Change History
The following summarizes the changes I've made to the content of this web site (ignoring layout changes and general housekeeping).
8 September 2007
- Added Pinewood Derby Physics to Derby Resources.
- Revised and expanded Derby Rules.
- Added a couple third-party photos to Photos of Unusual Derby Cars (with permission).
- Added my current job to my resume.
6 April 2007
- Added Derby Magic, Quality Tracks, and Royal Racers/Make Tracks to my Derby Resources.
- Made minor revisions to my resume.
3 April 2007
- Updated my About This Site section (including the colophon) to reflect the many changes that accompanied the first update to the site in more than six years. In the process of redesigning the site layout, I updated almost every document, although most changes were just minor copy editing.
- Redesigned the gallery of Photos of Unusual Derby Cars and added photos from our 2007 Shape N Race Derby.
- Updated my About the Author section, including my resume.
- Updated my Derby Resources and Recommended Web Sites.
16 December 2000
- Updated my Photos of Unusual Derby Cars with new cars from our 2000 Shape N Race Derby, plus a few cars from other derbies.
- Added a section for PBC's Our King's Court madrigals ensemble, including a photo album and a list of our repertoire.
- Added the Pack 146 Pinewood Derby page, JP's Victory Race page, Dizmore.com, Precision Weighing Balances, Maximum Velocity, and Pinewood Pro to my derby resources page. I also updated some stale contact information.
- Updated my About the Author section, and added my current job with Hewlett–Packard to my resume.
- Minor updates and clarifications to my derby track plans, including merging them back into a single document.
- Converted my GIF images to PNG.
- Updated my custom DTD to use HTML 4.01 Strict as a starting point.
15 July 1999
- Updated my Photos of Unusual Derby Cars with new cars from our 1999 Shape N Race Derby.
- Updated my About the Author section, moving my professional background into a separate resume.
- Divided my derby track plans into manageable sections, and incorporated additional reader feedback.
- Created a site map listing all the documents available at this site.
- Added information about this site's background and about my web-design philosophy to About This Site.
- Created Descriptions of Icons
- Revised this site's colophon to clarify the process I use and to reflect my switch to Opera.
- Updated my custom DTD to prohibit certain risky and deprecated elements.
16 January 1999
- Created my Advent page, describing a celebration of Christ's birth during the four weeks prior to Christmas.
- Added a few new derby speed tips, and revised, clarified, or expanded several existing tips.
- Added some new comments about derby rules.
- Added a few minor updates to my derby track plans, correcting typos, clarifying vague instructions, incorporating reader feedback, and mentioning two additional optional enhancements.
- Added descriptions of several new camporal events, and added several new variations of existing events.
- Added links to Stockade 6468's Shape N Race Page (a new photo page), to Smooth Sailing (a new derby-software vendor), to Indy Products (a new derby-supplies vendor), and to Hobby Shack (a new hobby-supplies vendor) on my derby resources page. I also updated some stale data.
- Put the 42nd Brighton (Saltdean) Scout Group's knot page back on my recommended web sites. I also added a couple more examples of web-browsing diversity, and added links to several basic online resources.
9 August 1998
- Created Four-Lane Derby Track Plans
- Created Derby Rules
- Created a separate index of my Photos of Unusual Derby Cars
- Created Photos of Unusual Derby Cars Built by Builders (3rd- and 4th-grade boys)
- Created Photos of Unusual Derby Cars Built by Sentinels (5th- and 6th-grade boys)
- Revised and expanded Unusual Derby Cars Built by Youth photo page
- Expanded Unusual Derby Cars Built by Adults photo page
- Revised Derby Resources
- Revised What Is a Shape N Race Derby?
- Revised this site's colophon.
- Revised About the Author
26 October 1997
- Created My Camporal (Camporee) Page, including its events and scoring subpages.
- Revised Derby Race Methods
- Revised Derby Resources
- Revised Unusual Derby Car Designs
- Revised Recommended Web Sites
2 September 1997
- Created
Descriptions
of Unusual Derby Cars and added "D
links" to these descriptions next to the thumbnail images in
- Unusual Derby Cars Built by Youth photo page
- Unusual Derby Cars Built by Adults photo page
- Added links for the Pinewood Derby Racing Web Ring to my Shape N Race Derby page.
11 August 1997
- Unusual Derby Cars Built by Youth photo page
- Created Unusual Derby Cars Built by Adults photo page
- Created a colophon for this site.
- Revised Building a Better-Looking Derby Car
- Revised Derby Resources
- Revised What Is a Shape N Race Derby?
- Revised Recommended Web Sites
14 June 1997
- Revised Recommended Web Sites
- Revised Derby Resources
- Displayed an icon for the Web Design Group Award on my home page.
11 February 1997
- Created Shape N Race Derby (a separate derby home page)
- Created What Is a Shape N Race Derby?
- Revised Derby Race Methods
- Revised Derby Resources
- Revised Recommended Web Sites
- Revised About the Author
- Divided Building a Better Derby Car into three separate documents:
- Registered this site with SafeSurf, RSACi, and Safe for Kids, and added the appropriate PICS-Label headers.
25 March 1996
- Revised Recommended Web Sites
- Revised Building a Better Derby Car.
19 February 1996
- Created My Hit Counter Rant
- Created Rewarding Good Behavior
- Created My Gardening Page
- Created Recommended Web Sites
- Created About the Author
- Revised Derby Race Methods
- Revised Building a Better Derby Car
8 January 1996
- Created Change History (this page)
- Created Unusual Derby Car Designs
