beeurd
Member Since 07 Feb 2002Offline Last Active Mar 24 2013 03:18 PM
Where did that decade go?
Updated 04 Feb · 2 comments
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Hey I'm Andy and, as you have probably noticed, I am the Community Manager here at Galactic Basic.
I have been an internet addict since mid 1997 when I started helping my high school test their new internet and email system, and became an administrator on the school network.
I have had a personal homepage online since around that time; starting out on free sites (Angelfire, MSN Homepages, GeoCities) until around 2001 when I bought my first domain name--www.beeurd.co.uk--which was really just used to develop my skills with HTML and CSS (much later of course).
Allow me to backtrack to 2000 for a moment, as this is where Galactic Basic really begins to become an idea of mine...
In early 2000 I got my first "proper" job at a local McDonald's branch. It was good pay for my age, I was apparently good at saving money back then as by autumn I bought my first PC and got some good old dial-up AOL.
Although it possibly wasn't the first I joined, the first forum I can remember being a member on was Westwood Studios' official Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 forums. It was not a pleasant experience as the site was full of hostility; although to be fair I was a bit of a n00b at the time.
Being a big fan of Jurassic Park, I discovered a website called inGenNET and met a bunch of good people there, a few of whom I am still in contact with today. This was where I met both darthraptor52 and Aurelius...
( This is a work in progress... Will continue soon... lol )
I have been an internet addict since mid 1997 when I started helping my high school test their new internet and email system, and became an administrator on the school network.
I have had a personal homepage online since around that time; starting out on free sites (Angelfire, MSN Homepages, GeoCities) until around 2001 when I bought my first domain name--www.beeurd.co.uk--which was really just used to develop my skills with HTML and CSS (much later of course).
Allow me to backtrack to 2000 for a moment, as this is where Galactic Basic really begins to become an idea of mine...
In early 2000 I got my first "proper" job at a local McDonald's branch. It was good pay for my age, I was apparently good at saving money back then as by autumn I bought my first PC and got some good old dial-up AOL.
Although it possibly wasn't the first I joined, the first forum I can remember being a member on was Westwood Studios' official Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 forums. It was not a pleasant experience as the site was full of hostility; although to be fair I was a bit of a n00b at the time.
Being a big fan of Jurassic Park, I discovered a website called inGenNET and met a bunch of good people there, a few of whom I am still in contact with today. This was where I met both darthraptor52 and Aurelius...
( This is a work in progress... Will continue soon... lol )
Community Stats
- Group Community Manager
- Active Posts 21,020 (5.1 per day)
- Most Active In The Spaceport (6448 posts)
- Profile Views 10,117
- Member Title the one and only
- Age 29 years old
- Birthday July 8, 1983
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Gender
Male
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Location
United Kingdom
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Interests
Web design, internet, most kinds of music, Sci-fi/fantasy movies/books, art/architecture... thats about it.
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Referred by
Nobody, I made this place!
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Occupation
Online Community Manager
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Website URL
http://www.beeurd.com/
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MSN
andy@beeurd.com
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AIM
beaand83
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