My wife and I met on New Year's Eve 1977 - we rang in New Year's Day 2008 together. I enjoy laughing with friends and exploring new ideas. My interests include a deep appreciation for good music, computer graphics, the arts, woodworking, and photography.
I didn't buy into the personal computer craze of the eighties. It took me a few years to decide how computers would fit into our everyday lives-- I even wondered if we really needed computers in our homes. Checkbooks had been accurately balanced with pen and paper for decades and I owned a chess board for the times I wanted a challenging game of chess. In 1996 my wife and I were wandering through a local flea market and saw an early nineties model Macintosh Plus computer priced at $75.00. First, I asked myself why should I buy that computer-- a Macintosh Plus with 4MB of ram memory and a meager 20MB external hard drive. Later that afternoon a nineties model Mac Plus computer sat like a chauffeured passenger in the back seat of our car as we drove home. One month later to the day I located a compatible Apple printer for $99.00-- we had moved into the computer age!
That outdated computer provided my first introduction to an operating system that opened programs in virtual windows. That's right, Bill Gates didn't develop the concept of a windows operating system. In a matter of weeks that very basic inexpensive computer system had sparked my creative interests. I learned how to use a word processor, refill ink jet printer cartridges, even expressed my artistic side through paint software.
Imagine that, I now had artistic images saved in binary code!
For three months we explored the possibilities a Mac Plus computer had to offer, then we started shopping for a more updated system. Our computer adventure had begun! We purchased two more computer systems over the next twelve months. Each system better than the previous one. Each system operating on the IBM format, even though Apple had the best operating system. The problem being that Apple software wasn't as readily available in those days.
The next logical step was the exploration of the Internet and the World Wide Web. I soon realized that computers and the Internet provided a great opportunity for artistic expression. After two failed attempts at designing a Web site, I came up with the idea for Mark's Online Graphics Site (MOGS). The idea was a simple one-- showcase your interests to a wide and varied audience and [maybe] people will visit. The most difficult part of bringing people to your Website is getting the word out.
Mark's Online Graphics Site (MOGS) was built as a vehicle for opportunity. MOGS was later renamed Mogswebsite.com to entice visitors to explore other sections within the site. It has offered me a unique opportunity to meet people from around the world. More importantly, several of those people have become friends that I'll never forget.
-Mark, a.k.a. Mogs
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