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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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31 July 2001 - 9:16 am
I was so wrapped up in that slashdot thing that I forgot to mention a few things about this site that I wanted to tell you about.
First, we know the site looks like crap in Netscape v4.x browsers. But only a tiny minority of our readers use Netscape, so designing for them wasn't a high priority. HOWEVER, I do have a solution in mind, and I will be working on it this week with the expectation of finishing it before I leave for Boston on Saturday. It won't be an ideal solution, but it will be functional. I'll keep you posted on my progress.
Also, by the end of the day today, -273 will have reached a milestone in terms of independent visits to our site (not to be confused with hits -- see sitemeter.com for more information). By the end of the day, we will have 3,000 visits. So...(drumroll please)...I am pleased to announce the -273 3,000th Visit Contest. The contest will go something like this. Anyone who is interested in participating should send an email to zero@negative273.com declaring their intention to take part in the contest. Then, on or about the 12th of August, I will put the names of all the contestants in a hat (or other similar device) and draw one name out. The person whose name is drawn will be sent an arbitrarily selected prize (I'm thinking about an amazon.com gift certificate, but the prize selection is definitely not final). I will announce the time of the drawing 24 hours in advance, and you will be able to watch the drawing via my webcam (or in person if you plan on being in Evansville on August 12 or 13). So send your entries to zero@negative273.com as soon as possible. If you have any questions, send me an email at david@negative273.com.
Posted by on 31 July 2001 at 9:16 AM
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