I thought about what name my domain should have for a long
time. I wanted something neutral, but something that was me
as well. Since "I'm still breathing" is my standard answer
to people who ask me how I am, I figured still-breathing was
the perfect choice.
80HG Productions was created in 2007. 80HG, or Hg 80, designates the element Mercury on the Periodic Table of the Elements; 80 is the atomic number, Hg the element's symbol. While I like chemistry, it is the 'Mercury' that is really important to me. On the one hand, it is my tribute to Freddie Mercury. On the other hand, it indicates both our zodiac signs and its ruling planet Mercury. I do not believe in astrology, but I think it is a very good symbol.
HistoryThe first website I ever owned was a Star Wars
fansite, hosted at GeoCities, back when they still had
neighborhoods and street addresses in their URLs. I ran the
site under the screen name Shadooine. However, my personal
website has its origin in a HIM fansite I used to own. It
was first hosted at GeoCities, but when GeoCities deleted my
site I decided to buy a domain, razorbladeklubi.com,
in 2000.
At some point, I wanted a place on the net that wasn't
restricted to a specific fandom and a place where I could
list the fanlistings I had joined. I created a small page
about me at razorbladeklubi. Soon, this was not
enough any longer and I moved all my personal content over
to a brinkster.com account.
The end of my HIM site (which was mainly brought on by
financial considerations, but also by my dwindling interest
in the band) marked the birth of still-breathing in
2004. I had always been interested in personal websites and
was very excited to be able to build one of my own. It was
great to be free to display my interest in anything, and any
fandom, I wished. The site first had a HTML table layout,
featuring "Angels in America". I opened my first fanlisting,
the Asta Nielsen fanlisting, in 2004. My
involvement with fanlistings improved (I think) my HTML and
eventually my CSS skills.
still-breathing went on hiatus in 2006 for personal
reasons, but also because I concentrated mainly on my
fanlistings and my fanlisting collective, idiosyncratic.
It returned in 2008 with a CSS layout, featuring "Angels in
America" yet again, in a much smaller version. I know that
personal websites tend to be a narcissistic endeavor. I hope
this one is simply a place that tells people a little bit
about me, offers some goodies for visitors and display my
interests and efforts at webdesign.
This site was created with PSP X2, Bootstrap, Sea Monkey,
the fonts Open Sans, Raleway, and Roboto; the php-scripts
can be found at indiscripts and Jem's PHP
Mail Form. Icons came from Elegant Themes and Brankic1979.
For more resources, please visit graphics journal Dazlious.
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