Archive for February, 2006

Fame and obscurity

Friday, February 17th, 2006

Valentine’s day: I was at the Target Center in Minneapolis for a Timberwolves game against the slumping Seattle Supersonics. We got better-than-usual seats in a package deal that included a $30 gift card to a fancy pretend-italian restaurant whose chef must have just moved up from Denny’s or Perkins.
We sat right above the tunnel where [...]

How to make your Web site visitors mad at you

Sunday, February 5th, 2006

Do what SportsIllustrated.com does; insert a loud, annoying streaming ad down at the bottom of the page (under the fold), and have it autoplay, so that when it starts, it’s impossible to figure why or how your computer is blasting noise.
Then, just for kicks, make it play on every page of the site, even if [...]