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August 27, 2008
Zachary Beryl Prager is born... 6 pounds, 10 ounces, 18.5 inches.... to Naomi & Richard.
March 7. 2008
September 23, 2007
New Photos in Leah, Rebekah, and Photo Album (Us)
June 10, 2007
Pictures of Naomi & Hannah
December 23, 2006
We've posted new pictures of us!
Monday, November 20, 2006
Arrow, our pet dog for 14.5 years, died today. Read her obituary.
Thursday, March 9, 2006
I regret that I don't spend much time updating our Web site these days, but business has been busy and work comes first! We managed to squeeze in a weekend vacation to Disney last month. Plus, we just celebrated our 14-year wedding anniversary! Rebekah turns two next month and starts summer camp with Leah in June.
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Photos from our Chanukah Party
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Tamara & Rebekah appeared in a feature news article in the Sun-Sentinel. This Sunday paper has a readership of almost one million!
Leah had her fourth birthday party.
We had a hurricane yesterday! Check out Hurricane Coverage for full details.
We were asked to send in a "family picture" for Leah's first day of school next week. We figured out how to use the tripod and the camera's self-timer. The shot came out pretty good! See it on our Ronkin photo page.
Photos from our latest trip to Disney.
Rebekah had her first birthday party! It was a beautiful day. Check out her birthday party pictures.
Tamara's grandfather died. Read the Obituaries page.
Check out a new picture of Tamara, Leah and Rebekah on the US page.
Rebekah now has her own Web site!
Baby # 2 is on the way! Check all the latest updates in my pregnancy journal.
July 2, 2003
Mia Grace is born! Proud parents are Dana and Joe. To see the pictures, go to www.danadidonato.com.
Rachel is eight weeks old. Check out Rachel's first studio portraits.
Leah has a new cousin! Welcome Peyton Ashley, little sister to Jake and Skylar.
February
2, 2003
Rachel is now six weeks old! Check out Rachel's new photos.
December
14, 2002
Leah
has a new cousin! Tamara's sister Shoshana and husband Brian became proud parents
of a new baby girl, Rachel Miriam Zisk, born on December 14th, 2002 at 4:14
PM (California time). She was 7 pounds, 8 ounces and 19 inches long. Some photos
are on the right. Check out more on the Zisk Photo Album
Page (updated
12/28/02).
Here are the pictures from Halloween!
Check out our Disney World vacation.
See photos of Dan & Kristin's new baby Erin. Also, our bird, Binky, died last summer. We finally updated our Pets page to reflect this.
Read our review of Bonnaroo, a 4-day camp concert in Manchester, Tennessee.
There's a new picture of Rosa Crane and baby Ashleigh.
Shoshana and Brian got married. Check out the photo.
We finally reviewed the February 2 Ratdog concert.
Check out Tamara singing her father's Manishtana in the Frisbee Forecast.
We added new pictures of Dan and Kristin with Leah.
We added a new picture of Naomi with Leah.
We added another two videos of Leah.
Check out the Chanukah party video and our first online video of Leah!
Pictures from our Chanukah party.
Pictures of Leah's friends.
New picture of Naomi.
Hurricane Michelle missed South Florida.
There are two new pictures of Tamara's family.
Tamara's grandmother passed away on October 22. We created a new page called "In Loving Memory."
Our baby was born! See photos here.
Andy and Rosa Crane had their baby!
New picture of Eric and me taken in January of this year.
Check out a new picture of Shoshana & Brian in the photo album. Also, we have a new house guest.
Happy 4th of July at the Samole house. Check out the photos on Tamara's Family photo page.
Binky loves to take a bath! Check out the new photo in the Pet Project.
I just finished another dried flower arrangement. And, I've decided to open a Web site to sell custom arrangements online. Stay tuned for more information.
At Linda's request, I created a page to show pictures of our 1992 wedding. You can either get there from our photo album, or go directly to our wedding page.
This morning, I put together a sympathy basket for my friend, Lori. Tragically, her husband died on Friday, just three months after being diagnosed with lung cancer. I hope they find a cure for this awful disease soon. I plan to stop by her house this afternoon to drop it off.
I just finished a new dried flower arrangement. Also, Shoshana discovered an Internet station that plays over 240 hours of live Phish concerts! Check out the link to "PhishCast Live Internet Radio" in our Refried Links, or go directly to the station. Catch up on Binky's progress in our Pet Project. We have created a new page for Andy Crane, Rosa and their baby-on-the-way.
Gil graduates from high school. See photo.
Review of Phil Lesh and Friends in concert.
Okay, we're ready to admit it. There's a Baby on the Way! Also, there is a new picture of Binky in the Pet Project.
Rat Dog Concert Review and new pictures of Dana!
There's a new dried flower arrangement and a new picture of Naomi.
Weezer concert review and new dried flower wreath.
Check out a new astrology resource on our Horoscopes page.
We launched a new Web site today! Check out MBHC in our portfolio.
Check out new pictures of Arrow.
Meet the newest member of our pet clan! Introducing Binky.
Scott Kelley stopped by with his kids today. It's been many years since we've seen them! Here are some photos of the Kelleys.
Check out Tamara's latest dried flower arrangement using new materials and techniques.
View photos from our Chanukah party.
Check out the latest dried flower basket!
Here's a new photo of Shoshana and Brian!
Inspired by an e-mail inquiry about her Flower baskets, Tamara has revealed her dried flower basket-making secrets in this colorful, step-by-step, do-it-yourself guide.
We had lunch with Tamara's grandmother today. Here's a picture.
Happy November! Today, we added a new picture of Shane & Susan's kids.
A new concert review is online! Check out the review of the Barnenaked Ladies concert. A week earlier, we went to the Brian Wilson concert, but it was so awful that we walked out early and decided to skip a review.
For your listening pleasure, we present you with Ronkin Radio, our new 24-hour Internet radio station that plays a blend of classics, jazz and jam bands, including our favorites, the Grateful Dead and Phish. The permanent link to Ronkin Radio is on our home page.
We added a new retro-photo (courtesy of Naomi) of Tamara, Naomi and Shoshana as kids. On that same page, Tamara updated her father's obituary with some new comments. Check it out on Tamara's Family page. Also, there are two new photos of Tamara on Tamara & Eric's Photo page.
The California photos are up! Check out the pictorial review of our California Adventure.
We just got back from a week-long vacation in Northern California! We are currently putting together photos from the trip, so stay tuned for the pictorial. In the meantime, we just posted the Phish concert review, which covers two California shows that we just saw.
There's a new photo of Arrow and Chloe in the Pet Project.
Check out the new dried flower basket I created for my mom. Also, there's a new picture of Ari.
We launched a new Web site today! It's the NWSA Alumni Association. Check it out in our portfolio.
Welcome to September! We updated the birthdays and anniversaries above.
Hurricane Debby broke apart over Cuba and was downgraded to a tropical wave yesterday. Evacuation orders for The Florida Keys were lifted. The forecasters predicted that it was headed for South Florida as a category 2 hurricane and can't figure out where they went wrong. Oh well, life goes on. Today, we launched a new Web site for Solutions and Resources!
There's a new hurricane headed our way-- Hurricane Debby. It's too early for coverage on our site. As it gets later in the week, we'll know if it will stay on it's course to South Florida. If that happens, check our Web site for the latest information. In the meanwhile, in commemoration of today's 8-year anniversary of Hurricane Andrew, we present you with a new and improved Shocking Pictorial of Hurricane Andrew. Also, we launched two new Web sites... Salon Miko Day Spa and Frank Hill Artworks!
We just added something new to Eric's Rant. Also, we just launched a site redesign for Venn Nova, LLC, and added new pictures of Naomi and Dan to the photo album. Plus, there are new messages and a new family page in Ronkins Around the World.
Finally! After a one-year hiatus, Tamara made a new Frisbee Forecast entry.
Tamara just submitted two Web sites to clients for final review, so check Ronkin Consulting for the site launches soon! Also, Arrow and Chloe have put up two new pictures in the Pet Project.
Check out the new photos of Dana.
See a new flower basket Tamara made. Also, we are sad to report that Tamara's father passed away today.
Okay, so sometimes we lose Web pages while we're updating our site, but not on purpose! We recently noticed that two pages were missing so we revived them-- Dan & Kristin's photo page and the Grateful Dead appreciation page. Also, we updated the entrance to our site to make it easier to navigate to our three sections-- 1) Ronkin Consulting, 2) Personal Site and 3) Ronkins Around the World. If anyone is still confused, please let us know!
Tamara got a new hairdo today!
Introducing our latest client - Solutions & Resources! Also, we have added some new pictures: 1) Artistic Flowers, 2) Ari & Tamara and 3) Dana & Tamara.
This just in-- photos from Brooke's recital.
In honor of the new hurricane season (which runs from June 1 - November 30), we updated our Hurricane Coverage page. Check out the new photographs of Hurricane Andrew, the most devestating hurricane to hit the United States so far. Also, Tamara created and photographed a new dried flower basket.
Read our review of the Phish conert in NYC!
We are pleased to announce that today, Shoshana appeared "on the list of persons who successfully took the February 2000 administration of the California Bar Examination!" She is now bar-passed in three states: New York, Florida and California. Pretty cool, huh? Congratulations, Shosh!
Introducing our newest client! Go to our portfolio for more details.
Eric just became a Microsoft Certified Trainer! Go to our Design Studio to see all of Eric's amazing credentials.
We have a new picture of Ari. Check it out on Ari's photo page.
We are sad today. Birdie-Bird passed away this morning. Go to the Pet Project to read his obituary.
We have a new client! Check it out in our Portfolio.
Flower baskets! Tamara makes them. Want to see them? The new photo gallery is here.
We just added the coolest new feature to our Web site. If we are online and you press the button, you can chat with us live! When we're not online, it takes messages for us. To try it, go to our home page. We look forward to hearing from you.
We updated our personal photo page. Click here to see the new photos. Also, we redid our horoscope page. We trashed our old horoscope generator (which was always broken) and found seven top horoscope Web links. Now, you can read them all to determine your daily aggregated fortune. Click here to see the new daily horoscope page.
Tamara joined the company band last November. The original intention was to play the company Christmas party, but after months of scheduling delays, "Scope Creep" decided to throw a party to celebrate the new company Web site and to say farewell to three band members who were moving to New York. Click here to check out the photos!
Click here to see photos of Samole Passover 2000.
A new Ronkin Consulting Web project just went live! Check out the new Web site we developed for S & B Interiors, Inc. at www.sandbinteriors.com.
We are pleased to announce our newest client, S & B Interiors, Inc.! To see a sample of our work, click here.
This just in... new photos of Shane's Family. Also, we have collected all of our hurricane experiences into one section. All future hurricane coverage can be found here. Plus, we plan to scan in some photos of the devastation from Hurricane Andrew, the Category 5 storm that pummeled South Florida in 1992.
New artistic photo!
We updated the birthdays and touched up the Design Studio.
We're just snapping away! Check out the latest installment of Artistic Photos.
Congratulations to Eric who has just completed two more certifications: MCSE + I and MCDBA. How rare is this? Only 8,873 people have an MCSE + I, while only 3,073 have an MCDBA. To see Eric's full credentials, go to our design studio.
New site section - Artistic Photography! This is a gallery of artistic shots from our new digital camera.
We just added Daily Headlines to our site. It offers regularly refreshed news in various categories. In the future, you can get there by clicking on the link at the top of this page.
We have a new picture of Dana and company in the photo album. Click here to see it. Also, we have a new sample of our work in the design studio.
There's a new photo of the Samole clan. Check it out here.
We posted the February birthdays today. Also, we recently reserved a new domain name, www.jamboard.com, for a new hobby project. We plan to "give to the community" by creating an online information exchange between fans of jam bands such as Phish and the Grateful Dead. Stay tuned for more details coming soon!
We added a new game to our Interactive Library! "check" it out here.
The PHISH review and photos are up! Read it here..
How did you celebrate the New Year? Shoshana, Ari, Eric and I, along with 75,000 other Phish "phans," spent 2-4 days camping and dancing at the PHISH NYE2000 event in the Everglades. As soon as we develop the film, we'll post the story. In the meanwhile, if you want to download some MP3's recorded during the show (only until January 10th), check them out here: http://www.phish.com/elicense.html.
We've added a page in the photo album. Click here to see Claire.
We had our family holiday party (with Tamara's family) last night, and just got the photos developed. To see pictures from the party, click here.
We updated our Concert Scene to make it easier to navigate. Plus, we added a new concert Review for Ratdog.
Wow, I think this is the longest time we have been away from our Web site. All for good reason, though. Check out our latest deliverable, freecyberads.com. Also, keep an eye on Concert Scene, because we went to an outdoor concert last night. What a great show! The review will be arriving shortly.
Listen to new original music! Click here for the Fell Into the Sun (Remix).
Check out our review of the Yes Concert.
Somebody in California found our Web site and one of my songs. We were flattered when he wrote to ask if he could use it with an image he created on his Web page. Of course we said yes because it is so beautiful. Check it out here. (I think his java only works with a Microsoft Explorer browser).
Shoshana sent us new dinner photos from the cruise. Also, we are now using a new guestbook. Stop in and sign it!
When my mother saw our new album cover, she was "shocked" by the similarity to a photo of my father from 30 years ago. To make the comparison for yourself, check out his black and white photo at the bottom of the Tamara's Family photo page.
Check out the Vintage Shoshana collection. Also, take a look at the new album cover in our photo album.
Check out the new pictures of Arrow and Chloe in their Pet Project.
The cruise collection is complete! Check out the full pictorial in the September Frisbee Forecast.
Today, we put up a few of the new photos from the cruise, although the true cruise collection is still to come. Check out the new pics of Tamara's family and Us!
Ahoy there! We just returned from a one-week cruise through the Caribbean. The photos are being developed this afternoon, and we plan to post some to the site shortly. In other news, Tamara starts a new job on Tuesday (check out the Design Studio for more information), and Ronkin Consulting has been hired to develop a database-driven Web site. We hope to have it ready within 3-4 weeks, so stay tuned for a hyperlink to our latest work!
For your entertainment, we just added a neat new section to our site! Check out Interactive.Also, we added a new Java drop down list to the Frisbee Forecast!
I didn't realize how much fun roll-overs could be! Check out the new effects I put in at Ronking Consulting.
The August Frisbee Forecast is up.
This weekend, we saw our first pay-per-view concert. It was the Bare Naked Ladies!
Wedding pictures just arrived from cousins Brad & Stacie Pearson. We posted new vintage photographs of Ronkins in Ronkins Around the World. We reviewed the John Cougar Mellencamp concert.
We saw a concert on Friday night. Plus, we found a bunch of old ticket stubs. Read all about it in the Concert Scene!
We launched a new look for our personal home page!
Today, we added a new song to the Frisbee Forecast. Click here to hear Sunshine.
Eric became a Microsoft Certified Professional this week! When we attempted to add the seal to Ronkin Consulting, we couldn't help but update the look of the site, too. To see the changes, go to www.ronkin.com. The daily horoscope seems to have been working lately, which is good. Are you enjoying it? Please e-mail us with comments about our site!
Now we've got two horoscopes to suit your needs! Links for your daily and monthly forecasts are at the top of the page. Shoshana and I recommend the monthly horoscope (by the Astrology Zone) because it goes into great detail and often seems on target. The daily horoscope, which works sometimes, may be taken off our site soon if it keeps having server problems (which means you click on it and nothing happens). By the way, these links are not meant to "commercialize" our site. We just thought they'd be fun for you. Enjoy!
Interested in your daily horoscope? Now we've got it here! Just click on the link at the top of this page for a different horoscope every day.
Check out the updated Grateful Dead Appreciation Page.
The May Frisbee Forecast is now online. Click here for our review of the Hole Concert. Also, you can now e-mail Dmitrii Ronkin directly from his page on Ronkins Around the World.
Arrow and Chloe have added a few animations to their Web page. Click here to see what they've done.
Also, we saw a concert last night -- Courtney Love and her band Hole. We haven't decided whether to write a review or not. We'll let you know.
Check out the new navigation button and picture of us in the photo album.
Dan and Kristin returned from their honeymoon with a new photo. Click here to go to their photo page. Also, we added ourselves to the Ronkins around the World site.
Learn about Dmitrii Ronkin and family. Ronkins around the World is now open.
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our new site for Ronkins Around the World.
Also, the Frisbee Forecast came back today.
Some of the entries below have been modified. Read on for details. Happy birthday
Eric (April 3)!
Our Design Studiohas a new look today. Also, within the next few days, we will post our latest Web creation in our Design Studio Portfolio (yes, we were hired to do another site!) This one is really cool. Let us know what you think.
The
story "A few days in 
the
Big Apple!" has moved to the Frisbee
Forecast, March 1999.Yes, that's right, the Frisbee Forecast is back! To
read Eric's journals, go to The Rant. If you
think Eric should add something new to the Rant, let him know by sending at
e-mail to eric@ronkin.com. I
just discovered that my cousin Karen and her family have designed a Web site.
They have posted pictures of my aunts, an uncle, cousins, my brother, sister-in-law,
niece, nephew, and several children. Check it out here - http://www.homestead.com/bergerfamily/homepage.html
This weekend I picked up a library of 100,000 Web Graphics and 60,000 vector, photo and Web images. Wow! I can't wait to start using them. The purple clock shown below is a mere sample of this massive library.
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We got a cable modem yesterday. It's supposed to be 300 times faster than a standard 28.8 modem. Eric installed it on our server computer, which is supposed to link our two computers, cable modem and printer. The Network isn't ready yet, so I can't say anything about it. If you would like to see a sample of our work, check out the new issue of the Excalibur News on February 15.
Stuff to do at our site: Professionals, please visit Ronkin Consulting if you need Web design or programming. This section includes samples. Sign our guest book so we know that you were here.
Dana's recent message in our Guest Book inspired us to update our photo album. Check out the new look and new pictures by clicking here! While we were at it, we decided to revamp our entire site, so explore and enjoy!
I am doing a new, on-going free-lance project! It's called the "Excalibur Electronic News," and it's really cool. Every two weeks I post another issue at their Corporate Web site. It's a highlight of all the new stuff happening at the company. To see the latest issue of the Excalibur News, click here!
We have just joined a new Web community called XOOM. This means we have double the free Web space! To check out our new place in cyberspace, click here!
We got a new Web address, www.ronkin.com. Much easier to remember! You can also send e-mail to us at the following addresses:
Now that our site is so easy to remember, check back for more frequent updates! Actually, it's all about what's old. What's old was the old "What's New" page. Now this would not bother Eric one little bit, however this sort of thing is just what keeps Tamara up late at night tossing and turning and kicking Eric, which of course does bother Eric. So, rather than wake up bruised, Eric suggested that Tamara revisit the Web site and spiff it up a bit, to which Tamara replied, "You don't like my Web site?" After she got over this initial shock, she asked six friends what they thought, took an informal poll of seventeen strangers, and checked with Shoshana's psychic, all of whom said "What's a Web site?"