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Vol. 4, No. 06

February 6, 1998

Welcome to a special edition of the Tripod Insider, which is dedicated this week to some Big News. And after we tell you all about that, the editors will tell you what's new on the site.

Content And Services

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

On February 3rd, Tripod was acquired by Lycos, a leading navigation network ("Your Personal Internet Guide"). The integration of Lycos's personalized navigation services with Tripod's fast-growing community and cool original content creates an unparalleled new-generation online service -- the richest way to experience the infinite resources of the Web. But the *real* news for you is all the great features we can now bring to Tripod members, like the following for starters:

*Tripod/Lycos Personal Guide*: Would you like us to build a Web page just for you, where you can go 24 hours a day to get your own stock quotes, the weather in your area, your horoscope, news headlines, easy access to Tripod member services, and more? We already have; all you have to do is turn it on.

*Web Guides and Community Guides in Zones and Pods*: So you know what your interests are, but you don't know where to start looking? Lycos Web Guides will take you to the best sites in whatever category you choose; and Lycos Community Guides let you vote on whichever sites *you* like best. Just visit any Tripod zone or Pod to get started.

*Lycos searches*: At the bottom of just about every single page on Tripod, you can now use a Lycos-powered search engine to find what you're looking for on Tripod, or anywhere on the Web. And your homepage may start showing up in these searches; see below:

*Add your Tripod homepage to Lycos*: Want the world to see your Tripod homepage? Tripod members can now register their homepage with Lycos, absolutely free, making it available to 7 million Lycos visitors a day.

Check out the Lycos Virtual Press Room for more info.

NEW IN WOMEN'S ZONE

Are you a red hot lover... or a cold fish? Answer ten quick questions and we'll tell you -- it's the Tripod Love Tester!

Do you think the phrase "women's equality" is still an oxymoron? Get involved in the X-Squared Pod.

—Emma Taylor, Women's Editor

NEW IN HEALTH/SPORTS

The Super Bowl may be over, but the liver disease is just beginning for writer Kevin Chanel -- don't miss "Beer and Loathing at the Super Bowl."

Got some nagging health problems you're not sure about? Well we can't help you -- but our doctors can. Ask the Doctors!

An apple a day is just so... drab. So how about a dash of healing herbs to go with it! Check out the Alternative Health Pod.

—Lori Tuckett and Dan Reines, Health/Sports Editors

NEW IN HOMELIFE

This week in Homelife, new answers from the Handy Girls on mice, tiling, stripping, and more. Plus, if you've got a fix it question of your own, go ahead and ask the Handy Girls!

Find your inner Julia Child in Tripod's sweet-smellin' Cooking Capers Pod.

—Sidney Harper, Homelife Editor

ALSO FROM TRIPOD

Two Fridays back, Ethan used his letter to lament the amount of info about him available at search engines. This week, editor Randy Williams enters his name at the Alta Vista engine -- and discovers he may be a bisexual Latino bigamist and martial arts star with multiple doctorates.

Tripod Insider

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So what does it feel like when your company is purchased by another company? Relief seems to be the common theme here in the offices this week. All those late-night phone conferences and last-minute emergencies have taken their toll on people like Beancounter Bruce (who has aged about 10 years during this deal-making process, as a result of being asked to generate mountains of paperwork at a moment's notice), Bo's personal assistant JoAnn (who has come down to the office at 4 AM in her bathrobe many times in order to juggle Bo's travel schedule), and HR Director David Stewart (who has been charged with keeping us all full of pizza and coffee for the last few months). Now that it's over, we're catching up on sleep.

The Tripod/Lycos deal was important to all of us here, but it meant something particularly special to Chris Johnson, our quality assurance manager. Chris was chosen as Tripod's poster boy by one local paper, which put a full color shot of him lounging at work (feet on the desk, as always) above the fold of Wednesday's paper, next to the words "$58 million" in 50-point type. Chris, who has already received several marriage proposals and offers of local real estate, is looking into having that headline and photo made up into commemorative plates. So if you're interested in a plate, write him soon -- these babies are gonna go fast, let me tell you.

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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