About

Updated 09.17.2007

What We Do

This site is not a full time paying job, so updates may take a few days to occur. The more you click the advertisment links (care of googleads) the more freetime we will have to work on bettering this site. That doesn't really explain what we do, so let me take another crack at it: This site is for Fast Cars, People, and Pictures. What does all that mean? Well, namely EVERY party we go to we will take pictures and update the site with those pictures. But on the weekends where nothing much is going on, we will most likely just throw a new car video or other entertaining morsels in various sections.

Where We Are

Geographically we are located in Illinois, and more specifically in the Chicago-Land area. However, it is the goal that people from everywhere start posting pictures on this site.

Where We Are Going

Physically we will only go as far as we can get in a single weekend. But we can't go to every event in every town on every weekend. We have school, we have jobs, we have significant others (well, sometimes). We are the average Joe. Eventually we want this site to be a place to find out what is going on a particular weekend. Also, it will be a source of what has already happened (hopefully not just stories, but pictures also).
I'm now going to be adding a "Car Section", which will take a while to do, but it should be nice when it is completed. You'll know when/where, so don't look here for updates.

What Does It Cost

To the end users (you) this site is free. The only thing we ask of you is a few clicks to the advertisment links to help support our hosting habits.

How The Pictures Are Displayed

All pictures are taken using the highest quality setting on the Sony CyberShot DSC-L1 Camera. Each picture is then opened with Photoshop 7, Photoshop CS, CS2, or Photoshop CS3, and converted to a standard 640x480 picture. The JPG quality is always set to 60, unless the file size is greater than 100KB, in which case the JPG quality is set to 40. Blury pictures are very rarely uploaded, as quality is a must. Starting November 2006, the picture size will be increased to 800x600. The size of the file will vary depending on the detail of the picture.

Are You In A Picture?

Think of it as an honor to be selected for a picture. If you want to have the full sized image (roughly 2304 x 1728 pixels), you can e-mail me with at least a couple details. If you see yourself online but don't want to be posted there, well, if you're nice you can e-mail me again telling me you don't want your picture online. I'll try to honor your requests within a 48 hour period, but if I'm on a vacation or other unforseen circumstances arise, well, you can just wait.

Back Home

Equipment Used:
Computer used: 2.86GHz P4 HT, 1.5GB PC3200 DDR, 560GB HD space, 2.4X DVD+RW, 8X DVD+RW, ATI 8500LE, 5.1ch SoundMax, 4X USB 2.0 PCI, 10/100/1000 3com NIC, 17" ViewSonic LCD, Running WindowsXP Pro SP2.
Dual 450MHz G4 AltiVec, 1.38GB PC100 SDRAM, 240GB HD space, 12X DVD-ROM, ATI Rage128 Pro, ATI Radeon 7000 PCI, dual 400mb firewire, 10/100/1000 NIC, 15" LCD, Running OSX 10.4.3.
1.8GHz AMD 64bit, 2GB PC3200 DDR, 120GB 5400 RPM internal, 80GB 5400 RPM external, 24X8 DVD/CD-RW Combo, ATI Express 200M 128MB Video, 15" Widescreen, running Windows XP Pro SP2.
Sony CyberShot DSC-P41 4.1megapixel camera w/ 128MB and 1GB cards.
Canon Elura 60 MiniDV Camcorder 14X optical 1.3megapixel w/ 8MB and 2GB cards.
Canon i455 Photo Printer.
Netgear Networking equipment.
Earthlink DSL service.
Apple iTunes 7 (Both).
Apple Quicktime 7 Pro (Both).
OSX Vnc 1.3 (Mac).
RealVNC 4.0 (PC).
Putty.exe (PC).
Apple Safari Webbrowser (Mac).
Mozilla Firefox 2.0 (PC).
Adobe Photoshop 7 (Mac).
Adobe Photoshop CS2 (PC).
Apple Mail 1.3.9 (Mac).
LeapFTP 2.7.6 (PC).
Transmit 1.7 (Mac).
Macromedia Flash MX (PC).
D-Link Webcam w/ Microsoft WDM Image Capture 5.0.219 using Biromsoft's WebCam 4.0 software.
Sennheiser HD570 Headphones, Logitech WheelMouse Optical, ViewSonic Slim Keyboard.

Special thanks to Apple Computer, Google, Newegg, and Dreamhost.

Back Home

Cars Driven:
Please go to Cars.TheLibrarie.com for more information.

**SOLD** 1989 Plymouth Voyager SE Dark Red
Purchase Price: Free
Modification Price: 250
Sell Price: 800
2.5 Liter Turbocharged I4
3 Speed Automatic
15" Stock Rims
Goodyear Tires
Stock Brakes
Stock Suspension
Stock Exhaust
Pioneer DEH-4300MP CD Player
MTX Amp
MTX Blue Thunder 10" Sub
0-60: Unknown
1/4 Mile: Unknown
Top Speed: Unknown
Fastest I've gone: 97

**SOLD** 1989 Honda Accord LXi Dark Red
Purchase Price: 2500
Modification Price: 400
Sell Price: 1400
2.0 Liter I4
4 Speed Automatic
15" Stock Rims
Goodyear Tires
Stock Brakes
Stock Suspension
Stock Exhaust
Pioneer DEH-4300MP CD Player
Rockford Fosgate 8 AWG Wiring Kit w/ 60AMP Fuse
Lightning Audio 1 Farad Capacitor
Rockford Fosgate 500.2 AMP
Profile California 400SX AMP
Rockford Fosgate 2x 12" Punch HX2 Subwoofers
Infinity Reference 6x9 Rear Speakers
Sony Xplod 6.5" Front Speakers
0-60: Unknown
1/4 Mile: Unknown
Top Speed: 119
Fastest I've gone: 119

**SOLD** 1993 Acura Integra GS Graphite Grey
Purchase Price: 900
Modification Price: 500
Sell Price: 1250
1.8 Liter I4
5 Speed Manual
EBAY Stage II Clutch Kit
1997 15" GSR Rims
15" No-Name Tires
Mintex Front Brake Pads
Thermal Dynamics Full Exhaust Kit
Carbon Fiber Dash Dress-Up Kit
Alpine 1300XD CD Player
MB Quart 6.5" Component Front Speakers
JBL Rear Speakers
Fake HID Blue Headlights
0-60: Unknown
1/4 Mile: Unknown
Top Speed: Unknown
Fastest I've gone: 90

**SOLD** 2003 VW Jetta GL Black
Purchase Price: 20,889
Modification Price: 4000
Sell Price: 14000
1.8 Liter Turbocharged I4
5 Speed Automatic
GIAC 93 Octane Chip (stock + 93 Chipswitch)
AEM Cold Air Intake
K&N Air Filter
ASA 17" Rims
225/17 Pirelli Pzero Nero Tires
Eibach Pro Lowering Springs Kit
Bilstein Sport Shocks
Mintex Rear Brakes
Crossdrilled Rear Rotors
Bora Black Tail Lights
PIAA Superwhite 9007 Headlights
Undercar and Underseat Neon Kit - Blue
Bora Chrome Door Sill Kit
Brushed Aluminum Dash Kit
Alpine CDA-9813 MP3/CD Player
Streetwires 8 AWG Wiring Kit w/ 60AMP Fuse
Lightning Audio 1 Farad Capacitor
Streetwires Distribution Block w/ 2x 60AMP Fuses
Rockford Fosgate 500.2 AMP
Profile California 400SX AMP
Rockford Fosgate 2x 12" Punch HX2 Subwoofers
Infinity Reference 6.5" Rear Speakers
Infinity Reference Component Rear Deck
0-60: 6.86
1/4 Mile: 15.12 @ 91.22
Top Speed: 147
Fastest I've gone: 145 (thanks to Q)

Family always comes first, then friends, then my car and myself are tied at #3.

Special Thanks:

JP for showing me this great deal on hosting sites

Ravenous for giving me access to all his great FreeBSD and perl scripting knowledge (and letting me use his scripts)

d00f for giving me my first FreeBSD CD (4.0 official release)

Solder2k for showing me my first UNIX commands

BIB for always being around to beta test things

All my friends and family for their support