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Vol. 5, No. 13

April 2, 1999

Tripodians have the wackiest nicknames.
Read all about them after checking out what's new on the site.

NEW ON TRIPOD

In the Teen Zone: Tyler takes on the teen 'zines!

Have you had your year's dose of Peeps yet? Enter the Springtime Festival of Peeps Contest, and win cool stuff just for telling us your favorite Peeps story!

Are you going to Cancun or some other sunny destination for Spring Break? Come and share your travel plans, get great road trip tips, and learn all about beer (yes beer!) when you catch some Spring Fever on Tripod!

THIS WEEK'S SPONSOR

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BUILDING FEATURES

If you had a sports Info Flash on your page, you would have known that UConn won! Get sports news fed onto your page with just a few easy clicks.

Learn what makes the World Wide Web go 'round and have fun at the same time. Get HTML tricks, Java help, and more, from Webmonkey.

Couldn't your life use a little organizing? Check out our online personal calendar.

SPECIALS FOR TRIPOD MEMBERS

Check out "OUR DUMB CENTURY: 100 YEARS OF HEADLINES FROM AMERICA'S FINEST NEWS SOURCE." This humorous look at the last century from "The Onion" does for journalism what "Spinal Tap" did for Rock 'n' Roll.

Find the music you want in CDnow's new Buyers Guides.
Break out your polyester for CDnow's Groovy '70s Party Buyers Guide!
One nation under a groove — check out the Roots of Hip-hop Buyers Guide.
Spring has sprung! Fire up the grill and marinate to music from the hot and spicy CDnow Buyers Guide for Barbecues.

LETTERS FROM TRIPOD

Michelle has found something in the stars — a new hobby full of relaxation and awe.

DISCOVERING THE LYCOS NETWORK

A new and improved version of MyTime.com was released last week! Now you can receive e-mail reminders of your important upcoming events, get your own My Calendar URL sent to friends or put it in your homepage.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHTS

Hey, it's a 2-for-1 deal this week! Check out Tripod's resident beatniks. They are SO hip ...

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POD NEWS

Does April 1 make you feel like a kid again? Come tell us your best prank ever (and get some great ideas) in the Tripod April Fool's Day contest! Win some cool Tripod gear.

Chat with Jordan Knight, of former New Kids on the Block fame, on Monday, April 12, from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. ET. This date marks the release of Jordan's first solo album since his NKOTB days!

Ever try to write off your dog as a dependent on your tax forms? Did you claim you were a church because your house has cathedral ceilings? Read about other people's tax gaffes, and then write about your own! You could win some Tripod goodies! (Contest ends 4/23/99.)

Join Tripod member sequoiafalls in the Great Outdoors Pod to chat about mountaineering this Saturday, April 3, at 7:00 p.m. PT. Take this opportunity to meet an experienced mountaineer and a fellow Tripod member.

Tripod Insider

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Nicknames. We've all had at least one at some point in our lives (whether they were flattering or not). It's amazing where nicknames come from, whether they're an abbreviation of our birth names, sports related, or just some random name that stuck one day. Around here, it seems almost everyone has a nickname: their e-mail address.

Some names just work well as email addresses: Editorial Director Bet Alwin becomes 'balwin,' Taxonomy Editor Adam Wienert becomes 'awienert,' and Gayle O'Brien becomes 'gobrien' (you can often hear someone chanting in true dance party style 'Go Brien! Go Brien!' Some sound like they even form real words. Colleen Harwood becomes 'charwood;' Sean Coon becomes 'scoon.' And Stephanie Haag, our International Product Manager, lovingly becomes 'shaag.' Even names that don't exactly flow have replaced first names. Many around here call Design Director David Reid, 'dreid,' even though 'David' is easy enough to say. Same for Producer Chris Young — 'cyoung' just rolls off the tongue. Only Designer Jay Patrikios is able to retain his full name in this process: 'jpatrikios.'

The only Tripodian who has managed to escape being called by her e-mail address is Rebecca Foisy, who can't seem to shake the name BQ (i.e. Biology Queen) from her college days.

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If you have any questions or comments, feel free to e-mail 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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