So, what is toomanychamploo.org and how did it come into my possession. Well, pull up an ice block and lend an ear.

In late 2004, I was at SIUE and plagued with morning and evening classes. I didn’t want to commute home in between classes. Therefore, I spent much of my time on campus and in the computer lab. Occasionally, I did work. =) I mostly killed time and downloaded stuff. If classmates needed to find me, they knew where to go. Sometimes a class would require the computer lab, and teachers thought I was in their classes. As you can imagine this got boring quick and I needed something to occupy the seconds ticking by.

At the time, there was a buzz about a new anime series, Samurai Champloo. It was being produced by the director of Cowboy Bebop, Shinichiro Watanabe. There had already been a few websites dedicated to Samurai Champloo, but they were becoming really neglected. Some were getting hacked or no one was updating them. I thought I could do a better job, and I needed a hobby.

I racked my brain trying to decide on a good domain name. I wrote down as many one word descriptions and adjectives and tried to combine them, like a magnetic word poem. Nothing stuck. Eventually, I was listening to some Pink Floyd, and I thought, “Man, these song titles make no sense.” And, it struck me. The name didn’t need to make sense. So, one of my favorite artists had this song called “Too Many Chiefs…Not Enough Indians”, and I decided that that will do. And Too Many Champloo… was born.

Let’s see. My first blog post is dated 8/12/05, but there were some before that that got lost in the internet. I was trying out different blog software and content managers. Though I’d like to redesign the Samurai Champloo area, I’m now dedicating more time into this blog. There isn’t any more Samurai Champloo information coming out and it’s pretty stale. With this blog, I’d like to branch off into newer territories and have a website for me, my family, and side projects away from the Samurai Champloo name.

Again, I racked my brain trying to pick out a new domain name. I wanted something airy, friendly, and easy to remember. After much debate, I decided upon timbertank.com. Originally, I thought about tanktimber, but it was already taken (what are the odds). But now, I think I like the words swapped better. Bonus points to whomever thinks they know what the name means. Or if you feel like making something up, that will do too. (cause I really have no idea! ) I’ve got a starving artist working on an image, and that might help. So, yeah. Moving day will be coming soon.

If Ceej or Clear, want to move their blogs over here, I can do that. It would be timbertank.com/clear like timbertank.com/blog will be. Or if any other readers want a free blog or bandwidth, you can hit me up. I’ll consider it.