Change Log Beginning 4/1/2006 APRIL---- Added 3 music sets, Katie Melua, Enya and Il Divo Added the Tree House (still unlinked to the Map) Added Reflectance of terrestrial Surface Materials to the "Light" folder Added a Wood Selector to the Woodshop in the Workshops folder Added High Fire Glaze Recipes and Studio Scenes to the Ceramics Studio Added HTML Tidbits page to Web Graphics Made the "World Map" a UseMap so one can click on the place names for a link Added UseMap in the Library for linking to the book reviews Added a few views of the Ceramics Studio Other minor changes and upgrades MAY------ Made a new and improved rendering of the Castle on the Castle Plans page Added a brief history of astronomy Added the Sitting Room and installed a Chat capability there Added the Solarium, With an original graphic Began populating the Optics and Laser References page Added two new Sci Fi series to the Library; The DragonLance Saga and The Saga of Recluce Fixed the Herbal Index in the Kitchen and added a bit more info Added a link on the Home page to "Renaissance Man"; famous people of the Renaissance Aded a few more views of the Tree House Other minor changes and upgrades JUNE------ Made major upgrades to the Religion and Philosophy page JULY/AUGUST------ Added the Dungeon (Very happy with the "New Dungeon" where I broke out of the theme and did some nice stuff with the graphics and scripting. Added "Periodicals" to the Library Added an Orbital Dynamics tutorial under "Satellites" Added a Site Map which shows the paths and connections among the pages Improved the Wine Cellar Added an image of the DaVinci's World moon that changes phases along with our Earthly moon (it's cool!) Added Carrie Underwood's Album "Some Hearts" (less two of the songs I didn't like) Won the Bronze Dragon Award! Added the Stained Glass Workshop Added a tutorial on field dressing and butchering deer in the Kitchen Added venison recipes in the Kitchen SEPT ------ Added the Attic Added Stained Glass Tutorial Added "How to Butcher Deer" in the Kitchen OCT ------ Modified the Attic NOV ----- Added the Vault Modified the Entry Flash file DEC/JAN 2007 ------ Added the Infirmary Extensive additions to Graphics and Web Sets APR 2007 ------ Added a star chart of the Northern Hemisphere in the Astronomy section Added the Bell Tower, Tram to the Mines Added Steam Room and Sauna to the Solarium Added Textures and Backgrounds to the Web Graphics pages (more to come!) Began introducing autism info to the Infirmary Added new eramics to the DaVincis Ceramics area Added two new original poems to the Poetry page (Personal Area) JUNE 2007 ------ Added Autism to the Infirmary Added How To Do a Hawaiian Imu (Pit BBQ) to the Kitchen Added Bernini to Fine Art Added a sketch named "Undefeated" to my sketch porfolio in the Inner Sanctum Added an Optical Positioning Tutorial in the Light section Added a Reflection and Refraction tutorial in the Light section Added Bonnie Raitt "Road Tested" to the Music Page DECEMBER 2007 ------ Added DaVincis mechanical inventions in the "DaVinci" section Put some special Christmas things in the Crate up in the Attic Added a few new Fine Art Links to the Fine Art page JANUARY 2008 ------ Added some YouTube clips to the Astronomy section Added the "Fantastic Music Machine" to the Music pages Added Josh Groban's album "Awake" to the Music pages. Added RIVEN Game Tips and Walkthrough to the Game Room FEBRUARY 2008 -------------- Began a Chess Tutorial and Info page in the Game Room Added reviews and info on "The Riftwar Saga", and other books by Raymond Feist, in the Science Fiction Fantasy Library Began building the "Private Quarters" (not ready for access yet.) March 2008 ---------- Ice and Snow added to the Textures file in Web Graphics. Added a tutorial showing the Script that makes text scroll across the tray at the bottom of the page. Added several navigation links to go back and forth between DaVinci's work and general topics. Added a Thin Lens Formula Tutorial in the Basic Optics Tutorials under "Light". Added links to Camera and Detector manufacturers in the Optics Links. Added Jack's Peak to DaVincisWorld. Updated the Site Map. Began creating the Private Quarters. Added a display of astronomical instruments in the Observatory. Added the section on Classic Literature in the Library. Added a more complete Anatomical Reference to the Anatomy folder. August 2008 ---------- Made minor changes to the Music pages Added more pictures and updates to the Private space Added newest pottery to the Ceramics Studio Started developing a page and a program for the "DaVinci Awards". Awarding honors to web-sites, designs, projects and products that promote Renaissance ideals and a higher state of knowledge by merging Art and Science and by displaying excellence in intellectually diverse content. Added stunning astronomy photos to the Observatory page (also linked through Astronomy). Added more to the history of Astronomy. Added a bunch of new astronomical instruments and their descriptions. Added the two latest books in the Saga of Recluce to the Library. Added the pages on sports car tires in the Garage (look under Austin Healeys). Added the story of the restoration of Dick Malueg's 1960 Austin Healey 3000 BT-7 Began composing the story of the restoration of my 1965 Austin Healey 3000 BJ-8 Added a rudimentary Gymnasium Made minor changes to five or six rooms in the castle. Made numerous minor changes for consistency and a few linking bugs. Added a file showing the Earth and it's size in perspective with other heavenly bodies. September 2008 ---------- Made improvements in some of the places on the Map of DaVincis World. Added pages on making fire with bow & drill, as well as making traps and snares, to Jack's Peak. Linked to Field Preparation of Venison. Made the Site Map an active map and added links to it from many of the primary pages. November 2008 ------------------ Added a great movie of a satellite burning up upon re-entry into the atmosphere. See Satellites. December 2008 ------------------ Added new links to the Infirmary. January 2009 ----------------- Put in a nice collection of classic "Rigid Calender Girls" in the garage. Added a whole bunch of links to references in the Library. February 2009 ----------------- Started a Butterfly Garden. Added a Groundskeeping Page with tips on Lawn Care. March 2009 ---------- Added a new section on Electricity under Physics. Made a cool new Flash movie for the Entry Page. Changed the placement of the Entry and Exit buttons. April 2009 ------------------ Started setting up the Guest Quarters