So… 3 Out Of 5 Lithuanian Stars, Yes?

OK, explanation time. Pull up an ottoman…

In case you hadn’t noticed, yes, we have a brand new looking website. Why? Well, we just figured, shit, it’s the start of a new NBA season; it’s the start of a new TBJ Podcast season … why the fuck not?

And while we anticipated some TBJ reader backlash — “fix this fucking design cockup, jackasses” — we have to admit, we’ve been a little surprised by the overall “thumbs down” reaction its received.

Truth is, this blog is in the process of becoming much more than a blog — um, five podcasts a week, people — so we decided it was time for a much more professional look. Say what you will about the design — it’s too white, it’s too bright, the alignment is weird — it definitely looks more professional than that ugly, orange hack we had. You feel us?

With that said, there were a few other reasons for the change…

First off, we wanted to highlight the podcast and podcast interaction buttons a lot more. (Hence the left side sidebar.) In order for the daily show to succeed we need to a) increase our podcast subscription numbers, and b) increase the listeners interaction/participation. We figured making the buttons a little more prominent might help.

Secondly, we needed more space to post bad. Seriously, the old site column was so fucking small we could barely fit a YouTube video on it. Here, we can stretch out my legs and ramble on about Kurt Thomas and his lazy-eye until we get carpal tunnel. Seems like a win-win situation, no?

Finally, we just found about this crazy little thing called money and decided we might try to make some of it. Yeah, we’ve got server costs, and Skype costs, and blah-blah-blah … the ads are there and more are probably coming. We don’t think they hurt the site, but if they do, let us know, and we will crush them like a bug after we click on them a whole bunch to drive up our revenue.

(Quick note: If you ever do feel like clicking on an ad, may I suggest the GoogleAds, sir? It has an excellent aroma and is quite full-bodied. Great taste.)

So yeah, that’s sort of our 7am explanation for the new look. Honestly, we really, really, really — no, why don’t you understand? Really — appreciate your feedback and thoughts so please keep ‘em coming — either by comment or e-mail.

Hell, bitch about it enough and we might even fix the layout. (Sorry Hebrew brothers.)

OK, that’s it, croissant time…

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By J.E. Skeets at 7:58 am on 10.31.2006 — Tags: Announcements

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10 Responses to “So… 3 Out Of 5 Lithuanian Stars, Yes?”

  1. Jeff (from CelticsBlog) at 8:14 am on 10.31.2006

    love it, love it, love it

    very nicely done guys

  2. Cold Money at 8:27 am on 10.31.2006

    Eh, I’ll get used to it, it does look more slick. I may have been exaggerating (just a tad) yesterday. The old look was somewhat easier to read; so, if you ever feel like tinkering, look into a colour background, just for the part behind the text, such as the comments already have.

    I guess we can’t play Urge Overkill’s “Girl you’ll be a woman, soon” about you no more, you’ve gone all Nelly Furtado “Maneater” style. *tear*

    Respect to J.D., the Velvet Fog, and Skeets-san.

  3. Brian at 9:06 am on 10.31.2006

    Be careful with Google - my mom’s rampant clicking of my GoogleAds seemingly has gotten me banned from Google permanently. A year later and they still won’t let me back.

  4. Settons at 9:21 am on 10.31.2006

    I like the new layout! Keep up the great work boyz.

    P.S. Skeets you’re going down this week in fantasy

  5. benjammin' at 9:35 am on 10.31.2006

    Sites fine. Death to the infidels who say otherwise.

  6. Lance at 11:04 am on 10.31.2006

    No worries with the site Skeets. Keep trucking.

  7. rem at 11:13 am on 10.31.2006

    if anything it looks less bloggy but that could be good i guess (selling out?)

    definitely less Skeet-like

    crisp, almost professional

    never mind me… just jealous

  8. Howie at 11:18 am on 10.31.2006

    Yeah it’s solid. I think it’s only because the font got slightly smaller that the background being white makes it harder to read.. eh, I can tough it out (you gotta have the balls to read TBJ!)

  9. ravi at 11:23 am on 10.31.2006

    speaking of lithuanian whatever, checkout my boy contracting gonnorhoea.

    http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/photo?slug=getty-72271756mc014_vip_reception_10_47_05_pm&prov=getty

  10. Brett at 7:15 pm on 10.31.2006

    The new layout’s GREAT guys, I’m really surprised you’ve received any negative feedback. In fact it even inspired me to spend 2 hours messing with the stupid Typepad design templates (which all suck) for our site. I guess that thing called money can really work wonders!

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