Hello all! I’m Richard X. Thripp ^[1], and 2007-12-23 marks the day of my first entry on my blog ^[2] at richardxthripp.thripp.com ^[3]. The reason for the subdomain is so that I may share Thripp.com ^[4] with friends and family without it being a personal website.

Unfortunately I have crippled hosting through Netfirms ^[5], and so all my pages must have “/index.php” in their URIs (2008-11-01 Update: switched hosts long ago). When I switch to a better host (I’m locked in through 2008-07 ^[6]), hopefully I’ll be able to redirect all old links to the new pages without “/index.php”. I was able to get advertising set up through Google Adsense ^[7], which may cover hosting costs.

Expect to see a lot of my photography ^[8] and essays ^[9]. Check out my about ^[10] page, which lists me and my family’s websites, and contact information and pricing regarding my photography services (Daytona Beach area, Florida).

Go ahead and post some comments to get the ball rolling. No registration needed, for now at least (2008-11-01 Update: no registration required ever).