Site Updates
April 11, 2005, 6:22 AM – Fixed a number of minor glitches in the Online Store.
April 7, 2005, 5:11 PM – Confirmation Demonstration photo set is now online in the Photography section.
April 3, 2005, 12:27 AM – Added March 2005 page to the Web site with the Journal.
April 2, 2005, 10:21 AM – Changed splash page image from having round corners to a thin black border around the edge of the image. This will make it match the emerging style on the rest of the site.
April 1, 2005, 4:32 AM – Updated splash page for April.
March 24, 2005, 11:33 PM – Minor tweaks made on the main page.
March 23, 2005, 12:21 AM – The Schumin Web celebrates nine years online today.
March 21, 2005, 11:23 PM – Refoldered the Wal-Mart with Becky and Rebecca photo set in preparation for site enhancements.
March 13, 2005, 11:42 AM – Related to the main page change, the footers on all pages have been updated to reflect the elimination of the quote.
March 12, 2005, 6:53 PM – The redesigned main page has been released. This removes the quote from the main page, and adds a new photo feature to the front of the site.
March 12, 2005, 12:10 AM – A new Photography set entitled Urban Demolition is now online.
March 11, 2005, 5:23 PM – I need your opinions on this new design for the main page! This new design replaces the quote with a new photo feature, and shuffles things around a bit. Let me know what you think in The Schumin Web Community, under General Discussion.
March 11, 2005, 9:29 AM – Through March 29, use coupon code 3CPSALE in the Online Store to save $3 on orders of $30 or more.
March 3, 2005, 10:31 PM – Big bus update in The Schumin Web Transit Center! Added two new pages: Blacksburg Transit and University Transit Service (UTS). Also, new photos and movies: Charlottesville Transit Service (CTS), Harrisonburg Transit, Ride-On, and Metrobus Flxible, Orion, Neoplan, and NABI.
March 2, 2005, 11:58 PM – New photos in Metrorail section of the Transit Center site on the following pages: Braddock Road, Foggy Bottom-GWU, Franconia-Springfield, King Street, L'Enfant Plaza (Lower Level), McPherson Square, National Airport, Pentagon City, Rosslyn, Gallery Place-Chinatown (Lower Level), Vienna/Fairfax-GMU, Metro Center (Upper Level), Huntington, Breda Rehabs, and Rohr Cars.
March 2, 2005, 5:40 PM – Recut the #17 image on the Harrisonburg Transit page. The new cut brings out more details in the bus.
February 28, 2005, 11:47 PM – Archive page for February is now on the Journal section's menu.
February 28, 2005, 7:16 PM – Changed Splash Page image for March. This month, I'm in the driver's seat of one of Harrisonburg Transit's Gillig Advantage buses, pretending to drive it for the camera.
February 11, 2005, 9:16 AM – Through March 1, use coupon code WINTERSALE to save $3 on sweatshirts, hooded sweatshirts, and junior hoodies in the Online Store.
February 11, 2005, 9:14 AM – Through February 14, use coupon code VDAYGIFT to save $2 on all thong underwear in the Online Store.
February 7, 2005, 11:13 AM – Transit Center overhaul is now completely done, with pages for Harrisonburg, Hampton Roads, and Charlottesville all finished. Only major change is renaming the page about Virginia Beach trolley-bus service to the correct name of VB Wave.
February 7, 2005, 9:51 AM – Added two new Transit Center pages: Ride On and Fairfax Connector.
February 7, 2005, 12:22 AM – Used classic "Chef Schumin" image on the splash page for February.
February 4, 2005, 10:46 PM – Overhauled the Transit Center pages for Dash About and CUE. No earth-shattering changes there, aside from the new URLs.
February 3, 2005, 10:06 PM – Major Metrobus update on the Transit Center site. There are now individual pages for buses manufactured by Flxible, Orion, New Flyer, Neoplan, and NABI. Additionally, the main page for Washington DC bus services has been relocated, but is otherwise unchanged.
February 2, 2005, 11:21 PM – Added Random Encounters page to Life and Times under 2004, which consists of random things I've come across and photographed, both with my cell phone and Big Mavica, over the course of the year.
January 31, 2005, 9:33 PM – J20: Counter-Inaugural photo set is now online in Life and Times in the same format as the Million Worker March set. Also added January 2005 page to the Journal section of the site, containing all Journal entries from that month.
January 29, 2005, 9:56 PM – I finally have broadband Internet at home! As a result, all of my instant messaging screen names will now be connected all the time. See Contact Information page for more details about my instant message names. On AIM, if you don't get a response from my regular SchuminWeb screen name, you might want to try Schumin Wireless, which goes to my cell phone.
January 23, 2005, 11:21 PM – Use coupon code VDAY50 when checking out in the Online Store to save $5 when you spend $50 or more. Expires February 3, 2005.
January 23, 2005, 10:56 PM – Maintenance work on The Schumin Web Community is now complete, and the forums are now open again.
January 23, 2005, 9:05 PM – The Schumin Web Community is temporarily closed while I back up some forum data.
January 23, 2005, 8:01 PM – Overhauled New York Subway, Pittsburgh Inclines, and Pittsburgh Light Rail pages for new Transit Center standards. This hereby completes all the rail-related pages. No new pictures were added with this work.
January 21, 2005, 11:20 PM – Posted a Journal entry about the J20 Counter-Inaugural demonstrations. Similar to the Million Worker March, this will also be the narrative text for a photo set in Life and Times.
January 12, 2005, 11:52 PM – Updated splash page image with an old Web Cam image that I've always considered my "Weakest Link" parody.
January 10, 2005, 11:14 PM – Disabled all photos and movies for Fort Totten, Gallery Place-Chinatown, L'Enfant Plaza, Metro Center, New York Avenue-Florida Avenue-Gallaudet U, and Miscellaneous Metro in preparation for an overhaul. These photos and movies will return following the completion of the overhaul.
January 1, 2005, 1:22 AM – The Journal is officially rolled over for 2005, which cleared the page with the fifteen most recent entries, as well as the spot on the quote page that displays the three most recent entries. Also unveiled new December 2004 archive page.
December 14, 2004, 12:53 AM – The Life and Times feature on the Million Worker March is at last complete. It is done in a hybrid narrative/photo set format, and contains pictures, movies, and Adobe PDF files of protest literature I received.
December 13, 2004, 4:24 PM – All references to "home.schuminweb.info" across the entire site have been changed to "home.schuminweb.org".
December 12, 2004, 9:30 PM – Domain problem fixed! Any areas of the site that reference home.schuminweb.info are now working correctly again.
December 10, 2004, 9:42 PM – Seems that something with my schuminweb.info domain is not working right, and so any requests to home.schuminweb.info (things like large pictures, movies, etc.) will bounce for the time being. This appears to be a technical problem with the domain nameserver - it's not directly in my control. I'm working to fix it, though.
December 2, 2004, 11:51 AM – Added November 2004 archive page in the Journal section.
December 1, 2004, 4:20 PM – Updated splash page image for December to show me standing in front of a giant nutcracker.
November 20, 2004, 10:41 PM – Use the coupon code HOLBUY2 to save $7 when you spend $50 or more in the Online Store through November 26.
November 18, 2004, 10:26 AM – The Day of Activism photo set is now complete and online for all to see in the Photography section. This photo set also includes a page of movies from the events, and also scans of the literature I picked up that day.
November 10, 2004, 9:28 AM – A hybrid narrative/photo set of my vacation to Virginia Beach is now online in the Life and Times section.
November 8, 2004, 4:40 AM – Photos of the accident at the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan station in Washington DC are now available at The Schumin Web Transit Center.
November 3, 2004, 9:35 PM – Updated the Splash Page with a photo of my name badge at Wal-Mart as it appeared for Halloween. While some other associates wore full costumes, I just added a note to my name badge, saying, "I don't need a costume to frighten people!" with a Wal-Mart happy face below it.
November 1, 2004, 12:07 AM – The 2004 annual redesign is complete! Start at the Splash Page, and check it out!
October 31, 2004, 9:36 PM – Archives is now fully redesigned. The last section to undergo rehab will be the center "Quote and Introduction" section.
October 31, 2004, 12:06 AM – The Online Store is now completely remodeled and open for business again.