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Welcome to the Tripod Insider. This week, we learn the benefits of speaking in complete sentences. Read more about it after checking out what's new on Tripod.
Content And Services
This week we bring you a brand new homepage! Now it's easier than ever to find our Homepage Builder and the zone that's right for you, from Web/Tech to Women. Each zone has related pods, great conversations, and a healthy dose of our fabulous original content. So what are you waiting for?
Spring is here! Celebrate by joining in the Peeps 1998 contest -- send in your Peeps memories, anecdotes, and Peeps myths and legends. And, you can share the fun by sending e-mail Peeps to all your friends!
Got those hoop dreams, but you're stuck at your desk? Play "Executive Basketball" and you can shoot hoops with everything in the office — and not get yelled at...
Can't get enough Peeps to satisfy? You'll be at home in the Sweet Tooth Pod.
—Chris Young, Toymaker
Bingo is gambling, plain and simple. So why does the Lord smile on the churches that raise their funds with the devil's ping pong balls? Sunny Andersen goes undercover in "God's Game."
Fixing to go gambling at the local rectory? Why not bring some friends? You can meet them at the Christian Fellowship Pod!
—Dan Reines, Issues Editor
In the Women's Zone, Janet Ray goes looking for love, online... and all she gets is a virtual grope!
Have you ever looked for love online? Did you find it? Would you recommend it? Let's talk about cyber-love, in the Women's Zone Conference.
Maybe we can help you find love... in the Romantic Pod. Hey, it's worth a try. http://www.tripod.com/pod_central/pods/romantic/
—Emma Taylor, Women's Editor
The Media Zone is proud to present the "Washed-Up Celebrity Dunking Booth," a new online game allowing you to send some of yesterday's biggest stars splashing into a barrel of cold water. Dunk a celebrity and up pops humorous "where are they now?" info. Dunk all the celebrities and take your choice of three washed-up "virtual prizes." Step right up!
Gossip about your favorite celebrities, their movies, their music, and where they are now, in the new Celebrity Fan Pod.
—Randy Williams, Media Editor
Do you and a special ally at work snicker together at meetings and send each other hundreds of e-mails a day? Ingrid Schorr details how your cubicle comrade, or "Work Spouse" is more than a lunch buddy or mentor -- s/he can keep you sane and get you through the day.
Laughter is the second best thing to a work spouse. Laugh your job troubles away in the Funny Bone Pod.
—Lori Tuckett, Work & Money Editor
With Opening Day upon us, Steven Goldman points out that baseball isn't about who wins or loses. It's about colorful characters and stories -- and it's about bringing fruit to throw at the players...
What herbs will extinguish those menopause hot flashes? Can you catch warts from your boyfriend? You've got questions, we've got answers. Tripod's Ask the Docs -- more answers, less turn-and-cough!
Love sports? Don't worry, there are others JUST LIKE YOU! So come on down to the Sports Fans Pod!
—Lori Tuckett and Dan Reines, Health/Sports Editors
This week in Homelife, new answers from the Handy Girls on clogged drains, cleaning marble, squeaky floorboards, and more. Plus, ask the Handy Girls your own fix-it questions.
Think you're as crafty as the Handy Girls? Find others just like you, in the Crafty Pod.
—Sidney Harper, Homelife Editor
Scot Hacker's "Hardware and Software Buyer's Quick Guide" gives expert advice for determining what you REALLY need and how to go about finding the best deal -- in straightforward language. Read this before your next computer purchase, or caveat emptor!
Share your latest development tools & tricks, seek some sage-like advice, or just talk about your new hardware, in the TechBits Pod.
—Randy Williams, Web/Tech Editor
ALSO FROM TRIPOD
Every Friday, one of the Tripod staffers shares a few informal words with our readers. This week, ad team designer Jason Patrikios takes that "informal" bit literally with a brain-dump of epic (and comic) proportions.
TRIPOD MEMBERSHIP
FREE MEMBERSHIP: Even more disk space! Tripod is now offering, for a limited time only, five megabytes of disk space with which to build the world's greatest Web sites. Now more than ever, it's time to make Tripod your home on the Web! All current Tripod members, as well as all new members who sign up during this limited time offer, will permanently receive 5 Megs of disk space — FREE! Build or edit your homepage today!
TRIPOD PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP: Just got even better! Now get 15 MB of disk space when you sign up to become a Tripod Premium Member. That's enough to post your 1000 page novel, 300 pictures of your friends and family, 400 cool graphics and animations, and still have tons of room left for recipes, favorite links, whatever! Sign up today!
DISCOVERING LYCOS
Insider readers know that Tripod recently became part of the Lycos family of companies. We enjoy our association, and love how this allows us to bring great search and navigation to Tripod users. Check out the "Danger Will Robinson!" site -- create your own planet, play the 3-D game, and more! Lost in Space opens in theaters on April 3.
We at Tripod think of the Insider as a work of literature that does more than merely inform Tripod members about the events within Tripod. We see it as a tool for social change, a way of eliminating societal prejudices and preconceptions. Specifically, we'd like to focus this week on the stereotypes surrounding computer programmers.
Most of us think of computer programmers as obsessed, sleep-deprived creatures who spend every waking hour (usually beginning at 3pm) staring at glowing monitors, communicating only in monosyllabic grunts and occasional incoherent bursts of technical acronyms. Well, while most of that preconception is absolutely accurate, members of Tripod's tech team took a big step toward proving that programmers are capable of expressing themselves in complete sentences.
It seems that a pack of Tripod's code warriors found themselves in the local Pizza Hut on a recent evening (was that breakfast, guys, or lunch?), being served by a waitress with an unusual appreciation for the English language. None of the techies will reveal what actually transpired, but the result is enshrined above Jeff Vander Clute's monitor: The techies got a 15% discount off their check for, and I quote, "Speaking in complete sentences."
Jeff, who's capable of speaking in complete sentences in at least four languages (and half a dozen programming languages) threw down the gauntlet: He challenged Tripod's editorial team to deploy their oratory skills and obtain a similar discount. Now you can't walk into a restaurant in the greater Williamstown area without encountering a flock of Tripodians loquaciously exercising their gift of gab in the hopes of modest financial gain. (If you haven't guessed, I'm shooting for 15% off as well. So far the best I've gotten is an offer of 5% off a pizza if I would shut up.)
Thanks for becoming a member of Tripod.
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to e-mail Ethan Zuckerman, Vice President, Research & Development. His mailbox is always open.
Ethan Zuckerman
VP, Research & Development
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