Timeline

From WWR

I really wish this were kept more up-to-date and detailed, but we're so busy doing instead of recording what we did that ...well...this is the result. Jimbob 21:55, February 15, 2008 (AKST)

2008

• January 19: Move to Sagonet from 1&1 servers. Went from 512K RAM to 4gig.

2007

• September 15: Grand Opening and Esther Golton House Concert

• January 12: Esther and Jim separate to figure out what they both want to do

• April 26: Jim applies and receives official State Of Alaska business licenses and name registrations for Whole Wheat Radio. $225 for 2 years. First step toward making the infrastructure of the new building on Birch Creek Blvd. an official business

• Summer: Jim and Esther tentatively reconcile and begin forging a new relationship

• August 7: Jim wires floor electrical outlets. Main floor is done - porch is not. Lots else has happened before this entry - best seen in the photos which give a great timeline. Esther and Jim are planning a September 15th CD release/Grand Opening celebration.

• October: Esther tours the west coast to pursue her music.

WWR Business License
WWR Business Name Registration
WWR Business Name Registration Part 2

2006

The new Wheat Hole

• March 22: First live chat in version 4.

• March 19: What's playing fuctionality added to version 4.

• March 16: Jimbob installs the first WWR wiki. Esther is in Anchorage helping her sister deliver her first baby. Notable in that significant innovations at WWR often occur when Esther leaves for a few days.

• March ?: Hoonah notifies WWR that MTA has begun offering an 'unlimited bandwidth' DSL package called Go! Play Plus for $139.99 / month. Esther orders package and cancels the previous internet account associated with the 2nd WWR phone line. Package is supposed to provide 768kbps upload and download speed but real-life tests by Jimbob indicate more like 200kbps upload and 512kbps download. Regardless, this new package opens up for the first time the possibility of WWR being able to upload a 128kbps stream.

• April 6: Esther and Jimbob sign the papers and take possession of the Wheat Palace.

• May 23: All vestiges of the old Version 2 website are completely removed.

2005

• June 21: Wheatstalk 2005 - the first one

The 3 Blind Mice, at Wheatstalk 2005.

2004

Building the Wheat Hole

• Summer: Wheat Hole construction was completed.

• July 31: First House Concert, featuring Jack Williams.

2003

Early WWR. Jimbob is looking at a text version of the J-Walk Blog.

• March 10: J-Walk listened to WWR for the first time. He still regrets that fateful day that has subsequently caused countless hours of wasted time.

2002

• August: Esther is away from Talkeetna. Jimbob creates Whole Wheat Radio.

1956

Jimbob started out as a cute baby, but he got progressively uglier as he grew up.

• January 8th: Jim Kloss, he is born. And the world was changed.