Welcome to Altoplace!

Altoplace is my personal site where I can share my technology and life interests as I learn how to do website development. This is my “favorities” landing page, but please do checkout my Blog.

Searching …

This is where I jump off to search info about a topic that I am interested in.

• Startpage – a private search engine!
• DuckDuckGo – another private search engine.

The Internet …

Info about where I live in the cloud and how I get there.

• Pair Networks – my website hosting company
• MTCO– my local ISP

Web Development …

These are links that I use to explore the ins and outs of web development.

• Who Hosts This Site?
• What CMS is This Site Using?
• MxToolBox – Look up all kinds of information about domain names, IP addresses, SMTP, etc.
• OSTraining – a low cost, but high quality place to learn how to build great websites!

Apple …

I am currently involved in the Apple world because of the quality of the hardware and software, and I get a Unix-like environment with my Mac.

• MacRumors – lots of interesting Apple news and rumors
• 9to5Mac – another good source of Apple news

My Local Area …

Here are links to news, weather, and events in the greater Peoria, IL area.

• MTCO Connected – Metamora, Germantown Hills, Washington and Marseilles
• CI Proud – A great source of central IL news & weather!
• WEEK – Another good local source of news & weather.
• You Gotta Eat – A direct link to WEEK info about local eateries.

My Faith …

My faith is important to me; these are links that I like.

• Grace – a local church in Peoria, IL
• Community Bible Study – A great place to learn what the Bible says about life. My class is in Peoria, IL.
• CBS Fisher login – Online access to the Community Bible Study lessons.
• Our Daily Bread – A quick, easy to read, daily devotional.