Naturally, I go and buy a Kindle a couple of months ago because I’m impulsive like that, only to find out that they’ve now dropped the price on the thing to $299. Oh well, at least you all can take advantage of the better price for being the wise ones who waited.
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Here is a screenshot of the last public iteration of the old T6CD website before I took it offline. As you can see, a few of the main things that make D6 what it is got their start here, such as the “D6 Blue” (I wish I had enough clout to get that like copyrighted or something…). As you can see, I used a much different font in those days, though. Just thought you’d all like to see a small trip down memory lane with me.
I read today that Yahoo is finally pulling the plug on its GeoCities service. That’s a bit bittersweet. GeoCities hosted my web presence for a long time (1996 through late 2002) and I have fond memories of the place. There was a lot you could do for free. Honestly that experience was a lot different than this one. I also had the most understated design of all time and sometimes I think about bringing it back.
I might post a few screenshots of a few of the things I had on the old TC6D just for you all to see.
I rather like the concept of Major League Baseball’s mlb.tv. It lets you view baseball games on your computer. The service actually works pretty well and it’s neat to watch some games you won’t be able to see on regular TV, especially if you quietly follow an out of town team (like those lovable losers from the North Side). My only real complaint about the thing is that they insist on blacking out games that fall in your media market. That means I can’t watch Yankee games on the computer when I’m in the tri-state area. I more or less understand why this is (or at least I think I do… I imagine the owners and media folk don’t want to lose ad dollars by having people watch the games on anything other than the cable channels they worked out expensive deals for and that ad money) but it’s missing the point. Sometimes you’re just in a place where you can’t watch the game on TV but you could online. I’d love to be able to do this. If they’re worried about losing out on ad money, why not just show all the commercials and be done with it? Makes perfect sense to me. Then again, what do I know, I’m not a baseball team owner.
At least the rules aren’t as crazy and draconian as the NFL’s blackout rules (you can’t see your team’s game in the home market unless the game is sold out. What sort of nonsense is that?). Still, it’s time that baseball fully embraces this modern century and gives us the full online baseball experience.
I’ve updated the site to work better on mobile devices. It’s using the most excellent WordPress plugin called WordPress Mobile Edition by Alex King. The part that I like the best is that if you’re using a touch screen device such as an iPhone or BlackBerry Storm (like I have), it’s touch screen friendly. I like it!
