[Jason]

Thanks for the kind words, Bklyn! This post was by no means an attempt for a pat on the back for myself. It was meant for a sincere thanks to all of you guys and gals!

Albie, the history of the name elcova.com:

Briefly, I have been goofing around creating websites for quite some time, with hopes of cashing in big. Hearing all the stories "...of XYZ Co. and internet company was bought out for $100 million today ..." I thought, how hard could it be.

I had come up with an idea, something related to my day job that I thought would be a winner. 100%. The ELectronic COmponent Vendors Association (ELCOVA). It would be almost like a BBB for my industry. Spent days upon days creating the site, and then months and months tweaking it and marketing it. Long story short - it was not working, not one client bought into my idea!

Sometime during all of this, I happened upon a picture of the H2 in R&t or C&D or some other mag and knew I had to have it. (I had an H1 in 1995 that I absolutely loved, but had to get rid of it due to unforeseen events). Went to the local dealer to ask about the H2 and within five minutes they had my deposit. That day and many days thereafter I began my quest to find out more about the upcoming H2. There was very little out there and the stuff that was, was buried several pages deep. I found mself going back to those same pages all the time. After a while that got old and tiresome, looking at one picture on one page, going to another page for another single picture ...

I decided to make use of the Elcova.com site that I was already paying for (with several GB and space available) I copied and pasted all the info onto one page for my personal enjoyment. Whatever else I found from there on was placed in the same spot. In time, I felt others could benefit from what I had created so I submitted the site to the search engines. In time folks began to show up and offer more photos, more info and other ideas that I could use. One of those ideas was to place a forum on the site! In time, it turned into what it has become today.

I never changed the name, ELCOVA because of the high search engine rankings and did not want to risk those. Oh and by the way, I did not get one of the first H2's as I pulled my deposit back with second thoughts about it. Then I began to further watch the site grow as did my obsession for the H2, it just would not go away. I got mine in January as a 30th B-day present for myself.

Bottom line, no one offered me $100 Million for ELCOVA, but I think I got a lot out of it in the end.

Got a little wordy, sorry. But it is a fun story for me to tell and will do so at any chance I can.

- Jason