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Vol. 5, No. 9

March 5, 1999

Tripodians fight the winter blues.
Read all about it after checking out what's new on the site.

NEW ON TRIPOD

Rooting for "Life is Beautiful," "Shakespeare in Love," or "Saving Private Ryan"? Staff members review this year's Best Picture Nominees in Tripod's Oscar(R) Central. While you're there, build a page celebrating your favorite actor/actress, order music nominated for Best Original Song, and chat with other movie buffs.

Think you've got the luck of the Irish? If you do, you could win some great prizes. Find the four-leaf clovers in the Lucky Shamrock Search on the Lycos Network, and try your luck!

Check out Tripod's latest and greatest product -- Info Flashes! Put your daily horoscopes, sports updates, the latest news, and more on your homepage.

Evel Knievel comforts a lonely sailor's wife, talks about his regrets, and explains why some women are like buses.

BUILDING FEATURES

Tripod has teamed up with Webmonkey to offer you the best in homepage building help. Webmonkey's broad library of topics has something for everyone, from the first-time user to the advanced HTML programmer.

If you build it, they will come! Well ... maybe not, but if you use Smart Ads, our banner exchange program, you can bet they'll come!

Have we got some Cool Links for you! Now you can put an MP3 search on your homepage and allow visitors to find free music online. Or, add a Lycos Downloads search and let guests search for free downloads. That'll keep 'em coming back!

HOT DEALS

March is Women's History Month! Get up to 40% off barnesandnoble.com's collection of books by and for women. Women's accomplishments know no bounds — from adventurer to artist, and scientist to CEO, women inspire and teach.

LETTERS FROM TRIPOD

The Wall Street Journal wanted Jo Ann. We're talking REALLY wanted.

DISCOVERING THE LYCOS NETWORK

Blue Sky/VIFX raise the bar for photorealism in computer-generated animation with their Oscar-nominated short, "Bunny." Musician Tom Waits adds a hauntingly beautiful soundtrack, too!

MEMBER SPOTLIGHTS

Check out this super, and we mean SUPER, site for all things Superman.

Got a craving for Indian food? Forget take-out and check out Amma's page of amazing recipes you can make yourself!

A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Don't get taken! If you ever receive an e-mail that directs you to a URL where you are asked to submit your Tripod password or credit information, don't fall for it! (Remember, official Tripod pages start with www.) These URLs are member pages where schemes are occasionally devised to "harvest" user information.

If you think you may have been duped, go to Tripod help, where you can change your password and regain control of your account. Questions? E-mail to [email protected], where we've got all the answers.

Tripod Insider

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Leaving the house in February can be pretty darn hard in Billsville. Lots of Tripodians end up hibernating at least until April. But this past Saturday night, a bunch of us came out of our houses (and caves) to celebrate two February birthdays (Jenny Wienert's on the 26th and Mike Marcella's on the 27th).

We danced to the vinyl grooves of two Tripod DJs — DJ Dead Air and DJ Action Plan. It's a good thing Tripod's around. Otherwise, there wouldn't be any good DJs in town. But then again, if we weren't here, there wouldn't be any parties, and thus no need for DJs. What a catch-22 ...

Snacks (and laughs) were provided by Chris Young, our resident Toymaker. Chris danced around the party with a bag of the "NEW!" Cheetos — Zigzag Cheetos. They taste just like the other shapes (paws, waffles, and turds), but everyone agreed, they're definitely the coolest-looking.

Almost 100 people showed up to dance and wish Jenny and Mike a Happy Birthday. Even though it was absolutely freezing outside, I think in the end we were all more than happy to get out and have a good time with good friends.

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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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