colorimeter Other minor changes |
| 31 Jan 2005: | Put the preliminary version on-line |
| 25 Jan 2005: | Complete site overhaul, adding a real page design and getting rid of the really annoying frameset. Some parts are still being edited or newly written. You can't click on those links yet. |
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