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Vol. 4, No. 47

November 20, 1998

This week we turned 3! Yes, we're celebrating the Insider's Third Year Anniversary (in Web time that translates into 30 years).
Read all about it after checking out what's new on the site.

TRIPOD'S HOMEPAGE STUDIO

Tripod's New Homepage Studio has just roared into action! If you haven't had a chance to check out the cool new features like the new QuickPage Builder with "Build by Topic" and "Build by Design" options, the new Media Library, and other page building goodies... what are you waiting for?!

NEW FEATURES

Tyler tells the truth about her summer crush, Jimmy, in the latest edition of Tyler's Mad Crib.

Evel Knievel advises Tripod members on interracial relationships, "extreme" sports, and marijuana use.

THIS WEEK'S SPONSOR

Have you started your internship hunt yet? Check out the Visa Internship Database in the Jobs/Career Zone. It's full of hundreds of positions across the U.S. that will help you get where you want to go.

BUILDING SERVICES

Better Builders Unite! Come learn from and join our expert pagebuilders on Tripod in our new Better Builders Program.

(You will come to my site. You will come to my site. You will come to my site.) Psychic methods not working? Give TripodClicks a chance and see what a few banner exchanges can do!

Need a banner to exchange? Try out the new Banner Builder!

Okay, so Tripod Stats can't track visitors from other planets, but it can track visitors to your site from other countries! Put one of those little green boxes on your page and find out where your visitors are coming from. http://nedstat.tripod.com

HOLIDAY PREPARATIONS

THE HOLIDAY GIFT CENTER IS NOW OPEN. No need to bear the crowded malls or worry about what gifts will suit your loved ones' tastes and your budget. Find helpful summaries of products, gifts in several price ranges, and presents for every type of person (golfers, Web junkies, gamers, collectors, and more). Don't miss the book, music, and software reviews by Tripod staff members. We want to make the holidays as easy as possible for you, so you can enjoy them too!

Stuff the Turkey with books! When you purchase computer books through barnesandnoble.com you'll have a chance to win one of the 175 Microsoft IntelliMouse prizes they're giving away. One lucky book-buyer will also win a $2,000 shopping spree on barnesandnoble.com sponsored by Microsoft IntelliMouse.

Turkey Day is getting closer. Relax and enjoy it: put your feet up, send some Gobblemail, help some turkeys bag some pilgrims, and find some really helpful Thanksgiving resources at Tripod's Thanksgiving Central.

And don't forget to check out our old favorite, the Holiday Pod, for pure holiday preoccupation. Your holiday craze is finally justifiable!

TOOLS FOR LIFE

If you've seen our new Homepage Studio, you know that Tripod has incredible tools for improving the quality of your Web page. Well, we've also got incredible tools to improve the quality of your life. Check out Tripod in print — our awesome new book.

NEW PODS: Tripod's Member Communities

The Historians Pod: "The historian is a prophet in reverse." — Freidrich von Schlegel

Apply yourself to the Internet Apps Pod.

Build planes, trains, and automobiles in the Model Builders Pod.

LETTERS FROM TRIPOD

Toymaker Chris Young tells us why he had to wear a hard hat at his last job.

DISCOVERING LYCOS

Know your Earth! The Environmental News Service is the original daily international wire service of the environment.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

'Bee' charmed by Georgina's Winnie the Pooh page.

Celebrate the uses of make-up and costume effects in llwyd's amazing site: "Women in Character."

All you'll ever need or want to know about Elliot Smith.

Tripod Insider

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With three years under our belt, we think it's time to celebrate our anniversary. We sent out the first Tripod Insider on November 16, 1995. Since then we've been faithfully mailing the Insider newsletter to our members every week.

Nineteen Ninety-five! Do you remember what the Web was like back in the day? I have visions of pine and exmh mail, NCSA servers, archie, WAIS, and gopher archives. Surfing was more of a dedicated hunt on the Web where you learned of sites by word of mouth. We've come a long way from our early days, take a look:

Then — 1995

Mosaic, Lynx, Netscape 1.0
text-only e-mail
gray Web page backgrounds
Tripod in the little white house at 191 Water Street
Tripodians — 12 employees
Tripod Community — 12,000 members

Now — 1998

Netscape4.0*, Microsoft IE 4.0*
MIME-attachments extravaganza
you name it, we've done it design-wise
we moved to giant factory building across the street
Tripodians — 78 employees
Tripod Community — 2,450,000 members

Thanks for growing with us, we couldn't have reached this milestone without you.

Geoff Strawbridge
Membership Magnate
[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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