PhilRoberson.com--Site Info

Phil and Amy's Web Site—Site Info

This site was created on Macintosh G3 and G4 computers using Adobe PageMill 2.0, Adobe Photoshop 5.5, Apple Final Cut Pro v3.0, Quicktime Pro 6.0, GifBuilder 0.5. and Photovista v1.0.1.

PageMill is showing its limitations now, so I am using raw HTML text files and Javascripts because I am too lazy to buy and learn modern web desaign software. No Windows machines, Microsoft software, or Intel processors were harmed in the making of this site. However, it should work flawlessly on any browser or platform (shouldn't all web sites?). I did break down and buy a Microsoft mouse though, so I am no longer pure.

The site was initially built during the end of 1999 and was launched on January 1, 2000.

September, 2004 Update

Photos of the Fusion 100 skydives held in Pepperell, MA on August 25-29th.
Plus, there are new skydiving photos of my four-way team Shin-Jitsu, the world freefall convention in Rantoul, IL, photos from the Orange New England record attempts on July 26th, and photos of some tandem students.
New horse pictures including shots of Taro, Willy, Mr. D., and Rhapsody. Oh yeah, and their riders too!

April, 2004 Update

We now have two streaming web cameras. The newest webcam faces our front porch, herb garden and driveway, and both webcams are streaming. That means that the images will update as fast they can based on your connection.
We have added a weather page to the web site with forecasting data, and information on sunrises, sunsets, and the phases of the moon.

February, 2004 Update

New horse pictures including Amy's New Years' day ride with all the horses, and photos from the Charles River Dressage Association's fall schooling show at Apple Knoll farm in Millis.
New pictures of Taro, and Pancer—the newest horse on the farm.
New skydive photos of Santa and his elves jumping in to Pepperell.

November, 2003 Update

New skydive photos including pictures from the new Massachusetts and New England record skydive, and photos from the U.S. Nationals in Lake Wales, FL.
New Skydive videos including jumps from the U.S. Nationals in Florida.
Pictures from Amy's Summer Horse Camp!
New pictures of Taro the Horse, and the chickens (sounds like a rock band doesn't it?).
A link to Steve Roberson's web site My talented musician brother.

June, 2003 Update

We moved the Web Cam back to the horses. It faces the middle turn-out and part of the riding ring.
More pictures of our new horse Taro! Including pictures of his plane ride. He arrived from Holland in May, and he's beautiful.
The chickens now have there own web page (of course). Don't everybody's?
Even more skydive photos including a picture of an 83-year-old tandem passenger (Sally's mom) and team Blast.

April, 2003 Update

Our Web Cam now faces our new baby chicks! They are in a brooder in our house and are the newest addition tothe farm
Pictures of our new horse Taro! He's actually still in Holland where Amy found him, but he has a ticket to the states in early May. We're excited..
A movie of Mr. D (the horse), waiting for his breakfast
New skydive photos (of course) from Phil's trip to Arizona in March.

December 2002 Update

A link to Alice Roberson's web site (my niece). Pictures of Alice, cheerleading, friends and her dog.
Pictures from the two-phase horse competition in Amherst, NH.
New skydive videos including the 48-way from this summer's Casa boogie, and my competition dives from this year's U.S. Nationals.
New skydive photos including shots of Santa Claus jumping, photos of my team at this year's U.S. Nationals, and shots of Team Momentum training for the Nationals.

October, 2002 Update

Pictures from the two-phase horse competition in Amherst, NH.
New skydive videos including the 48-way from this summer's Casa boogie, and my competition dives from this year's U.S. Nationals.
New skydive photos including shots from my team at this year's U.S. Nationals, and shots of Team Momentum training for the Nationals.

July, 2002 Update

Phil and Amy's road trip to North Carolina.
New skydive videos including my first cutaway, and Anne Klein's jump with the Harvard Business School banner.
New skydive photos including my first malfuntion and cutaway.

May, 2002 Update

New horse pictures from the farm.
More skydiving pictures. Banner jumps, balloon jumps and more.
New skydiving movies. Including another balloon jump, and a 2-point, 30-way, sunset jump from this winter at CSS.
More pictures of Leroy Zipper—the dog.
The Web Cam has moved. It now faces the front field, until we move it again that is. These live images are updated every minute.

December, 2001 Update

Pictures of our New Dog Zipper.
Link to the Doran's web site. Arthur, Julie, and the whole clan.
Link to pictures from this September at the farm. These pictures were taken by Rob and Cindy Jaczko during a visit.
The Web Cam has moved. It now faces the "in/out" area, where the horses hang out a lot until they can go back on the field. These live images are updated every minute.

October, 2001 Update

A new Web Cam! Keep an eye on the horse with live images of Heald Street Farm which are updated every minute.
New skydiving videos (of course), including the POPS record jump, and never before release footage of the women's record jump this past summer.
New skydiving pictures including the above mentioned jumps and more.
Link to the Burning Daylight team web site (my skydiving team) including memorial web pages in honor of Chuck Parsons. My friend and team mate who passed away on June 12th.

July, 2001 Update

Link to memorial web pages in honor of Chuck Parsons. My friend and team mate who passed away on June 12th.
Pictures from Phil and Mike's White Water Rafting trip on the Dead River in Northern Maine.
A few additional pictures from China (we had previously misplaced a roll).

May, 2001 Update

New horse pictures and New horse videos including a couple of videos of Major, our Clydesdale friend.
New Skydiving movies (of course) and new skydiving photos from trips to Florida this year. Also, team pictures of Burning Daylight.
All the large images and movies now open in separate windows with a brief description. This should make browsing photos much easier.

April, 2001 Update

New Pictures from our trip to China. Lots of people seemed to like the images of The Great Wall from our last update, so we put a whole page full of them up here.
New Skydiving movies including clips from a balloon jump in Florida, and a video of me (Phil) videoing. Hey, it's all about me!
All the large images now open in separate windows with a brief description of the photograph. This should make browsing photos much quicker.
Amy and Phil now have separate e-mail addresses. Amy can be reached at southiedog@aol.com, and Phil can be reached at phil@philroberson.com.

December, 2000 Update

Pictures of Phil and Amy on The Great Wall.
New aerial views of the farm (Thanks to Don Mayer for taking me up in the Cessna).
A short movie of the ideal horse's life at our farm. (You'll need to Download QuickTime. If you haven't already, you have probably already missed tons of cool stuff on this and other web sites.)
New Skydiving images including shots from the World Freefall Convention in Quincy, Illinois.
Remember, we now have our own domain name. You can now access this site by going to www.philroberson.com The old address will still work too, but this new address should be good for a long, long time.

October, 2000 Update

Our own domain name. You can now access this site by going to www.philroberson.com (the old address will still work too).
New Skydive videos including a better version of the New England POPS record 15-way, and the 40-way jump from my perspective as I dove in. Also a couple of jumps from the World Freefall Convention in Quincy, Il. (You'll need to Download QuickTime. If you haven't already, wassup with that? It's cool, it's free, and it let's you see these videos and the virtual reality tours.)
Pictures of Scotty, the newest horse in the herd.
An "About this Site" page that describes how this site was built (This page).

September, 2000 Update

New Skydive videos including the New England POPS record 15-way, and a 40-way jump from two aircraft.
(You'll need to Download QuickTime if you haven't already, it's cool and free).

March, 2000 Update

New pictures of a couple of the horses including Journey and Glo and Willy.
New Cool Virtual Reality Tours from on top of the silo, and up on the roof!
(You'll need to Download QuickTime if you haven't already, it's cool and free).
New Skydive videos for those with fast connections.
Our return e-mail (oops, we forgot that last time).