Introduction

My name is Anthony Atkielski, and this is my Web site. If you're bored by long introductions, feel free to click on the topic of your choice in my table of contents at left—otherwise, read on.

History

I first developed this site in the 1990s on the late CompuServe online server, and I set up a permanent domain for it in 1997. In tose days, practically no one had a pesonal web site—even now, personal sites are still exceptions to the rule. Anyway, traffic built up over time, from a few hundred visitors per month in the early days to around 1.6 million unique visitors annually in later years. Traffic is lower than it used to be, but there's a lot more competition now.

Except for some occasional interruptions due to financial problems (I pay for this site out of my pocket), this site has been up continuously since I first developed it.

Today

I am currently rebuilding my site from scratch, which is why you see so many things on the site that aren't working. I didn't reaize how much mterial was on the old site, so it's more work than I anticipated. But I wanted to make someintenal architectural changes to take advantage of more recent technologies. The site will probably be rough around the edges (including lots of typos) for some time.

My emphasis has been on images and documents in multiple galleries, and it will take some time to whip all that back into shape. If you care, you can check back from time to time to see what progress I've made.

Thanks for stopping by.