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May 2007
May's Spotlight:
Rolling with the Thunder! Bob that is...
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THUNDERBOB
ThunderBob, TBob
www.thunderbob.net
What's in a name? Well, when you're referring to ThunderBob,
there's quite a lot behind the man with the name as I recently found out while
conducting an online interview with him for the May issue of Connections.
ThunderBob is a valuable contributor to AnnexCafe's community.
He serves as staff for the server and is an honored artist here on AnnexCafe, as
well as a frequent poster
to many of our boards. TBob also hosts and wrote a fitting
tribute to "What it Means to be an Honored Artist?" that is now shared
with many new artists we invite to be part of the HA Gallery. (Read it here:
www.thunderbob.net/honored.html.) His love of science fiction and fantasy rings
true in his 3D and fractal artistry that he freely shares on his website and the
newsgroups, not to mention his patient style of helping others on
computer-related topics.
Take a peek at TBob's candid responses to some very
interesting questions.
Q. How did you discover your nick? Is there a story behind
it?
When I first came online, I wanted to use a nickname. Besides
it being a normal thing for Bikers, I didn't want my real name "out
there" for safety reasons. One of the nicks my fellow Bro's have called me
is Thunder Boomer. In addition to being a self-employed service technician, I
design and build speaker systems, and I'm known for having these huge loud
speakers (Altec Lansing "Voice of the Theatre" for anyone
interested<g>).
And so I wanted a nick with Thunder in it. Problem was, the
ones I wanted, like RollingThunder and ThunderBoom, were already taken. LOL Then
an idea popped up, and out of desperation I tried ThunderBob. It went through
and I've been ThunderBob online ever since then.<g>
Q. What was your first online experience and when?
Since early 1998. I tried Prodigy for a free month, then
signed up with MSN for a free month and I ended up staying with MSN for years.
My first good experience happened the first month I was online with MSN. I was
exploring the Forums and the first group I checked out was MSN's
memberservices.memberservices. It was a great group of people helping each other
with computer problems, and it was big influence on my newsgroup behavior. It
eventually became User2User here at AnnexCafe.
Q. What is your current online status?
I maintain my own two websites and a MySpace site. I've
designed some websites for others in a professional capacity, but I consider
myself a hobbyist.
Q. What's your favorite offline activity?
I'm a Biker. So going to the National Runs with the Club
Brothers would be my favorite offline activity. These annual parties are the
only times all the Bro's, including the ones that live in other states, gather
together. Great music, great food, great times. :o)
If you haven't had a chance to stop by TBob's website
(www.thunderbob.net), you're missing out on a lot of splendid eye candy that
ranges from classic to contemporary and a cross somewhere in between. Thanks
for being an integral part of AnnexCafe, ThunderBob!
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Mother's Day is May 13th!
Memorial Day is May 28th!
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May's Highlight: AnnexCafé's Veterans
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Memorial Day is much more than a 3-day weekend that marks the
beginning of summer. With a history stretching back to the Civil War, Memorial
Day is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service.
Why not stop by the AnnexCafe Veterans board and post with
families of veterans, veterans themselves or just a few grateful folks that want
to take the time out to honor and say "thanks" to our men and women of
the U.S. Armed Forces!
April's Spotlight on Group Topics
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This month's group topic spotlight focuses on all the computer
graphics (or digital hobbies) groups on AnnexCafe. Take a look at all the fun
just waiting for you. And who knows, you might find enough creativity to post a
fitting Memorial Day post on the Veterans board!
• Adobe • PSP: Colouring Creations
• Animations • PSP: Mask Tuts
• Anime • PSP: Plug-Ins & Filters
• Arts • PSP: Stationery Beginners
• Arts: Fractals, Photos & Filters • PSP: Stationery
Friends
• Arts: Stationery • PSP: Super Blade Pro
• Arts: Web Design • PSP: Tubes
• Desktop Decor • PSP: Tutorials
• Digital Camera Technique • Sci-Fi Stationery
• Digital Painting • Script Writing Beginners
• Digital Scrapbooking • Scripting
• Downhome Stationery • SigTags
• Graphics • SigTags: Rated
• Graphics Components • Sinedots Techniques
• Graphics Rated • Stationery Arts
• Icons, Cursors & Pointers • Trolls Treasures
• PhotoImpact: Tutorials • Trolls Treasures Help
• Pixel Painting • Trolls Treasures Rated
• PSP: Black & White • Vector Drawing
• PSP: Outlook Briefpapier • Web Page Design Technique
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The Café's Connections newsletter has been designed to
keep the AnnexCafé community informed about server events, offerings and
happenings. A current copy will always be posted to the Café's Announce group,
and a reference to the Announce group will always be posted in the Links to
Remember section of this newsletter.
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Announcements
Newbies: Chat
Newbies: News
Directory: Chat
Directory: News
Group Ads
Honored Artists
Taboo List
Server TOS
DogAgent: Backup
Contact the Admin Team
Server Business
Monthly Chat Schedule
Holiday Happenings
Classroom Schedule
"Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment.
There is no why."
-- Kurt Vonnegut
Nov. 11, 1922 - April 11, 2007
View, snag or share your favorite Quotes & Taglines
in the newsgroup that bears the name.
AnnexCafé hosts a live chat party every month.
Come chat with staff or your favorite online pals.
Chat time will be May 2nd, 2007 from 10:00 AM to
10:00 PM EST. In our usual place the #Lobby Looking forward to seeing you
all!
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Sign up as a Member with Annex Café and get your
own profile and homepage! Visit the Member Registry to see other members'
profiles.
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You can contribute to the Café's Connections
newsletter. Send email with your suggestions to:
Newsletter Staff
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Recommend an artist to
be invited to join our Honored Artists Gallery by
sending email to: Honored Artist Staff
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! I S H I E A L E R T !
Don't forget you can
stay in touch with the sometimes mundane but often
times zany antics of Ishie in Med School by checking her BLOG regularly!
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S U P P O R T
Show your support of AnnexCafé by purchasing
branded merchandise from CafePress.
Donations are also welcomed.
Sponsored by: Annex Technologies Inc. • ©2007 AnnexCafe.com
All Rights Reserved Worldwide
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Tue, 1 May 2007 13:34:07 -0500 |
Please note that the monthly chat is scheduled for May 5th (not the 2nd).
Thanks!
:o)
Abs
May 2007
May's Spotlight:
Rolling with the Thunder! Bob that is...
THUNDERBOB
ThunderBob, TBob
www.thunderbob.net
What's in a name? Well, when you're referring to ThunderBob, there's quite
a lot behind the man with the name as I recently found out while conducting
an online interview with him for the May issue of Connections.
ThunderBob is a valuable contributor to AnnexCafe's community. He serves as
staff for the server and is an honored artist here on AnnexCafe, as well as
a frequent poster
to many of our boards. TBob also hosts and wrote a fitting tribute to "What
it Means to be an Honored Artist?" that is now shared with many new artists
we invite to be part of the HA Gallery. (Read it here:
www.thunderbob.net/honored.html.) His love of science fiction and fantasy
rings true in his 3D and fractal artistry that he freely shares on his
website and the newsgroups, not to mention his patient style of helping
others on computer-related topics.
Take a peek at TBob's candid responses to some very interesting questions.
Q. How did you discover your nick? Is there a story behind it?
When I first came online, I wanted to use a nickname. Besides it being a
normal thing for Bikers, I didn't want my real name "out there" for
safety
reasons. One of the nicks my fellow Bro's have called me is Thunder Boomer.
In addition to being a self-employed service technician, I design and build
speaker systems, and I'm known for having these huge loud speakers (Altec
Lansing "Voice of the Theatre" for anyone interested<g>).
And so I wanted a nick with Thunder in it. Problem was, the ones I wanted,
like RollingThunder and ThunderBoom, were already taken. LOL Then an idea
popped up, and out of desperation I tried ThunderBob. It went through and
I've been ThunderBob online ever since then.<g>
Q. What was your first online experience and when?
Since early 1998. I tried Prodigy for a free month, then signed up with MSN
for a free month and I ended up staying with MSN for years. My first good
experience happened the first month I was online with MSN. I was exploring
the Forums and the first group I checked out was MSN's
memberservices.memberservices. It was a great group of people helping each
other with computer problems, and it was big influence on my newsgroup
behavior. It eventually became User2User here at AnnexCafe.
Q. What is your current online status?
I maintain my own two websites and a MySpace site. I've designed some
websites for others in a professional capacity, but I consider myself a
hobbyist.
Q. What's your favorite offline activity?
I'm a Biker. So going to the National Runs with the Club Brothers would be
my favorite offline activity. These annual parties are the only times all
the Bro's, including the ones that live in other states, gather together.
Great music, great food, great times. :o)
If you haven't had a chance to stop by TBob's website (www.thunderbob.net),
you're missing out on a lot of splendid eye candy that ranges from classic
to contemporary and a cross somewhere in between. Thanks for being an
integral part of AnnexCafe, ThunderBob!
Mother's Day is May 13th!
Memorial Day is May 28th!
May's Highlight: AnnexCafé's Veterans
Memorial Day is much more than a 3-day weekend that marks the beginning of
summer. With a history stretching back to the Civil War, Memorial Day is a
day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service.
Why not stop by the AnnexCafe Veterans board and post with families of
veterans, veterans themselves or just a few grateful folks that want to take
the time out to honor and say "thanks" to our men and women of the
U.S.
Armed Forces!
April's Spotlight on Group Topics
This month's group topic spotlight focuses on all the computer graphics (or
digital hobbies) groups on AnnexCafe. Take a look at all the fun just
waiting for you. And who knows, you might find enough creativity to post a
fitting Memorial Day post on the Veterans board!
•Adobe•PSP: Colouring Creations
•Animations•PSP: Mask Tuts
•Anime•PSP: Plug-Ins & Filters
•Arts•PSP: Stationery Beginners
•Arts: Fractals, Photos & Filters•PSP: Stationery Friends
•Arts: Stationery•PSP: Super Blade Pro
•Arts: Web Design•PSP: Tubes
•Desktop Decor•PSP: Tutorials
•Digital Camera Technique•Sci-Fi Stationery
•Digital Painting•Script Writing Beginners
•Digital Scrapbooking•Scripting
•Downhome Stationery•SigTags
•Graphics•SigTags: Rated
•Graphics Components•Sinedots Techniques
•Graphics Rated•Stationery Arts
•Icons, Cursors & Pointers•Trolls Treasures
•PhotoImpact: Tutorials•Trolls Treasures Help
•Pixel Painting•Trolls Treasures Rated
•PSP: Black & White•Vector Drawing
•PSP: Outlook Briefpapier•Web Page Design Technique
The Café's Connections newsletter has been designed to keep the AnnexCafé
community informed about server events, offerings and happenings. A current
copy will always be posted to the Café's Announce group, and a reference to
the Announce group will always be posted in the Links to Remember section of
this newsletter.
Announcements
Newbies: Chat
Newbies: News
Directory: Chat
Directory: News
Group Ads
Honored Artists
Taboo List
Server TOS
DogAgent: Backup
Contact the Admin Team
Server Business
Monthly Chat Schedule
Holiday Happenings
Classroom Schedule
"Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why."
-- Kurt Vonnegut
Nov. 11, 1922 - April 11, 2007
View, snag or share your favorite Quotes & Taglines in the newsgroup that
bears the name.
AnnexCafé hosts a live chat party every month. Come chat with staff or your
favorite online pals.
Chat time will be May 2nd, 2007 from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM EST. In our usual
place the #Lobby Looking forward to seeing you all!
Sign up as a Member with Annex Café and get your own profile and homepage!
Visit the Member Registry to see other members' profiles.
You can contribute to the Café's Connections newsletter. Send email with
your suggestions to:
Newsletter Staff
Recommend an artist to
be invited to join our Honored Artists Gallery by sending email to: Honored
Artist Staff
! I S H I E A L E R T !
Don't forget you can
stay in touch with the sometimes mundane but often times zany antics of
Ishie in Med School by checking her BLOG regularly!
S U P P O R T
Show your support of AnnexCafé by purchasing branded merchandise from
CafePress.
Donations are also welcomed.
Sponsored by: Annex Technologies Inc. • ©2007 AnnexCafe.com All Rights
Reserved Worldwide
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