Toph's Homepage

Hello. My name is Chris Hancock. My nickname is Toph, which is short for Topher, as in ChrisTOPHer. I have 2 personal domain names www.itoph.com and www.chrishancock.org both of which end up at the same place - here. I probably would have preferred to have toph.com, which was available for a long time... but I didn't get it until some other Toph did. (And then did nothing with it - click the link if you want, but its ugly.) So, I have iToph.com - the i stands for Internet in the same spirit as the iMac. If you are looking for a group that knows about how to deal with spills of oil and other substances from ships you might try www.itopf.com.

iToph.com features include:

An extensive links page.
About five thousand pictures, mostly from vacations. I also have some goofy pictures I found on the internet.
Get me a gift. Suitable reasons include: because you like this site, because you hate this site, or because you couldn't care less about this site.
Chat me up - as in online instant messages.
Vendors who have either given me excellent or horrible service.
I like to ski.
A list of changes I made to my Mac OS X installation.
I bet you're wondering what kind of mileage my beefy '97 Ford Escort used to get (it has since been replaced). Take a look. If you like that, I have more where it came from.
How I use star ratings in iTunes and iPhoto.

My Timeline The timeline does not include all picture albums, or all pictures for each album, they are at my picture album page.

February 12, 2006	I signed up for an account at Frappr.
November, 2005	I read a couple of books that I really liked. Hominids by Robert Sawyer and Startide Rising and The Uplift War by David Brin.
November 5, 2005	Amy and I return from our trip to Mexican Riviera Cruise.
September 27, 2005	A new season starts for my co-ed team, Scared Hitless.
September 26, 2005	A new season starts for my men's team, A Case of the Hits.
June 5, 2005	I return from USAV Nationals in Denver.
May 19, 2005	Amy and I return from our trip to Paris.
May 1, 2005	Amy and I return from visting Mark and Nancy.
December 4, 2004	Amy and I return from our trip to Italy.
September 28, 2004	A new season starts for my co-ed team, To Kill a Blocking Nerd.
September 27, 2004	A new season starts for my men's team, Paul Stevenson Associates.
June 14, 2004	A new season starts for my co-ed team, To Kill a Blocking Nerd.
January 14, 2004	I signed up for an account at Friendster. Click here to sign up for an account.
December 6, 2003	Amy and I return from our trip to London (all pics, just favorites).
September 23, 2003	A new season starts for Amy and my co-ed team, To Kill a Blocking Nerd.
September 22, 2003	A new season starts for my men's team, Paul Stevenson Associates.
September 5, 2003	Amy and I went to the Dells. Black Bart's was ok. Treasure Island and Paul Bunyan's were good.
August 15, 2003	Amy and I went to a Cub's game for my Birthday.
July 19, 2003	My parents visited Chicago, and we went on a River Cruise.
July 18, 2003	Bulls News Network, your source for Chicago Bulls News is launched.
July 4, 2003	Amy and I spent July 4th at her Dad's Kentucky condo.
June 8, 2003	Amy and I returned from a mini vacation in Hilton Head.
May 26, 2003	Dave, Natalie, Amy and I returned from a camping trip in Wisconsin.
March 2, 2003	Dave, Matt, and I returned from a ski trip in Banff, Canada.
Febrary 23, 2003	I got my new iPod from Apple. I loaded 3,743 songs, about 15 GB, in 38 minutes - 6.7 MB / sec.
Febrary 14, 2003	I booted Knoppix for the first time. Info, Download
Febrary 13, 2003	I had a small mole removed from my stomach/chest. It seemed to go well. Stitches come out in 2 weeks.
Febrary 9, 2003	Amy and I returned from a mini-vacation in Florida.
December 15, 2002	Amy and I got back from our cruise.
November 30, 2002	Amy and I went to my 10 Year High School Reunion at Eagle Vale in Fairport.
November 28, 2002	Amy and I went to Thanksgiving at my parents place in Fairport, New York.
November 24, 2002	Amy and I went to a Pat Powers volleyball clinic at Spikes in Crystal Lake, IL.
October 13, 2002	Amy and I went to a Bulls game on Friday, and a Blackhawks game on Sunday.
September 24, 2002	A new season starts for Amy and my co-ed team, Gumby.
September 16, 2002	A new season starts for my men's team, Paul Stevenson Associates.
August 29, 2002	The sun has set on our Summer Co-ed Volleyball team, Setting John Malkovich.
August 23, 2002	Amy and I went to an Apple event. I bought a 20 GB iPod and OS X 10.2.
April 17, 2002	I am healthy.
February 21, 2002	Amy and I returned from a mini-vacation in Florida.
October 6, 2001	Amy and I went to John and Michelle's wedding in Chicago.
October 27, 2001	Amy and I returned from our Carribbean cruise.
October 6, 2001	Amy and I went to Kevin and Joan's wedding in Peoria.
August 25, 2001	Amy and I went to my Uncle Jared's wedding in upstate New York.
August 15, 2001	I returned from a family vacation in North Carolina.
June 30, 2001	Amy's Maid of Honor Rachel married Eric Hardin.
May, 2001	I started using the Dvorak keyboard layout - info, picture - my Mac OS X Dvorak page.
February 27, 2001	Amy and I returned from a four day mini vacation in Florida.
February 21, 2001	I returned from a three day ski vacation in Colorado.
November 29, 2000	I registered chrishancock.org. It is hosted at Pair.com ($10 one time fee to mirror itoph.com). I registered it at Dotster.com ($15/1 yr).
October 16, 2000	Amy and I returned from our mini vacation to San Francisco.
October 1, 2000	iToph.com went live. It is hosted at Pair.com ($5.95/mo). I registered it at Dotster.com ($30/2 yrs).
August 13, 2000	Amy and I returned from our weekend in New York City.
July 30, 2000	Amy and I returned from our weekend in Montreal.
April 8, 2000	Amy and I returned from our honeymoon.
March 25, 2000	Amy and I were married - pictures, info page.
October 21, 1999	Amy and I closed on, and moved into, our townhouse.
September 4, 1998	I proposed to Amy.
August 23, 1998	Amy and I got our cat, Enya.
January 20, 1997	I started working at The Revere Group.
December, 1996	I graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
June 9, 1995	I went on my first date with Amy Richardson.
January, 1993	I joined Alpha-Alpha Chapter (Alumni) of Alpha Phi Omega.
September, 1992	I joined Phi Chapter (Alumni) of Sigma Pi.
June, 1992	I graduated from Fairport High School.
August 15, 1974	I was born in Ithaca, New York.

"Regret is the worst of human emotions. There is no going back with regret. There is no future with regret. Regret is not something I live with. If there is something I wished I hadn't done, I don't do it anymore or I forgive myself and try better.

"My life is my statement and I try to be true to myself and thusly to other people. Whatever my failings are, they are human and I try to perfect it each day." - Bill Shatner on Slashdot.

chris@itoph.com

Last updated February 19, 2006.