The
Dr Psychotic Domain name was reserved on December 31st 2000. It started
out utilizing some ideas used in the creation of a local arts magazine I
started. The local arts magazine covered music, poetry, art, theater,
local venues and local events. There was also a touch of humor added for
good measure. The magazine did not fare so well and ended after just a
couple of issues. However, I got the idea to try some of the ideas out
in an online format with a bit of a different theme.
I decided
to narrow down the focus a bit. I did away with the local aspect of
things and basically limited the website to humor arts and
entertainment. Although, when you think about it, a lot of things could
potentially fall under those few categories. I also decided to create a
fictional character that would be the presenter of it all. That was Dr
Psychotic. His character was to be a mad doctor bent on world conquest.
He was going to take over the world by using the Internet as a tool.
Basically, the concept inferred that the site was to be big.
At
first the site was relatively small, with just a few features. However,
my intent was to make it as big as possible. Not just big as it would
pertain to popularity but big in terms of the number of features and
pages. Currently, the site has a lot of features and over 3,000 pages.
Among those many features are: classic poetry, guitar chords and scales,
keyboard chords, soprano recorder scales and songs, harmonica songs,
mandolin chords and scales, mandola chords, categorized jokes pages,
Classic Rock album reviews, movie reviews, photo gallery, cartoon
gallery, American history, balalaika chords, trivia, articles and more.
Still,
to this day, I continue to add features to the site and update what is
currently there. Among the updates, is the creation of new animated gifs
and various images through 3D image and animation software. Over the
years, the website has become a bit more aesthetically pleasing. I can’t
really say how many times the various sections of the site were
redesigned to a nicer appearance or how much additional content was
added. It’s been a lot of work, but it is nice to sit back and examine
the totality of what is there. It’s pretty big. Originally, I would
never have guessed that it would have grown to the size that it
currently is, but there it is. It’s been a lot of work over a good
number of years, and I will never regret any of the hard work put into
it. It’s my baby and it always will be. Even if nobody ever visits the
site ever again, I will always love what I created. Happy twentieth,
Doc.
Bob Craypoe
