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here is today's entry:

ihttp://www.trigonalmayhem.com/bostonwtf3.jpg

― trigonalmayhem (trigonalmayhem), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:32 (twenty-one years ago)

there are some previous one's I actually wrote them about, but they brushed me off (with terrible grammar, mind you).

ihttp://www.trigonalmayhem.com/bostonwtf.jpg
ihttp://www.trigonalmayhem.com/bostonwtf2.jpg

― trigonalmayhem (trigonalmayhem), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:33 (twenty-one years ago)

not sure why those aren't working ...?

― trigonalmayhem (trigonalmayhem), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)

They're too large. The links are fine, though.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:35 (twenty-one years ago)

http://wizardishungry.com/lol/work.jpg
http://wizardishungry.com/lol/republican.jpg

wayne: images too big.

― Spinning Down Alone You Spin Alive (ex machina), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't understand what's wrong with the first one

― Steve.n. (sjkirk), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:37 (twenty-one years ago)

oh, I never knew there was a size limit. What is it, for future reference?

― trigonalmayhem (trigonalmayhem), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:37 (twenty-one years ago)

The "YES!!!!!!" banner ad above the headline.

These are amazing.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah right -- I didn't see that.

Prefer the others anyway.

― Steve.n. (sjkirk), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:38 (twenty-one years ago)

it never ceases to amaze me how oblivious their web designers are.

I love the way I get brushed off by their customer service people, too.

I'm going to search for my emails about this

― trigonalmayhem (trigonalmayhem), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:39 (twenty-one years ago)

That barbeque one is horrifically funny.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:41 (twenty-one years ago)

My Original message (submitted via their website form)

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So, I just thought you should maybe consider how appropriate certain
pictures you have on your frontpage are given certain headlines you are
running concurrently.

Just to give you a couple examples from today:
http://www.trigonalmayhem.com/bostonwtf.jpg
http://www.trigonalmayhem.com/bostonwtf2.jpg

Is there a person in charge of this? Because I could probably do their job
and not make these kind of oversights. I *am* a competent web developer
looking for a job.

Just in case, you know.

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Their response:
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Hi Wayne,

Thanks for writing to Boston.com. We apologize for the photo of the
person, who is smiling with BBQ sauce, or Damon look-alikes offended you in
any way. Most articles on our homepage tend to have photos associated with
them, and this particular article was no different. We have forwarded your
comment to our editorial department for their consideration moving forward.

We do take comments from our users VERY seriously, and we appreciate you
taking the time to write in with your concerns. Feel free to write back at
any time.

Thank you,

Customer Support
Boston.com

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My response to their response
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Hi Mysterious Customer Service Person,

Actually I'm not personally offended by this, but I think you may have
missed the point. The pictures in both cases seem as if they DO go with the
headlining news story about the murder trial. It's either a little
disturbing or very funny, depending on your particular disposition, but I
was just writing to let you know that I (and I'm sure many others)
mistakenly construe the image and the headline to be related because of
their positioning on the page.

Thanks,

Wayne Coppock

OH! PS- I think maybe you meant "if" instead of "for" in your response. I
think the meaning still came across, but I figured I'd let you know
anyway.

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After that they stopped responding to me, unfortunately.

― trigonalmayhem (trigonalmayhem), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Worcester Polytechnic!

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:51 (twenty-one years ago)

A friend of mine used to work for Boston.com and... you probably don't really want to work there anyway.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, my domain just redirects for now.
when I graduate I'll get a real host, but for now school does the job.
You know this (awful) place?

― trigonalmayhem (trigonalmayhem), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:53 (twenty-one years ago)

well, I'd honestly just like a job dicking around with a website all day that pays decently enough to live in the city and start paying off my loans.

I don't want any jobs that my degree qualify me for.

― trigonalmayhem (trigonalmayhem), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:53 (twenty-one years ago)

No I just reflexively google people when I'm bored at work

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

creepy

― trigonalmayhem (trigonalmayhem), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:56 (twenty-one years ago)

you're new

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:56 (twenty-one years ago)

yes
maybe

unless I'm Jon Williams.

― trigonalmayhem (trigonalmayhem), Thursday, 4 November 2004 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/authors/6/605.html

― Spinning Down Alone You Spin Alive (ex machina), Thursday, 4 November 2004 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Wayne Coppock - 11/15/97 00:30:12
My URL:Dont have one
My Email:cartman__@rocketmail.com, waver25@aol.com
My Favorite URL: www.billclintonsucks.com
How I found this site: You told me about it
Comments on how to improve your web page: Add some cool midi music
What I do other than surf the web?: Eat, sleep, ect, ect
Comments I would like to post on your web page?: This rocks! (Not my true words)

Comments:
Hi Gary, how ya doin. Bye Gary

― Spinning Down Alone You Spin Alive (ex machina), Thursday, 4 November 2004 21:01 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, I don't know who that was

there's a couple other wayne coppock's when you google

but

you don't really even have to google me if you're nosy
my profile has my website
and my website gives it all away
or at least more than you'll find elsewhere

― trigonalmayhem (trigonalmayhem), Thursday, 4 November 2004 21:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha, those are great (and horrible).

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 4 November 2004 21:10 (twenty-one years ago)

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/mirror/nov2004/3/2/0001EBAB-346C-118B-B6E080BFB6FA0000.jpg

― mark p (Mark P), Saturday, 6 November 2004 13:51 (twenty-one years ago)

"inappropriate things arising"

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Saturday, 6 November 2004 14:29 (twenty-one years ago)

two months pass...

http://www.trigonalmayhem.com/bostonwtf4.jpg
http://www.trigonalmayhem.com/bostonwtf5.jpg

― MY FAVOURITE LIGHTER IS CHEESEBURGER (trigonalmayhem), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

That last one must be intentional!

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 16:45 (twenty-one years ago)

no!
the picture was for something completel different with the caption below it
but if your window wasn't open enough it looked like that!

― MY FAVOURITE LIGHTER IS CHEESEBURGER (trigonalmayhem), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 16:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Boston.com is the new Disney!

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)

those barenaked ladies guys have got to stop raping.

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 16:57 (twenty-one years ago)

they can't help it
they're from JP

― MY FAVOURITE LIGHTER IS CHEESEBURGER (trigonalmayhem), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 16:59 (twenty-one years ago)

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