In thinking about what to write as I restart my musings on this blog, I reflect on what inspired my website’s name … bootedman.com.

It is amusing to think back to 2004 when I was diligently cataloging my boot collection, taking low-res digital photos of my boots, and using a primitive HTML coding processor offered by my ISP at the time (my cable TV provider.) As I was developing that crude first-attempt website, I had a number of conversations with Larry of hotboots.com fame, and his exceptionally creative and technically adept husband, Bill.

Bill urged me to create my very own website, on my own domain, and suggested ways that I could improve my web-building techniques.

So there I was, thinking to myself, “what web domain name would work for what I want to do, and what is not already taken?” I thought long and hard about myself…
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