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Vol. 5, No. 2

January 15, 1999

Ice, ice baby.
Read all about it after checking out what's new on the site.

SUPER BOWL TICKETS!!

We're giving away Super Bowl tickets! You can win a trip for two to Super Bowl XXXIII when you build a new page or update an existing one on Tripod before Jan 15th. But time is running out — so hurry!

THIS WEEK'S SPONSOR

Lowestfare offers the best prices on everything from plane tickets and car and hotel reservations to cruises and vacations. Now you can pass those savings along with online gift certificates, the perfect present for a birthday, an anniversary, a thank you, and more.

BUILDING FEATURES

Tripod's latest cool feature: a customizable navigation bar. Help your visitors navigate through your site with a new Homepage Console! http://www.tripod.com/build/homepage_console

Tripod Tips: Want a Tripod T-shirt? Submit your best page building tips, and you could win a Tripod Tee. http://www.tripod.com/promotions/tripod_tips

Smart Ads — Submit a banner! Each promotional banner you create is rotated on targeted sites across the banner network. In exchange, you display banners for other network members on your Web site. There's never been an easier way to get more traffic!

Do you need to be in control? Are you a natural born leader? Then start your own chat room today!

Want to check out some of our members' awesome Private Pods? Who knows, you might find one you'd like to join!

3 bucks, 3 dollars, 3 smackeroos. No matter how you say it, it's cheap!!! Become a Tripod Premium Member and get some awesome perks.

NEW ON TRIPOD

In the Teen Zone: Tyler goes gambling with Grandma. Viva Las Foxwoods!

Super Bowl Central is the place for football fanatics! Read Dan Reines' hilarious letter to a Schlub; check out members' Super Bowl pages; find jock-jam CDs; and chat with other fans in the Super Bowl Pod.

HOT DEALS

Michael Jordan says goodbye! Save 30% on Michael Jordan's autobiography, "For the Love of the Game." Score points with your family and friends with this inside glimpse of the greatest NBA player of all time.

The best-selling music of 1998 is on sale at CDnow! Voice your opinion on your favorite artists, and enter to win free music. Get great deals on CDnow's top picks, now with an extra $5.00 off!

What was your New Year's resolution? Do you want to lose weight, get a job, or just get in shape? Check out the barnesandnoble.com "New Year, New You" area and find books to help you keep your resolutions! It's a New Year, so why not a New You?

VOLUNTEER ON TRIPOD

Our new Super Bowl XXXIII Headquarters pod needs a poderator! The big day is less than a month away — fill out a poderator application now!

NEW PODS: Tripod's Member Communities

Chat with your fellow amigos in the Hispanic Pod.

Rock the funky beat in the Stereophiles Pod.

"Sew" is a needle pulling thread in the Fabric Arts Pod.

LETTERS FROM TRIPOD

Taxonomy Editor Adam remembers when he and his sister Jenny weren't so close...

DISCOVERING LYCOS

Electronic devices connect your TV and computer, and now even your telephone and microwave. Get the scoop on the latest gadgets and gizmos from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Neon Twilight — a unique, cyberpunk-ish, gaming world.

COMMUNiCATiON RECORDiNGS — bringing new good bands to the masses!

Tripod Insider

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Vanilla Ice is coming out with a new album (egads!). Tripod, plunked down in the middle of the Berkshire mountains, is covered in ice. Coincidence? We think not.

Anyone who decided to drive to work this week had to chisel through inches of ice to find his or her car. Those who decided to leave their cars to thaw (probably this Spring) risked life and limb slipping and sliding to work on the ice-covered sidewalks. We love Tripod THAT much.

It has rained and snowed off and on all week, and we�re confused. Should we ski? Should we swim? Some Tripodians decided it was time to ski. Heather Snowman (appropriately named) and Siouxsie headed up to Brodie, the local ski mountain Tuesday night for some serious snow-time. They said it was a bit icy. Imagine that. Gayle O�Brien was having a great time snowboarding on Sunday until she fell. On ice. Senior Designer Matt Quann has chosen to do without the ice, and has left Tripod for Boulder, CO, where he can snowboard to his heart�s content on ice-free slopes.

In the end though, we put up with the ice (and more ice) because we know that it�s all worth it when we walk outside on fresh powder, leave the first trail of prints, and gaze in bewildered awe at the beauty of new snow sticking to the evergreens. We especially know it�s worth it when the snow melts (well, after mud season) and gives way to the green summer, and an even more colorful fall. We�ll take the couple of bruises we get from falling on the winter ice in exchange for the rest of the Billsville perks.

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

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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