by on October 17, 2008

Despite Win, Boston Needs to go on Suicide Watch

It was the bottom of the 7th last night with the score 7-0, Rays. I saw people start to get up and leave.

Scenario: Yokum and Freida went to StubHub and purchased a pair of tickets for their 5th anniversary to the tune of $1,250. After racking up 7 runs against their beloved BoSox, the Rays had shattered their hope of a good evening, so they left to go make their own memories. Ewwww.

By the time they got to the car, it was 7-4, and they debated going back, but decided that it wouldn’t matter because the Rays will probably hit a few more HRs before the end of the night. They sat in the parkinglot, unable to make themselves leave hallowed ground.

A mere 45 minutes later, the BoSox had pulled out the second-biggest comeback in ALCS history for the win. Now they’re out $1,250 plus $198 in food and jerseys and missed the big event. I’d put Yokum on suicide watch, man. You don’t know what he’s capable of.

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by on October 15, 2008

Celebrating 45 Days With iThemes

I’ve been out of the clutches of Corporate America for 45 days now, and I’m simply loving it! Sure, I put in some long hours from time to time, but it’s because I am passionate about what we’re doing and have a vested interest in the success of the company. In the big cubicle farm, you don’t get jack if you bust your butt for a week to get something done on time, but it’s not like that when there are only five of you.

So far, I’ve fielded over 1,600 e-mails since Labor Day and posted 1,000 replies on the support forum since March, and it’s making a huge impact in customer opinion and even our bottom line by creating life-long iThemes fans based on our customer service alone. Now that our themes are catching up with the support we offer, the sky is the limit for our next couple of projects.

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by on October 9, 2008

My 17 Alarm Chili Recipe

You all get a treat today! Anyone willing to spend $15 on a vat of chili and the tears of pain involved in consuming it will be thoroughly grateful for my recipe. You may skip the optional ingredient if you only want a 5 alarm chili. I always use my 6qt crockpot, but you can use a pot if you want to do it on the stove.

  • 1 to 1 1/2 lbs of thin-sliced top round steak
    • Cut into 1″ squares
  • 1 large (16+ oz.) can of crushed tomatoes
  • 1 large can of diced tomatoes
  • 1 8 oz can of tomato paste
  • 1 can of spicy chili beans
  • 1 can of dark red kidney beans (drain)
  • 1 can of light red kidney beans (drain)
  • 1 can of Rotel-brand tomatoes (choose your degree of heat)
  • 1 tbsp of garlic powder
  • 2 tbsp of chili powder
  • 1/2 small onion (finely chopped, or use minced onions)
  • 3 small, whole habanero peppers pierced to allow the juices out (insanely hot, but I like it)

Throw all of that in there on low heat and turn on the heat and stir every so often. The smell should drive you crazy within 3 hours. Good to serve in 3-4 hours. Serves about 12 bowls, more or less.

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by on October 3, 2008

New Sports Team Theme Available

One day, my mind wouldn’t stop working in overdrive. You know those days; just sitting there working on something and the ideas for a million other things won’t stop. I had one of those moments of brilliance and just HAD to e-mail my boss, Cory, about what popped in my head:

I went to bed last night and had such a good idea (IMHO) that I got back up and wrote it down: iSports – a theme for junior sports leagues and those local professional teams.

He replied in the morning that our project manager/designer, James Dalman, had already talked to him about doing that for his son’s football team. They were full-bore on the idea at that point.

Looking back, that was August 30th, so here we are one month later with an AWESOME theme for all the Pop Warner football and Little League baseball, and local soccer teams out there, all easily able to be set up with WordPress. I’ve already produced 13 video tutorials for walkthroughs to getting iTeam set up on your site, and there are a few more on the way.

The last little gravy we added, in addition to our normal arsenal of easy-to-use themes, is an image cross-fader for that home page’s feature image. All you do is add the images using our custom interface (so easy your kids can do it themselves), and choose the display options. Here is a run-down of the rest of the features:

  • Post Game Video On Your Website – Upload your sports video to YouTube or Vimeo and insert it directly into the iTeam home page through our iTeam Dashboard options page
  • Upload Your Team’s Logo – Our image uploader feature allows you to personalize your site with your own logo
  • Showcase Sports Photos Easily – iTeam comes with a random image script that allows you to display multiple photos on your home page; plus we’ve got a Flickr photo gallery installed as well
  • Post Live Games Updates – Using Twitter.com and iTeam, you can easily post live game updates to your team’s website

Download iTeam here when it releases on Monday, October 6th, 2008.

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