Frequently asked questions about Cornography
Version 1.4 (Revised October 19, 2001)
1.0 --- Cornography and it's History
1.0 --- Cornography and its History
Cornography started as a poem-writing campaign by James Collar and Eric Schramm. It was meant to pass the immense amounts of free time these guys had. Poems about stupid trivial matters were soon found amusing to those around Jim & Eric. Finally, the got a column in their school newspaper The Bridge entitled "Demented Doggerels" which was composed entirely of poetry. When Jim and Eric took Spanish V with Sra. Briones, they learned the art of internet e-mail lists. In fact, they were assigned to make one as a requirement in the class. Using the new-found internet access, they began to send out a newsletter to their classmates. It began as "The Newsletter" and was later renamed as "Cornography." Subscribership increased which warranted a web page. The page started on Eric Steffens home page and was later moved as Eric Schramm obtained his very pown web page.
Cornography was done partly because Jim and Eric were so chock full of stupid conventions and nutty jokes that people around them were getting irritated and partly because Jim is majoring in journalism. Free time is never left unused.
Cornography is copyright pending so be aware. Eric and Jim have no problem, however, with anyone sharing any of their original material or artwork and passing it on, so long as it's originators may be credited and noted in some small shape or form.
1.3 --- How can I learn more about the authors?
Eric's old web page, Eric's Place is still up at cornography.com. Here you can see the Dan Hoppe Fan Club and even catch an mp3 of Eric's old band. Jim will have more information on this site soon! Or just e-mail them personally - eric@cornography.com & jim@cornography.com (coming soon!)
The newsletter was the printed electronic form of Cornography that was sent via e-mail weekly during the school year to subscribers.
2.1 --- How do (did) I get subscribed to it?
Early on, Cornography was plagued by low readership. So, Eric and Jim took it upon themselves to introduce more to the wonders of Cornography. One tactic used was to semi-solicit graduating classmates as a symbol of goodwill and a way to keep contact with them. Several others were subscribed totally by random, kinda like winning the lottery. Susbcriptions can be made by e-mailing Eric or completing the survey on the web page and indicating the will to subscribe.
Cornography was mailed via Netscape's mail program. It was sent via blind-carbon-copy which allows for the anonymity of the subscribers. This also allowed for the HTML version of Corn to be sent as well which features an easier-to-read interface with an embedded link to the web page. Presently, Corn is only published on the web and in the future we may decide to also e-mail the html version.
2.3 --- Can I get mine PGP-encoded?
PGP-encryption is the standard for hiding your e-mail from andministrator's prying eyes. Some of you may not want other to know that you are a fan of Cornography so we would gladly encode it for you using PGP. Just let us know of your intention and we'll trade keyrings.
Cornography was free, is free and will remain free as long as it is distributed free via e-mail. The e-mail is free because the e-mail is free for us. Our web page, however, is supported by Eric and maintained by him. Eric and Jim believe that the quality of the newsletter will suffer if it is for profit.
2.5 --- How come I don't get it anymore?
Eric and Jim eventually had to get some lives so they could not find too much free time on their hands. They both have a strong wish to continue Cornography in some shape or form, but have not yet decided what to do. The cornee database is still maintained, however, many of the e-mail addresses are old so it is highly likely that any future efforts will be published on the web.
The Web Page is currently contained at http://www.cornography.com. On it is found many graphical and textual based Cornography items.
3.1 --- How often is the web page updated?
The web page is updated weekly during the school year. Eric is constantly learning new HTML and Java coding techniques and keeping Cornography state-of-the-art. While Cornography is in session, the current issue will most likely be found, so that keeps it updated almost weekly. Other parts will be updated as material is added to the Corn data base.
3.2 --- Who maintains the web page?
Eric Schramm maintains the web page and hosts it most of the time on his Power Mac 6100/66. Otherwise the DNS will forward you to his page hosted on homepages.mac.com.
3.3 --- Where do the graphics in Cornography graphics come from?
The pardoy pix were modified by Eric and Jim in their spare time. No offense is meant in any of the parody pix to the original trademark which was modified. The other pictures were taken from Eric's First Aid Manual from the American Red Cross and other pictures may have been found on the internet. Most pics include brief biographies. These will be back up soon!