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The Grilff 122

31 Mar 2011  |  monkeyball  |The Grill
  1. temporary “StAy” … yeah, you lawyers can fill in the rest
  2. I really don’t understand this at all.
  3. Zito t-boned by red-light runner
  4. Fast Passes going up incrementally in July
  5. FREE SUGAR!
  6. Yeah, linked in 3 consecutive Grills: A’s have new radio home. Slusser adds details, speculation.

122 thoughts on “The Grilff”

  1. nevermoor Mar 31,2011 12:58 pm

    GOG time at **

    All aboard.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  2. aardvark Mar 31,2011 1:42 pm

    Not that it’s news but not encouraging:

    Two-thirds of the Athletics’ starting lineup is an injury waiting to happen.

    • Leopold Bloom Mar 31,2011 3:33 pm || Up

      30th and 29th are good, right? Right? Guys? Why are you all crying?

  3. monkeyball Mar 31,2011 2:01 pm

    OK, so now should Gates be fired?

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • andeux Mar 31,2011 2:04 pm || Up

      boots on the ground, boots on the ground

      TINSTAAFK
    • nevermoor Mar 31,2011 2:10 pm || Up

      Sounds like if he’s wrong about the outcome he won’t need to be fired.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • monkeyball Mar 31,2011 2:43 pm || Up

        He’s publicly contravening (sekrit) official policy.

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  4. nevermoor Mar 31,2011 2:10 pm

    Good on Rand Paul

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  5. nevermoor Mar 31,2011 2:13 pm

    2: I read that because Neyer is in my RSS, and I don’t even know what he means.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  6. nevermoor Mar 31,2011 2:14 pm

    4: Meh.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • monkeyball Mar 31,2011 2:41 pm || Up

      Just an FK PSA.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  7. nevermoor Mar 31,2011 2:16 pm

    5: Good on Dick Lugar. We should stop paying that $4B and instead tax sugar, the net gain would be tremendous.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • monkeyball Mar 31,2011 2:41 pm || Up

      NO BLOOD FOR SUGAR

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • Leopold Bloom Mar 31,2011 3:34 pm || Up

      He is, by the way, the only Republican I’ve ever voted for. And, 22 years after I did so,he still has not made me regret it.

    • nanotrebuchet Mar 31,2011 7:23 pm || Up

      Jeez, I turn around and all of a sudden FK turns into Little Green Footballs.

      • nevermoor Mar 31,2011 8:50 pm || Up

        Smart policy is smart

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  8. monkeyball Mar 31,2011 3:34 pm
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  9. Leopold Bloom Mar 31,2011 3:36 pm

    Would you FKers let me know when it’s safe to discuss Top Chef finale from last night. I know some of you have DVRed it and haven’t watched yet…

    • batgirl Mar 31,2011 3:43 pm || Up

      I’m ready. Will wait for others to check in. I haven’t watched the post-show show, but I figure I won’t be too put off by any spoilers about drunk Padma.

      • Leopold Bloom Mar 31,2011 4:40 pm || Up

        She wasn’t as drunk as Jen and Harold Deiterle.

        • sslinger Mar 31,2011 11:48 pm || Up

          I’m ready too – just finished watching it so I appreciate the restraint up til now.

        • batgirl Apr 1,2011 10:02 am || Up

          Well, Harold surely hasn’t mastered the fine art of unscripted drama suspense. He took all of 2 seconds to open and read that fan favorite card with absolutely no sense of ceremony. So that was Jen hollering in the background? Gads that host is insufferable.

    • batgirl Apr 2,2011 12:13 pm || Up

      OK, so I guess the coast is clear. I assume we’re all delighted that Richard pulled it out? It seemed to be a really close contest in the editing, though they saved more of the criticisms to come out at judges table. I was worried for Richard’s mental health had he lost. I loved the final challenge of making it a modified restaurant wars. Seemed a bit more interesting than just “cook the meal of a lifetime.”

      • sslinger Apr 2,2011 12:26 pm || Up

        Delighted is too strong a word for me – I think he deserved it for the body of work and overall excellence, but I was surprised at how at the end I was actually kind of pulling for Mikey. He really impressed me with the arc of his improvement, both from last time to this and actually within the season itself. And I liked that they both did great in the finale, and the winner was based on really being better, not just that someone blew it. It was also nice to see how everyone (including Jamie) contributed well in the kitchen.

        All in all, a very fun season.

        • FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 2,2011 3:00 pm || Up

          Ditto here, I was very happy with both the Blaise victory as well as Isabella’s rise to the top tier (he was my dark horse finalist pick). And I was worried for Blaise, as obsessing about past choking and failure in competition is often followed by more of the same.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  10. Soaker Mar 31,2011 3:52 pm

    An A’s/FK mini-quiz: Trevor Cahill has 28 career wins. That doesn’t sound like a lot for an Opening Night starting pitcher, but 11 times in 43 previous seasons the A’s Opening Night starter has had fewer than 28 wins coming into the start. Highlight for the list:

    1. Vida Blue, 3 wins (1971)
    2. Carlos Reyes, 4 (1996)
    3. Dallas Braden, 6 (2009)
    T4. Ariel Prieto, 8 (1997)
    T4. Rick Langford, 8 (1978)
    6. Langford, 15 (1979)
    7. Chris Codiroli, 19 (1985)
    T8. Gil Heredia, 22 (1999)
    T8. Curt Young, 22 (1987)
    10. Blue Moon Odom, 25 (1969)
    11. Langford, 27 (1980)

    All right, so nobody got more than two or three of those. This is easier: the Oakland A’s Opening Night starter who had the most career wins coming into the start had 199 career wins and won his 200th career game that night. The answer to that one is:

    Bob Welch in 1993

    What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
  11. batgirl Mar 31,2011 4:07 pm

    Any of you East Bay folk ever had any ironwork done at your homes? I need to get some gates made, and so far seem to only be attracting flakes and crooks.

    • ptbnl Mar 31,2011 4:22 pm || Up

      What work are you looking to have done? Designing, making, installing or all of the above?

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • batgirl Mar 31,2011 4:39 pm || Up

        All of the above, and it is for something very simple. I have an iron railing leading up some stairs to my front porch. I want to have a gate installed at the top of the stairs. It will be very simple in design–the current railing alternates straight bars and twisted bars. I’d love to match the railing, and don’t want to add any curls or flourishes. Then at the other end of the porch, I need a second gate attached between the side wall of the house and a very tall garden lattice wall. The idea is to close in the porch area so my dogs can hang around outside without the complicated leash tethering system I now use.

    • the dogfather Mar 31,2011 5:33 pm || Up

      Two folks The DogMa has worked with are (Luis) serratosiron.com 510.432.3444 and Jim Harris stairdesignonline.com 925.580.5416. Some of their work for her is displayed on each of those websites. By all means get bids, including what finishes you want — times are tough all over, including/especially in construction work so a good deal should be had by all. She invited your call at 925.413.3437 — tomorrow AM probably a good time. (The DogMa’s name is Sue.)

      The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
  12. batgirl Mar 31,2011 5:38 pm

    Ooooh groovy. I’ll ring her tomorrow!

    • the dogfather Mar 31,2011 5:42 pm || Up

      .

      The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
  13. andeux Mar 31,2011 6:59 pm

    That’s some kind of defense the Giants have.

    TINSTAAFK
    • monkeyball Mar 31,2011 7:04 pm || Up

      When do they end up benching Miggy? May 15 or so?

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  14. Leopold Bloom Mar 31,2011 7:13 pm

    Does anyone remember/know/recall why I’m convinced that Bobby Valentine hates the A’s?

    • monkeyball Mar 31,2011 7:43 pm || Up

      Does anyone remember/know/recall why you would care?

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 31,2011 8:10 pm || Up

      There were the eight years he managed Texas, nearly all of which ended with his team trailing the A’s. But beyond that, I can’t think of anything. Maybe he feels our beloved Bay Area marine layer is bad for his tanned leathery skin.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • Leopold Bloom Apr 1,2011 2:35 am || Up

        I don’t know if this is right or wrong, but I’m going with it.

        • Poppy Apr 1,2011 10:38 am || Up

          Words to live by.

          There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
  15. FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 31,2011 9:04 pm

    Today’s LA Times has a glossary of Vin’s turns of phrase. I like “smoke rings” for zeroes on the scoreboard.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • Soaker Mar 31,2011 9:24 pm || Up

      Love the photo hanging behind Vin in the booth tonight:
      Photobucket

      What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
    • Leopold Bloom Apr 1,2011 2:42 am || Up

      That was awesome, although a Donnybrook is more confusing than a Pier 6 Brawl…

  16. FreeSeatUpgrade Mar 31,2011 9:05 pm

    Bwahahahaha!

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • nanotrebuchet Mar 31,2011 9:25 pm || Up

      Believe me, it’s way worse with the cap off.

    • mikeA Mar 31,2011 9:41 pm || Up

      Of the many comparisons in the btf thread, I liked Herb Tarlek.

      • batgirl Apr 1,2011 10:07 am || Up

        When I was about 10 years old our local country club hosted a “celebrity” tennis tournament for charity. I volunteered to be one of the ball kids. My court had Frank Bonner and EZ from Three’s Company.

        • Poppy Apr 1,2011 10:36 am || Up

          Which one snorted coke in the family station wagon?

          There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
        • mikeA Apr 1,2011 11:02 am || Up

          Between Frank Bonner and Wavy Gravy, you could write a best-selling memoir of a well spent youth.

  17. nanotrebuchet Mar 31,2011 9:25 pm
  18. the dogfather Apr 1,2011 8:59 am

    Okay, so what else do we need to know to understand about this article? I know it’s not fashionable to do around here, but I’ll give a hint: it’s about requiring a conditional use permit for the iconic urban gardener.

    As a former “urban homesteader” in the ’70s on the other coast, I’ve enjoyed watching this phenomenon. Couldn’t this situation have been handled differently, as with a quiet change in the law?

    The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
    • sslinger Apr 1,2011 9:05 am || Up

      That’s too bad, but I have no doubt she’ll figure out how to keep doing what she’s doing without paying for the permit. Her book Farm City was a fun read, and she’s nothing if not creative in her approach to obstacles. She’s also one of the founders of Bio-Fuel Oasis (not sure if she’s still directly involved).

    • monkeyball Apr 1,2011 9:21 am || Up

      I dunno … after reading the article, I have about zero sympathy for her. She knew what she was doing was illegal from the get-go, apparently didn’t do anything by way of inquiry/lobbying/coalition-building. Sure, those laws ought to be changed, but this is the DFH version of Yglesias’ anti-pedicure-cartel whinging.

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • nevermoor Apr 1,2011 9:39 am || Up

        I’m with MB

        “It’s incredibly sad that people can’t grow food and sell it to folks,” said Barbara Finnin,

        Reads like:

        “We hold”, reads the ordinance, “that federal and state regulations impede local food production and constitute a usurpation of our citizens’ right to foods of their choice.”

        I, for one, am thankful for food safety regulations and hope they get expanded, not contracted. Even if it stops her from selling her produce.

        Also, seriously?!?

        If you pick your lettuce, it just has more vitamins.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • monkeyball Apr 1,2011 9:45 am || Up

          US air power being pulled off of Libya detail to bomb her plot back into the stone age.

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • Future Ed Apr 1,2011 11:59 pm || Up

          Bill and Novella are friends of mine, so I won’t comment on this but to say, their place is awesome. What she does is great (and Bill is a top notch ghetto mechanic, who I would recommend to anyone).

          I have $5. No I don\'t.
      • the dogfather Apr 1,2011 9:50 am || Up

        Seems to me that everybody missed the Big Picture — a seemingly positive urban development, centered-in/IDd with Oakland, now the source of derision all around. Win/win to lose/lose in one swell foop.

        Speaking of the anti-pedicure-cartel whingding, didn’t you …

        The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
        • monkeyball Apr 1,2011 9:59 am || Up

          And when the Chinese family down the street starts raising and slaughtering pigs and chickens in ways that white people don’t like?

          you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
        • FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 1,2011 10:07 am || Up

          No. Changing land use cannot be done overnight. The state proscribes a lengthy public process, which is actually just starting in Oakland. If they can amend the Planning code by September, that will be fast.

          In the meantime, while business licensing and planning can choose not to enforce current CUP requirements or what not, code enforcement cannot. When a neighbor rats you out (which is pretty much always how these things start), the code enforcement folks must inspect, and if they observe a violation, they must write it up, as a condition of their inspector’s license. What a city can (and I’d guess will) then do is forgive the fines, but the violation has to stay on the books until abated, or until the code changes.

          "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
          • the dogfather Apr 1,2011 11:26 am || Up

            Makes sense — thanks, man.

            The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
          • monkeyball Apr 1,2011 11:31 am || Up

            Christ, what abated violation

            you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • monkeyball Apr 1,2011 10:07 am || Up

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  19. nevermoor Apr 1,2011 9:51 am
    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • nevermoor Apr 1,2011 9:54 am || Up

      Hmm… I thought I’d added XKCD to the oEmbed thingy.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • nevermoor Apr 1,2011 10:47 am || Up

        I give up… for today.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  20. nevermoor Apr 1,2011 10:22 am
    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • monkeyball Apr 1,2011 10:24 am || Up

      It looks like you already said that

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
      • nevermoor Apr 1,2011 10:26 am || Up

        I’m testing now.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
        • Soaker Apr 1,2011 10:32 am || Up

          I had a real battle last night trying to embed the Scully photo; it was like trying to battle the Honky Tonk Man in Wrestlemania, in fact. I couldn’t find an open tag but that’s the way the site was acting.

          What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
          • nevermoor Apr 1,2011 10:44 am || Up

            I don’t follow

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
            • Soaker Apr 1,2011 10:56 am || Up

              Let’s see if it happens again here. Usually I copy the “Direct Link” from Photobucket, hit the img tag here and paste the link into the box. That wasn’t working last night. I finally copied the full HTML Code from Photobucket and got it to post that way.

              See, that’s the same result I was getting last night. Where’s the open tag?

              What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
              • nevermoor Apr 1,2011 11:47 am || Up

                "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
              • nevermoor Apr 1,2011 11:58 am || Up

                So here’s what was going on:

                Photobucket is an oEmbed provider, and I did not have the plugin embed thingy set to blacklist image tags. It is now.

                There’s still an issue if you want to use both direct image links (like yours) and photobucket oEmbeds in the same comment, but as long as you pick one or the other they’ll work.

                Annoyingly, photobucket is set up to provide a text link rather than an image. The oEmbed for the image above looks like this:

                http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a400/fenrislorsrai/coulterbooks.jpg

                but that’s a photobucket issue, not a FK issue

                "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
                • Soaker Apr 1,2011 12:23 pm || Up

                  Aha, thank you. It looks like the image link instead of oEmbed is still the way to go with Photobucket.

                  What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
                • nevermoor Apr 1,2011 12:32 pm || Up

                  Probably. Unless you want to just put text links to a number of images.

                  It’s an odd choice on photobucket’s part.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  21. noava22 Apr 1,2011 11:58 am

    Hey all, sorry I haven’t been around – lost my p/w for awhile.

    Anywho, sorry to be a nuisance, but I’m trolling for tickets (not internet troll, fishboat troll) for tonight’s game. It snuck up on me as sold out. Anyone got any spares lying around?

  22. FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 1,2011 12:21 pm

    Today, Matt Holliday will follow up his great Opening Day (3-4, HR) with an emergency appendectomy.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • nevermoor Apr 1,2011 12:33 pm || Up

      Whaaa?

      That sucks.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  23. sslinger Apr 1,2011 12:41 pm
  24. mikeA Apr 1,2011 1:12 pm

    Rangers start the year with an outfield collision for two bases.

  25. nevermoor Apr 1,2011 2:00 pm

    Matt Yglesias has a case of the stupids.

    (hint: teachers are underpaid)

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  26. the dogfather Apr 1,2011 2:05 pm

    Does anyone do, use or trust an email marketing service?

    The meaning of life is not so much found, as it is Made. -- Opus
    • batgirl Apr 1,2011 2:26 pm || Up

      We use MailChimp and love it. Easy to create nice looking emails, and I think the rates are pretty good. We only do 1-2 emails a month, so it may depend on how big your email list is and how often you intend to mail.

      Plus the chimp is really cute and his daily sayings make me laugh.

  27. nevermoor Apr 1,2011 2:09 pm

    Umm… holy shit new gameday is sexy.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 1,2011 2:39 pm || Up

      Me like.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • ptbnl Apr 1,2011 2:40 pm || Up

      Doesn’t like Adblock Plus though.

      Will the backdrops reflect the time of day/weather the game is being played in?

      If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
      • nevermoor Apr 1,2011 2:43 pm || Up

        No it doesn’t, that was a bit of a bummer.

        That’s an interesting question.

        "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • Poppy Apr 3,2011 12:11 am || Up

      I tried to use Gameday for today’s game, and it wouldn’t open… nor would just an audio stream. Had to use Yahoo Game Channel instead. Probably shouldn’t have bothered, though.

      There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
      • ptbnl Apr 3,2011 9:57 am || Up

        Do you have any ad-blocker running? That’s what I saw till I disabled ABP on the gameday page.

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
        • Soaker Apr 3,2011 11:50 am || Up

          It looks like Gameday is a Doubleclick page now >:-( . Configuring ABP to allow ad.doubleclick.net/adj/mlb.mlb/* allows Gameday to open.

          What I discovered Blew. My. Mind. -- Pat Boone
          • Poppy Apr 3,2011 12:06 pm || Up

            Ooooh, I do have an ad-blocker! I forgot. Out of sight, out of mind…

            Thanks, guys! :)

            There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
          • Poppy Apr 3,2011 12:10 pm || Up

            Of course, I can’t figure out how to configure it. Should I just disable it when I want Gameday?

            There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
            • ptbnl Apr 3,2011 6:29 pm || Up

              You should have an option in the ABP drop-down menu to “disable on this page only”.

              If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
              • Poppy Apr 3,2011 9:07 pm || Up

                I don’t have a drop-down menu… the only place I see the ad-blocker is in Safari preferences, I can enable/disable/uninstall from there. It doesn’t show in my app folder or in utilities, extensions, plug-ins, etc…

                There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
                • ptbnl Apr 3,2011 10:26 pm || Up

                  Is Firefox an option?

                  If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
                • Poppy Apr 3,2011 11:06 pm || Up

                  Probably. I’ll mess around tomorrow.

                  There's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night.
                • nevermoor Apr 3,2011 10:33 pm || Up

                  Some ad blockers if you shift-click on a link will allow ads on the new page.

                  Google might help with a built-in Safari blocker.

                  "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
          • nevermoor Apr 3,2011 10:33 pm || Up

            Clever

            I like that.

            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  28. FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 1,2011 2:52 pm

    First pitch temperature at last year’s opener was 52°, supposed to be 68° tonight.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
    • monkeyball Apr 1,2011 2:57 pm || Up

      Cust: 2 HR to left-center, 1 BB, 1 K

      you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • nevermoor Apr 1,2011 3:01 pm || Up

      Coldest I’ve ever been at a baseball game was this one.

      BBR thinks it was 42 and sunny, but it was really about 25 with flurries.

      "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
      • ptbnl Apr 1,2011 3:08 pm || Up

        Looks like someone at BBR got the start time wrong … can’t believe it was 42 and sunny at 7:11pm!

        If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  29. mikeA Apr 1,2011 4:15 pm

    Crisp
    Barton
    DDJ
    Willingham
    Matsui
    Suzuki
    Ellis
    Kz
    Cliffy

    • hot cup joe Apr 1,2011 4:26 pm || Up

      Kinda sad next to these haymaker-hurling behemoths boston & texas are putting on the field….

  30. monkeyball Apr 1,2011 4:18 pm

    Yglesias bait: parachute-rigging cartel

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  31. FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 1,2011 4:54 pm

    In the lot! Row 12. Lovely breeze and leading edge wispy clouds cooling things down nicely.

    "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
  32. monkeyball Apr 1,2011 5:05 pm

    So … we want an FK game thread, or do we want to continue to FREE KONVORE experiment?

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
    • FreeSeatUpgrade Apr 1,2011 5:10 pm || Up

      I vote gamethread.

      "Kraut will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no kraut."
      • monkeyball Apr 1,2011 5:12 pm || Up

        Wisconsin rules — QUORUM!!!

        you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  33. monkeyball Apr 1,2011 6:55 pm
    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  34. monkeyball Apr 2,2011 7:44 am

    Noted without comment or asterisks:

    in 2007, Denton had said that an active “commenter” community was an important way to build an audience for a site. Now, he told me, he has concluded that courting commenters is a dead end. A site has to keep attracting new users—the omnipresent screens were recording the “new uniques” each story brought to the Gawker world—and an in-group of commenters might scare new visitors off. “People say it’s all about ‘engagement’ and ‘interaction,’ but that’s wrong,” he said. “New visitors are a better indicator and predictor of future growth.” A little more than one-third of Gawker’s traffic is new visitors; writers get bonuses based on how many new viewers they attract.

    (tl;dr orig here; via balloon juice)

    you better hope to God you don't show up in this little community, because you'll wish you had never come
  35. ptbnl Apr 2,2011 4:43 pm
    If this is His will, He's a son of a bitch.
  36. nevermoor Apr 3,2011 10:24 am

    So a friend of mine is looking to sublet a place in SF May-July. Anyone know anyone who knows anyone?

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
  37. nevermoor Apr 3,2011 10:52 pm
    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • andeux Apr 4,2011 12:53 pm || Up

      and salb8

      TINSTAAFK
      • nanotrebuchet Apr 4,2011 8:52 pm || Up

        I am 90% certain that his opinion will reflect the conclusions supported by the data.

  38. nevermoor Apr 4,2011 9:42 am

    I somehow had never seen this before. I miss Bailey.

    "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"
    • batgirl Apr 4,2011 11:13 am || Up

      Where can we get some of them boomsticks?

      • Leopold Bloom Apr 4,2011 11:36 am || Up

        Ash. Or you can go directly to the source and go to S-Mart.

    • whiteshoes40 Apr 4,2011 3:04 pm || Up

      I’ve watched that ad far too many times, and I still love it. Bailey!

    • nanotrebuchet Apr 4,2011 8:53 pm || Up

      Bailey is hilarious.

      But his video game avatar is far too skinny.

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