Welcome to thrillofadventure.com!

this site = chapter 34 of my life.  an evolution, yet also a new beginning…  This site represents the application of my dream… 

I was laid off from my 9-5 typical small american corporate service industry job.  Like millions of people all across the world, I was thrust into the depressed economy – jobless.  I come from a background of entertainment and media production and design.  However I have one enormous hobby that consumes my spirit…  Adventure.

I have decided to publish my world travels in a comprehensive blog featuring photos, videos, and written accounts of some of the amazing things I have accomplished – with only the best yet to come.

In the making of this website, first thing I had to do was find the name.  This is no easy task!  As a former “domainer” that once owned over 2000 domain names, I knew right away what I was in for.  Pretty much anything worth having in a “dotcom” was taken for a long time. top level, one-word, two-word and even three-word keyword combinations are strip mined by cyberquatters.  I spent many many hours organizing lists of keywords, prefixes, suffixes, etc to try 1000s of combinations – searching for a candidate.  You cannot truely build a long-lasting far reaching website without a dotcom.  After attempting 1000’s of combinations of the word “Adventure” (mandatory), I found nothing.  So then I tried another trick.  using a common saying.  a phrase.  first one I thought of was Thrill of Adventure.  1st one out of my mouth and guess what – it was available!  I couldnt believe it.  It’s mine now!  Off to a great start…

Next, I needed a look.  A logo.  For now I have opted to used a photo of me on my most recent trip to North Europe.  A photo of me outside Stonehendge in the early afternoon.  Then I needed a logo/watermark.  With almost no thinking about it at all, I quickly came to the thought of using a passport stamp.  why?  well because I collect them, and they have special meaning to me.  besides, they represent travel outside your comfort zone!  Adventure….

Today has been a busy day.  I have the content management system installed.  The Gallery system installed.  Slideshow funcionality installed.  All configured and working.  I have a name, a logo, and a backbone.  Mmmmmm  but I also have content!  Over the next couple months, I will be assembling and building the content I have captured and created into web friendly chunks of adventure.

If you are reading this, then you are one of the select few I have invited to witness the birth of my next chapter, and application and hopeful realization of my dream come true…

Wish me luck!

Below you will find an example of the gallery, slideshow, piclens functionality that will display my thoughts and photos:  each of these functions are powerful, dynamic, unique and exciting delivery tools – I hope you try them out!  I love playing with them!  These photos are fitting metaphors for this task.  They are from my very first flight to Europe.  In itself a realization of a life’s dream.