About Me & this Blog
Hello. My name is Estella (initials E.T.) and I’ve been creating web sites since 1996 and started blogging since 2004. The purpose of this blog is to share my experiences with dear friends online. I blog about anything interesting that I come across. My interests and hobbies include web design, pets, puzzles, cooking (working on it), some sports (ice skating, tennis, badminton, bowling), reading and thinking. My all time favourite anime character is Doraemon – awesome as always!
Blogging Language
The main language used throughout is Chinese – to keep up with my Chinese language and typing skills. English is sometimes used depending on the topic. Whichever language flows better that day, I’ll use that language. I even attempt Japanese sometimes, though I’m still learning. I do try to use more Chinese though, as I do not use it very often anymore in my daily life.
Web Experience
Prior to setting up this blog, I had a few personal home pages in the past. A few received awards and one of them was recommended in a Hungarian magazine (the “Internet Kalauz” 1997 – still have a copy at home). My GeoCities site back then won a web page competition for St. Patrick’s Day (first place out of hundreds or thousands of competing web pages), the prize was an upgrade from 2MB to 5MB of web space, and trust me, that was A LOT at the time.
Blog history:
2008 – decided to switch to the popular WordPress system which has more online support
2005 – switched to a Korean blog software Tatter Tools
2004 – private blog using pMachine
Web site history:
2008 – new layout for estella.com; grey/papillon theme
2006 – new layout for estella.com – as portal page; soft pink anime theme
2004 – started blogging on estella.com (etblob.estella.com)
2002 – officially stopped updating my old web site (estella.com/estella); brainstorming for new ideas
1997 – registered estella.com and moved my site to there. In the same year, estella.com/estella was a featured site in the Hungarian magazine “Internet Kalauz” in the children’s web site section.
1996 – first ever web site hosted at BlueSky
