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Vol. 5, No. 15

April 16, 1999

Tripod is now museum-worthy.
Read all about it after checking out what's new on the site.

NEW ON TRIPOD

Tired of tame/lame sports like baseball and tennis? Do you yearn to shred and catch big air? Great, 'cuz we've got an ultra-cool hangout for all extreme sports junkies. Win a gnarly Lycos snowboard in our extreme sports contest!

Evel talks about the first time he risked his life for cash, then answers a critic of his advice.

Dude! Extreme Board-dom is here! It's the wacky new snowboarding game in the Tripod Toybox. Shred the slopes, fly through the air, do tricks, and wipe-out big time, all while keeping your butt warm.

Spring Fever is all about getting back into shape, spending time outside, and getting used to the sun being out past 5:00 p.m.! Find some Spring Fever on Tripod.

BUILDING FEATURES

Domain name — what's that? It's the word that goes between www and .com. Now, you can register your own without any annoying paperwork, on Tripod.

Is your Web site starting to look a little drab? Spiff it up with a Homepage Console from Tripod.

Wanna be a Better Builder? Check out the advantages of joining: It's free; you get HTML tips and tricks right in your mailbox, and a slick new BB badge for your page.

SPECIALS FOR TRIPOD MEMBERS

Get Grisham's latest for just one penny when you join Audio Book Club, where books come to life.

Get www.Your-Name.com as your free Tripod site URL!

LETTERS FROM TRIPOD

Rebecca and the grrls wanna make some music.

DISCOVERING THE LYCOS NETWORK

Brothers Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa are the outrageous new hosts of the USA Network�s Happy Hour, a variety show packed with non-stop entertainment, games, and music. Chat with the Zappa boys on April 13, at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT!

MEMBER SPOTLIGHTS

Two of Tripod's favorite up-and-coming photographers:

http://members.tripod.com/marinebiologist/
http://members.tripod.com/isbister4/photoentrance.htm

POD NEWS

Yikes! Tax Day is sneaking up on us. Alleviate some of your stress by sharing your tax nightmares online. Hopefully, you'll end up laughing!

This week, the Tripod Insider is brought to you by the letter "E," as in the Education and Extreme Sports pods. Why not volunteer to be a pod host in one of these pods? Check out our new Volunteer Central site.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

We're not telling you not to talk to strangers — that's your mom's job. But we do want to tell you to be careful! Watch out for renegade e-mails that ask you to visit a bogus Tripod page, and to "log-in" with your member name and password. Once someone has this information, they can easily access your Tripod pages and use them for devious purposes.

These types of scams also involve other companies. Make sure that you're looking at the real thing before submitting any personal (especially credit-card) information over the Internet.

Here's the best way to tell if a "Tripod" e-mail is bogus: Although Tripod occasionally sends you e-mail, we'll never ask you to go to a member page and submit your member name and password. The only place that Tripod asks for your password is at our log-in page, or if you're using a Tripod feature such as Build or Chat. These legitimate areas will never have a URL beginning with http://members.tripod.com. These URLs belong strictly to member pages.

Tripod Insider

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We are pleased to announce the opening of the Museum of Tripod History, a multimedia display of Tripod photos, documents, marketing materials, paraphernalia, and other stuff that tracks the history of our fair company from its humble origins in 1992 to its position in the Lycos Network in 1999. Curators Colleen Harwood and Ethan Zuckerman will continue to add to the exhibit as time permits. The building of this collection has kept the sanity of both curators intact over the past few weeks.

The Museum of Tripod History is located along the back wall of the East Wing (land o' cubicles). The exhibit is laid out chronologically along the length of the wall. The tour of Tripod history begins with the first make-shift Tripod sign, and traces our history with pictures of Tripod holiday parties, Gen-X ad campaign flyers and inserts, Tripod T-shirts and stickers, a picture of Lycos CEO Bob Davis and Tripod's founder, Bo, as well as pictures from our last Tripod party at the local pub.

The museum provides an excellent opportunity for new Tripodians to discover their roots, and for older Tripodians to remember their roots. Much can be learned from our albeit short, but extremely rich, history. As soon as all of the labels are affixed, we'll start inviting visitors from outside of the company to view the exhibit. We'll keep you posted!

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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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