June 29, 2005
Speaking of Rubes
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Posted by Bill Trippe at 5:40 PM
June 27, 2005
Redesign this Blog
I have been posting the following to a few bulletin boards. Please email at btrippe@nmpub.com if you are interested.
Thanks,
Bill
I run this blog using Movable Type 2.64.
I would like to have someone do the following:
-- Upgrade the site to the latest version of MT
-- Redesign the site
-- Add a few features (Google Adsense, not sure what else)
With this redesign, I am probably going to go with a new domain name as well. May also combine this blog with another one. May want some advice about that as well.
I would be looking for a fixed-cost bid, after we agree to a statement of work.
Movable Type experience a must. I am not interested in moving to another platform.
Please reply with example URLs of other sites you have designed.
Posted by Bill Trippe at 4:21 PM
You Could Look it Up
A postcard at lunch alerted me to this site, which includes some great detail about a favorite weird event in Boston history.
Posted by Bill Trippe at 3:20 PM
June 26, 2005
Be Cool
I grew up in a small two-decker, 5 of us in 3 bedrooms, and we never had air conditioning. Not many people seemed to have it in the 60s and 70s. Now I can't do summer without it. It's been very hot yesterday and today, and I have throttled down, and spent most of my time inside.
When I was a kid, the coolest part of the house was the basement. My grandfather kept a hammock in the basement, slung between two lally columns. It was the best spot in the house. I have a hammock in the backyard, much like the one shown in this Wikipedia entry, but I gave up my shady spot in the yard last summer so we could extend the driveway into more of a basketball court for my boys. I need to pick a new spot.
Posted by Bill Trippe at 12:48 PM
Instarube
I've been steering clear of political blogging lately, but James Wolcott has a very funny piece about why Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit is such a hopeless rube.
Posted by Bill Trippe at 12:28 PM
June 24, 2005
What We Talk About When We Talk About Baseball
I love the language of baseball. Wouldn't you know there is a free online baseball dictionary and thesaurus? I tested it for one of my favorite terms and it has it, though with an unfortunately tepid definition. Plus, I am pretty sure the word originated with George Scott, and there is no mention of that. How do you talk about "taters" in the baseball sense without mentioning the Boomer?
Looking at the baseball-reference.com page on Scott, it lists him at 6'2 and 215. He struggled with his weight, especially late in his career and upon retirement, but I wonder if he was ever only 215? I remember him as a giant of a man, even early in his career. Of course, I was only 8 when I first started watching baseball, so he would have seemed like a giant. But I am 6'2 and 215+ something. Does that make me a giant of a man?
Posted by Bill Trippe at 7:40 PM | Comments (1)
June 11, 2005
Junk E-Mail
I have this weird fascination with junk e-mail. It seems to tap into this focused set of vices and worries--prescription drug addiction, porn, consumer debt, greed, sexual prowess and potency. Then today I get one that reads, "Get the Washer and Dryer of Your Dreams."
Go figure.
Posted by Bill Trippe at 11:18 AM
June 9, 2005
Born on this Day?
I was! And so were Peter the Great, Cole Porter, Michael J. Fox, and Johnny Depp. Weirdly, this is also the day Donald Duck debuted and Dickens died. Coincidence? I think not!
Posted by Bill Trippe at 8:13 PM
March 89th followed immediately by July 17th
In other words, a typical Boston Spring, er, Summer.
Posted by Bill Trippe at 8:07 PM
June 3, 2005
Big Papi
Comes through again. As Ned Martin would have said, "Mercy!"
Posted by Bill Trippe at 10:39 PM | Comments (1)
Oops
Blank index page. Not cool.
Posted by Bill Trippe at 10:32 PM
