As there have been a couple of inquiries… and I am sure I might have upset a couple of people thinking that I am ignoring them…. here is the scoop:

I have not left for Spain yet. REVISED: I have not left for Paris yet.

I am currently in the process of developing / re-designing two websites for one person. As partial payment, this person is paying for my flight to Spain. As such, I want to make damn sure that the sites are finished, working, and not going to fail anytime soon. I’m also making sure that the employees of said person’s company know how to update and edit the site accordingly. I’m doing this because once I hit Paris, I am more or less completely disconnected from my life in the States.

My progress on the sites? Site #1 is done. You can check it out (and even buy something if you want) at Dragonfire Imports. I am pleased with it. It came out pretty good. If you’re wondering what I did to it… almost everything. The only parts of it that remains from the original site is the background picture, the store logo, and a few (maybe a dozen) of the pictures of the items. Everything else is entirely me.

I am sorry if I was ignoring anyone / didn’t maintain contact with anyone. I was devoting nearly 100% of the time I was awake to the site. From taking pictures of merchandise to uploading to writing/rewriting/modifying code. even my parent (whom I moved back in with until I leave) haven’t seen me. Well, except when I was home coding (as opposed to at the store coding). Then they saw me when they went to sleep, and when they woke up.

I know begin site two. Site two will be MUCH easier as it is NOT an ecommerce site. I’m thinking (hoping) it will take a week. Two at the most. The nice thing about living at home now is that I don’t have any bills. So I’ve been able to take what little money I have and stretch it great distances. Thank you to all of you that helped with that. And don’t forget that there are still items available at Bit Rationale.

Because site two is not going to be as straining, I welcome your calls and text messages. I may not have answered or responded previously, but I will now. I am getting ready to leave soon, so I’m wanting to have a little party / go out / get-together with as many people as possible. So give me a buzz.

If I hadn’t mentioned it before, my trip has changed slightly. The airline I will be flying does not fly to spain. The closest I can get is Paris. So I will be flying to Paris, France on the first leg of my journey. From there, I will either take a train… or possibly even walk… to the border of Spain where the bulk of my trip is to occur.

This is where I am. Thanks for understanding. And yes I am still going. Give me a ring.

Erik