This section is decidated to Bret Kelly’s writing(s) and ramblings. I wanted to archive the column that I had years ago for fab magazine seeing as their archives don’t even go back that far. This gives a feel for my style. I need to go back and find the old colums that I did for 3 years. And also to start writing stuff again. I like to write. Bret Kelly
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Surfing & cruising It’s time to log off by Bret Kelly This is my last Surfing & Cruising column. When I landed thisgig in 1998 I was ecstatic because I finally had an outlet for mywriting. It seemed like a natural fit since I was already workingon the Net. Ninety-nine percent of the e-mail that […]
Surfing & Cruising The man behind Nightcharm.com by Bret Kelly David K. of Nightcharm is a unique Webmaster. He developsand maintains one of the more interesting and definitely one ofthe most credible gay erotica sites on the Internet. The design isvisually stunning and the content extremely detailed. I askedhim to answer a few questions:
Surfing & Cruising Email by Bret Kelly I’ve used Eudora as my e-mailer for years but I just discoveredthe statistics feature of the program now. The latest version 5.0 Prois the first to incorporate line graphs that are chronicled by day,week, month and year. I always knew that I received too many e-mails but
Surfing & cruising The boy in a bubble by Bret Kelly The idea of living one’s life online is a strange thing to me.Knowing that people are constantly watching my every movekind of frightens me. I feel that I live in a fish bowl when I’m rec-ognized in the village or at a club but
Surfing & Cruising DVDs on your computer by Bret Kelly Something I haven’t touched on, but think it’s time for, is thesubject of DVD [Digital Versatile Disc?) You can play the diskson your DVD player, but you can also shove them into yourcomputer. Newer computers come with a DVD/CD ROM drivebut you can’t play
Surfing & Cruising You oughta be in pictures by Bret Kelly One of the more frequently asked questions that I get fromreaders is, not surprisingly, usually related to technology. Ofthose questions, the big one would be “How do I get a photoonline?” I’ve covered this territory in a previous column but I’llrecap for the
Surfing & Cruising Music for the masses by Bret Kelly David Wayne is a gay artist who writes, performs and produceshis own music. I asked him about his career and how the Web hashelped him share his music (www.mp3.com/davidwayne] You have two CD’s available at Mp3.com, David Wayne andLife Among the Waves. When did they
Surfing & Cruising Less moping, more groping by Bret Kelly In the last issue this column had two ads next to it — one forthe Canadian AIDS Society (www.cdnaids.ca) and, below it, onefor the Barracks [www.barracks.com). Although this was likely acoincidence, I was glad to see them on the same page becausebareback sex is
Surfing & Cruising Profile of Boostboys.com by Bret Kelly BoostBoys.com has been nominated for a CyberSocket.comWeb Award in the Clubs & Events category. You can vote for theirsite until Dec. 31 with a chance to win prizes. I spoke with Webdesigner Jason Ford about the site: How did the Boost Boys Web site come
Surfing & Cruising Show me yours by Bret Kelly I’ve covered the subject of Web cams several times and every time I get a lot of feedback. Many of you have already had cam-eras and many of you are taking advantage of Web cam technolo-gy. I’ve only recently started using my camera for chatting