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VERSION 31.0 - May 2005 [arvixe]
Green and pink with stripes and a reeds/fireworks pattern.

VERSION 30.0 - August 2003 [hostrocket]
Based on a picture I took in King's Park, Western Australia of eucalyptus trees. This design included the phrase "Entertainment not guaranteed. No refunds."

VERSION 29.0 - May 2002 [hostrocket]
I'd had the basics of this design in Photoshop for six months before deciding to use it. It uses tan, and pink and green in varying levels of brightness, with rectangles up the top incorporating the title and links.

VERSION 28.0 - December 2001 [hostrocket]
A picture of me with a featureless face drawn in Photoshop made up the left of the top bar. The name of the site in the middle, and the phrase "for the record, i never said it would be interesting". Purple, tan and white.

VERSION 27.0 - December 2001 [hostrocket]
Finally got around to using a checked/tartan pattern. The main image was one I took at the Perth Belltower of a swan statue.

VERSION 26.0 - November 2001 [hostrocket]
Pinky/orangy, with a futuristic type image. First time using SSI.

VERSION 25.0 - October 2001 [hostrocket]
A golden version.

VERSION 24.0 - August 2001 [hostrocket]
A layout using blue and a picture of me.

VERSION 23.0 - June 2001 [hostrocket]
An aubergine, grey, white and black site.

VERSION 22.0 - May 2001 [hostrocket]
I was having a lot of difficulty coming up with a design, then noticed the light beams crossing each other on our hallway floor and decided on imperfect diamonds.

VERSION 21.0 - March 2001 [atomhost]
I wanted to celebrate the purchase of my Graphire tablet by using another picture of me, this time drawn with the tablet instead of a mouse.

VERSION 20.0 - February 2001 [atomhost]
Featured photos of me when I was little.

VERSION 19.0 - December 2000 [dreamhost]
Going for a classy look, black, taupe and burgundy, with a picture of me drawn in Photoshop.

VERSION 18.0 - November 2000 [dreamhost]
Back to basics. Graphics made in Microsoft Paint, very uncluttered. Back to Arial and a white background.

VERSION 17.0 - September 2000 [dreamhost]
Back to the Japanese theme not seen since June 1999.

VERSION 16.0 - August 2000 [dreamhost]
Trying to do something different and striking, using more colour and more images.

VERSION 15.0 - June 2000 [dreamhost]
Playing around with colours, I found some nice shades of red, peach, orange and yellow and built the layout around them.

VERSION 14.0 - April 2000 [dreamhost]
Just trying to do something different from my previous versions, so I've gone for a layout dominated by tables (I've always used tables, but this time they're more obvious).

VERSION 13.0 - January 2000 [dreamhost]
I wanted a site that didn't use white. It was a plain cream and burgundy site.

VERSION 12.0 - November 1999 [dreamhost]
I loved this green colour and wanted to use it. I tinted a picture I had drawn and used that on the main page.

VERSION 11.0 - August 1999 [dreamhost]
Upon seeing a great picture of forest in a brochure for the Holden Jackaroo at work, I decided on a darker theme. It was in dark blue, black and white.

VERSION 10.0 - August 1999 [dreamhost]
I went for something totally different. It was a happy, simple version in red, blue and white. The main picture was of the Perth band Turnstyle. This version didn't last long because it got too much negative feedback and the picture took too long to load.

VERSION 9.0 - June 1999 [dreamhost]
One of my favourite versions. It was purple and white. The title was written in Japanese. It was simple and uncluttered.

VERSION 8.0 - May 1999 [dreamhost]
This was black and green with tinted pictures of Natalie Portman and Kylie Minogue.

VERSION 7.0 - March 1999 [xoom]
I had a good grasp of HTML by now (but maybe not design), and created a light pink and yellow site with a black background.

VERSION 6.21 - February 1999 [xoom]
I changed the picture of Kylie to a picture of me when I was little.

VERSION 6.2 - January 1999 [xoom]
This had black, cream and dark orange frames, with a picture of Kylie Minogue.

VERSION 6.1 - December 1998 [cybercities]
The same frames layout, but I tried to create a cleaner look after I discovered the "personal domain" world. It was blue and white with a picture of Drew Barrymore.

VERSION 6.0 - November 1998 [cybercities]
My first frames version, this was with two frames, with the menu on the left. It was green and black with a manga picture of Sailor Saturn.

VERSION 5.1 - September 1998 [fortunecity]
The same layout as the one above, but separate pictures instead of a large image map, and the colours were green and yellow.

VERSION 5.0 - June 1998 [fortunecity]
A very graphics intense dark pink and black version. The navigation was a large image map, with little pale yellow boxes on a black background covered in pink stars.

VERSION 4.0 - March 1998 [geocities]
This was an Arabian-inspired gold-buttoned site. The buttons were very large and took quite a while to download.

VERSION 3.01 - December 1997 [geocities]
After someone stole my star background, I changed the background to a different coloured planet instead.

VERSION 3.0 - November 1997 [geocities]
Still created in Word 97, this was a simple looking page with light blue and yellow buttons and a star background.

VERSION 2.0 - October 1997 [geocities]
Also created in Word 97, this version was purple and black, and I tried to make it look "industrial/grunge".

ORIGINAL - July 1997 [geocities]
My first ever site. It was just simple text links with a Rainbow Brite background, and I created it in Microsoft Word 97. The font was large lime green. How proud I was.

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