Welcome

Hi! My name is Will Murray. Welcome to my home page on the Internet. I started designing pages professionally for the Internet before the first graphical Web browser, NCSA Mosaic, was developed. Once Mosaic arrived, the Web quickly turned graphical, and personal home pages became all the rage for college students around the world. Today, personal home pages have been replaced largely by social network sites, like Facebook and MySpace. This site serves as a homage to the home pages of the past, as well as a resource for linking to my various online accounts.

Looking for a different Will Murray? Doc Savage author, Canadian politician, U.S. conservationist, U.K. road safety specialist

I started using the alias "Willscrlt™" as my screen name as a charter member of America Online, and later as my online nickname on several dial-up bulletin board systems (BBSes) starting in 1988. I loved reading the tales of Robin Hood, Will Scarlet, and the other Merry Men when I was a child. I came up with the alias by combining my real name, "Will Murray" and the Robin Hood character's name, along with my reddish hair and a deliberate misspelling to keep things short.

While I have been very fortunate to be able to register the alias "Willscrlt" on most sites, I am not the only "Willscrlt" to be found on the Internet. The largest site I am aware of where this is the case is aol.com. Since "Willscrlt™" is my trademark, I am trying to resolve this problem to avoid confusion and identity problems.

I'm the Willscrlt with a real name of Will Murray from Sacramento, California, usually with a profile photo that matches the one shown above. To absolutely verify that a particular Willscrlt is me, check the site links below to see if there is a match. If not, you may have found an imposter. I'd appreciate it if you let me know.

Recent updates

Recent Flickr images

Sacramento Convention Center, West Entrance and Fountain (DSC00263)

Rescued Kitten 1/3 with the Story (DSC00310)

Celebrate the New Year (2008-12-31 DSC00880)

Nevada-California state line, looking south-southeast

Nevada-California state line, looking southwest

Sacramento Photowalk: Rodney's Cigars & Liquors 4 (DSC00768)

Sacramento Photowalk: Rodney's Cigars & Liquors 3 (DSC00756)

Sacramento Photowalk: Rodney's Cigars & Liquors 2 (DSC00760)

Sacramento Photowalk: Rodney's Cigars & Liquors 1 (DSC00764)

Sacramento Photowalk: Fred Mayes Diamonds Clock at Night (DSC00754)

Sacramento Photowalk: Sacramento Elk's Lodge at Night - Near (DSC00778)

Sacramento Photowalk: Sacramento Elk's Lodge at Night - Distant (DSC00771)

Sacramento Photowalk: McCormick & Schmick's Sign at Night (DSC00748)

Sacramento Photowalk: McCormick & Schmick's at Night (DSC00776)

Recent Furth & Fortune blog entries

I (dis)like you because… Um…

It is sad that so much of the fighting, intolerance, and hatred of "the other" seems to align itself along the lines of, and even within, organized religions. Jesus, Mohamed, and nearly every other religious leader taught their followers that we are supposed to love and care for our fellow ... (Wed, Dec 31, 1969 4:00 pm)
Cross-posting Test

I am trying again to get my blog to cross-post automatically to my LiveJournal, Blogger, and Xanga accounts. Here's hoping that everything goes smoothly. In test #1, Blogger came though almost instantly. I think LiveJournal didn't work because I hadn't added my Webserver to the authorized mailers list. Hopefully LJ will ... (Wed, Dec 31, 1969 4:00 pm)
California considers making online maps a blurry mess

According to this report, "A California lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require all virtual mapping programs to blur out schools, places of worship, government, or medical buildings or face hefty fines and possible jail time." Assemblyman Joel Anderson (R) wants to hamper the efforts of terrorists who use online ... (Wed, Dec 31, 1969 4:00 pm)
Everything is possible

How many times have you heard the saying that "everything is possible"? It's bandied around freely, and people think it's a nice platitude, but not really true. But is it? As long as something is conceivable within the reality of this universe, is it actually possible? Obviously, if you think it's ... (Wed, Dec 31, 1969 4:00 pm)
What 5 books would I take with me to a desert island?

Q: You're packing your bag for a trip to a desert island--the kind with no electricity--what 5 books do you take with you? A: It would kind of depend on how long I was expecting to be on this island. Since I have the luxury of planning ahead and packing for ... (Wed, Dec 31, 1969 4:00 pm)
Flying with condors

The Smithsonian Network had a documentary On Demand about world-class British hang glider Judy Leden who wanted to fly with the Andean condors in Patagonia in Argentina. If you get a chance to watch it, I recommend it. (I've included a link to a related book by Judy Leden available ... (Wed, Dec 31, 1969 4:00 pm)

Site links

Social sites I visit nearly every week:
Amazon	English Wikipedia	Facebook
Flickr	Google Reader	Last.fm
Twitter	Wikimedia Commons

I visit these sites nearly every month:
Dopplr	eBay (Work)	eMusic
GaiaOnline	Jango	LinkedIn
LiveJournal	MySpace	Plaxo*
Upcoming	Wakoopa	English Wikibooks
YouTube

* indicates that registration is required.

Occasionally I visit these sites:
Bebo	Blogger	Del.icio.us
Friendster	Google Calendar	Pownce
Shelfari	StumbleUpon	Technorati
Tumblr

I have accounts on these sites, but rarely visit:
30 Boxes	43 People	43 Things
43 Places	All Consuming	Blinkbits
Bloglines (Blog)	Bloglines (Blogroll)	Digg
eBay (Personal)	eHow	French Wikipedia
German Wikipedia	Hi5	ILike
ImageShack	Italian Wikipedia	Jumpcut
List of Bests	MediaWiki	Meta-Wiki
MOG	Multiply	Newsvine
OpenID	Orkut	Picasa
Portuguese Wikipedia	Simple English Wikipedia	Slide
Spanish Wikipedia	Tagged	Typekey
VOX	Webshots	Wikinews
Wikiquote	Wikisource	Wikispecies
Wikiversity	Wiktionary	WindowsLive
Windows LiveSpaces	Xanga	Yahoo! 360°
Yelp