Main PageMain PageThis is the web server of Wade Bowmer, also known as "static" or "staticsan" on several weblogs. No, I'm not going to immediately indulge in a narcissistic display of what makes me tick. Or what I think makes me tick.
On the other hand, I do have my resume (sometimes called a "C.V.") online.
This page and most others on this server have been constructed to conform to XHTML 1.0 Strict and uses CSS 2.0 for decorating the markup (colours, etc). It has been coded for and tested in Opera v5, v6, v7, v8 and v9. It was largely an experiment in possibilities and compliance. When it was originally written, IE 5.5 and 5.0 would get things wrong.
In addition, this site also does not rely on JavaScript, Flash or any applets or plug-ins and it is not a bandwidth-intensive site. Almost all graphics are PNG or JPEG. And if you're really curious, here is my stylesheet.
Which answer did you want? :-)
The name in and of itself refers to a fairly isolated island nation in a fantasy world that I invented several years ago. It hasn't appeared in any novels or anything, but I did run a D&D module in it once for some friends. In fact, it was so much fun creating it, that I began creating another.
But that doesn't have anything to do with an Internet domain, does it? Well, I've been naming my PCs after cities in the country of Yceran, so when I wanted my own domain name, the choice was logical. And it was available!
Just so you know, it's pronounced "ih-sir-arn", with the emphasis on the first syllable. If it was "why-sir-arn" it would be spelt "whyceran". Which it's not. So it ain't.
Qompose Files. I wrote my own HTML scripting language. It seems to work quite well. It's basically a CGI script and I found out how to tell Apache to run a CGI script given a particular file extention.
Very observant of you.
Spam and UCE (unsolicited commercial email) are a problem on the 'net in this day and age. One of my spam-minimisation strategies involves careful control over who I give my email address(es) to. Thus, no direct links on my website. I do have my email address hiding off one of the pages, but I doubt people will find it who weren't there for another reason.
So. Email me at static at this domain name. Yes, that means you will have to type it into your email client. Think of it as a kind of filter.
I have a bookmarks page which I find useful when browsing from a couple of different PCs. Currently it is a static page (no pun intended) that I update when I want to.
Everything else of interest should be on the main page.
