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Vol. 3, No. 43

October 24, 1997

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Wo another Tripod Insider. This week we all have a strange feeling of deja vu regarding a new employee, and the "ping pong break" is gaining popularity with the staff. Read all about it after checking out what's new on the site.

Content And Services

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

This week's Tripod's Insider is brought to you by 1-800-ONE-DIME from Sprint. Sprint takes the mystery out of calling collect with 1-800-ONE-DIME, the smart way to call collect anytime!

NEW IN HEALTH/SPORTS

When was the last time that you saw a dentist? This week's visiting expert can point you in the right direction: whether you have bad breath or bleeding gums. And speaking of cavities, this week's quick quiz asks: just how many Tripodians would rather die than give up their sweet tooth? Finally, in Ask the Docs, Dr. Bob tells the real truth about diabetes and how to fight heart disease with estrogen, and our holistic doctor explains how to outwit fall flu season and seasonal depression.

—Lori Tuckett, Health editor

NEW IN THE WOMEN'S ZONE

It's time for an old-fashioned white wedding in the Women's Room! Either that or a made-to-order, please-sign-here wedding for the '90s. Could marriage use a few footnotes and a little customization to bring it up to speed? Should couples be writing their own vows and drawing up their own pre-nups? Check out "Hitched," then discuss all things nuptial in the Marriage Poll and the Women's Room Conference.

—Emma Taylor, Women's Room editor

NEW IN WEB/TECH

Wish working with an HTML document was as easy as a word processing document? It can be just as quick, and just as flexible, with Cascading Style Sheets. Change your style, this week in LifeSupport. Also, don't forget to check out this week's newest Pods: Extreme Sports, TechBits, and Science Fiction!

Do you want to tamper with nature? Another sponsor of this week's Insider and Tripod's Film Buff Pod is Columbia Tristar's film, Gattaca. The world of Gattaca is totalitarian, really. Genetic engineering makes people better: more beautiful, more intelligent, more desirable. But at what price? Gattaca comes to theaters this Friday, October 24th.

—Maria Trimarchi, assistant Web/Tech editor

NEW IN WORK

This week in the Work section, explore jobs without ever moving your butt from in front of the computer screen with our new Career Profiles! Gabrielle Mullem interviews the culinary world's rising stars and mogul chefs, Spike Gillespie goes one-on-one (literally) with a freelance writer, and Bernadette Noll discusses the trials and temptations of working for cash. Then you can get info on hundreds of other jobs in our Career Gallery and add your OWN worklife profile to our conference.

—Randy Williams, Work editor

ALSO NEW ON TRIPOD

In the Daily Scoop this week, we've got Che Guevara and Communism, technophobia, and a loving tribute to trash TV. Remember: We're filtering the best headlines, feature stories, and trends on the Web for you — every day!

Every Friday, we invite one of the Tripod staffers to share whatever is on his or her mind with our readers. This week, production assistant Christopher Johnson does just that with a cosmic, comic brain dump of epic proportions.

Celebrate the Day of the Dead! Make an altar for a departed loved one, browse the altar gallery, or send a cyber-candy skull (guaranteed not to melt in your hand). And as always, the fun_games is packed with jokes, toys, games, and other innovations to keep you entertained throughout your day.

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Tripod Insider

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Although we work in an incredibly fast-paced industry, there are those of us here who fear change. Some people still park in the lot of our old office building, and others (namely Scott) still insist on wearing shorts — thinking that it's still summer! Apparently, we don't like to rock the boat when it comes to new employees, either. Ed Schwab, our new Systems Administrator, looks incredibly similar to the man he replaced, right down to the beard. It remains to be seen if Ed can dance as well as Jon, but it's comforting to see a familiar face (sort of) in the Sys. Admin.chair.

If Ed wanted to get to know us, he picked a bad time to start. In the past few weeks everyone has fled the office for one reason or the other. We're contemplating renting out C.E.Bo's office since he's traveling so much; Kara seems to have taken permanent residence in New York; and in recent memory, Jeff, Margaret, Scott, Ethan, and Don have all been away more than than they've been here.

With all the boss-types away, there's been more time to do some real work... on the ping pong table, that is. Yes, the 'pong competition is really heating up, with games going on as early as 10am and as late as 11:30pm. Coffee breaks now are less about coffee and more about ping pong. It all comes down to knowing when to hold 'em, when to fold 'em, and when to run from the 'pong sharks.

Thanks for becoming a member of Tripod.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me.
My mailbox is always open.

Tung T. Pham
Membership Director
[email protected]

This has been another issue of the Tripod Insider, the weekly newsletter on what's happening at Tripod.. Past issues of the Tripod Insider are also available.

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