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DevilMoon
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Ever go to a site for something you like and end up shocked at how lame it is?

Paint mentioned My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, and I happen to be a big fan of thiers as well. I went to their website and you'd think they would have something pretty cool because they have a lot of cool album covers and they do all of the art themselves.

But you go there and this is what you get: www.thrillkill.com

The site was so boring that I made four graphics and put together a page and sent it to them. I am not the greatest web designer (there is nothing interactive and its laid out in frontpage) but I like screwing around with photoshop. Page is here.

Anyone else ever do that kinda thing? Once I went to the Michigan page and it was probably one of the worst out of the 50 states. So I made some better graphics and changed the font and sent it to them, with a note asking how they expect to attract high tech business (one of the State's goals) with such a poor looking website. I got a form letter back from the Governor. But the site was changed not that long after I wrote them, looks a lot better and they used the same font that I did in the graphic.

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I'm often dissapointed by websites - generally though its more the content than the look that bothers me.

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ack! that site is absolutely VILE!!!! there are a few things that i absolutely despise on websites. those nasty grey borders, and animated gifs. oh, and patterned backgrounds with yellow writing ontop. blagh! *shudder*

your version looks a fuck of a lot better dm. you should make them pay you to do a decent job of it


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quote:
Originally posted by slappy:
ack! that site is absolutely VILE!!!! there are a few things that i absolutely despise on websites. those nasty grey borders, and animated gifs. oh, and patterned backgrounds with yellow writing ontop. blagh! *shudder*



You forgot to mention crap midi versions of popular songs, pages that use obscure plug-ins you have never heard of or will ever find use for again, and of course the ever present java applets that do nothing what-so-fucking-ever on every fucking page.

*huff-puff*



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quote:
Originally posted by slappy:
ack! that site is absolutely VILE!!!! there are a few things that i absolutely despise on websites. those nasty grey borders, and animated gifs. oh, and patterned backgrounds with yellow writing ontop. blagh! *shudder*






But, but.... WE have animated gifs. So you hate us too?

*runs out onto deck, sobbing histerically and flings himself over the railing*



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Ouch. That surprises me. Such a dynamic band, you'd think their site of any other bands that I can think of would be fabulous. I kind of expected something more like www.subgenius.com.

Hmmmmmm.

Though they did mention our forum!

"With its revolving cast of eccentric characters, patented use of samples and live instrumentation, intriguing subject matter, outrageous stage shows, and general propensity towards sensory overload,"

score.

They lurk. I just know it. They lurk.

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isnt that subgenius place inspired by eris?

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who's that behind closed doors??

playboys and playgirls.

who's that behind closed doors??

blue budah.

heh.

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Freelance
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Smile

I used to have both those TKK CD's.

They were cool, they came with stickers.

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DevilMoon
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Ahem.... I am gonna see if they wanna trade some remixing instead
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From: TKK Sales
To: D Moon
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 1:53 PM
Subject: RE: hello


Hey There:
I know it is taking us forever to get this web thing going. We have a huge database of photos, newsletters, video clips etc. I have written a bunch of ASPs for accessing the stuff from the database, but haven't had the time to put the finishing touches on the site. The page that is up there was not supposed to stay for more than a few weeks, but now it is going on a year. (That is stupid, since I work with a web development company. It is like the cobbler's kids that have no shoes.)

Anyhow, I showed your page to Groovie, and he really likes it (so do I). How about if we trade you some merch for it? I can download it and put it on-line right away.

Dave




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Thumbs up

Ask for thousands of dollars instead.

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quote:
Originally posted by DevilMoon:
Anyhow, I showed your page to Groovie, and he really likes it (so do I). How about if we trade you some merch for it? I can download it and put it on-line right away.

Dave




Score!

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DevilMoon
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Funny that when I do something like this my server goes down. The whole 'you get what you pay for' thing I suppose. (notice my cam disappeared, hopefully all will be well soon).

I had to move my version over here: http://chaotic-corp.com/dmoon/tkk/

DM



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Feral Automaton
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Yeah, I always thought the Richard Simmons official site would l337 r0x, but it's just...

Well...

You should probably go and find out for yourself.

(the animation has got to be the strangest thing that I've ever seen on the internet)

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quote:
Originally posted by wonderaz:
But, but.... WE have animated gifs. So you hate us too?

*runs out onto deck, sobbing histerically and flings himself over the railing*





ding dong the witch is dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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You gotta respect a website with an animated gif like this though:



Feral, I think you need to replace that robot gif next to your column with it.

You know you want to.

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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CHANGE IT!!!!

I can't and won't gaurantee any punctuality for turning them in on time (or ever ), but I PROMISE FUN FOR ALL if you change the mechanical chicken in for that beautiful curly haired man and his wacky club house.

(really, do feel free to change it into anything. Even if you're just browsing about and you see a funny picture or animation just put it in. I think that it would be cool if it was changed all the time.)

Fucking richard simmons

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quote:
Originally posted by wonderaz:
But, but.... WE have animated gifs. So you hate us too?

*runs out onto deck, sobbing histerically and flings himself over the railing*



hehehe yes of course i hate you wonderaz!

but serioulsy, you know the kind of animated gifs i'm talking about here...







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ooh and on my wonderful gif search i came along this and wondered if it belonged to anybody here


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http://www.aliendance.com/

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quote:
Originally posted by Feral Automaton:
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CHANGE IT!!!!



You got it!

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You got it!




Rock on.

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feral, i love you.



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