I don’t think I’m alone when I say that we were all a bit sick of Mr. Fancy Pants Ben Popken running the show. Despite his smug, girlish demeanor and Woody-Allenesque voice, Ben proved quite capable of hogging the spotlight, jetting around in Gawker-billed limousines to his various 20/20 interviews about stories I broke. Meanwhile, I — John Brownlee (“Who?”) — was pushed back into the shadows of a site I’d been working on for months before he first burst through our door with a high-pitched and smart-alecky “Hey hey hey!”
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Gawker Launches Idolator Blog
By 9.14.06
There is a new blog among the Gawker brethren. It is called Idolator. It has a site design and logo that cost several more dollars than ours, but don’t hold that against them. After all, who doesn’t love jewels on poki-stick pink? Sibling rivalry aside, Idolator will definitely be about music in the same fashion that Defamer is about cinematography. That’s not a diss. HQ says, “Idolator is focused on the digital music space and the bands who rise and fall in it — the universes of iTunes, MySpace, and Hype Machine — rather than, say, the world of tourdates.”
James C., Your Oozinator Is Shipping
By 9.12.06
Unlike other Gawker blogs, we actually send the winners of our contests their prizes. Congrats once again to James C for coming up with one of the winning slogans. We’ll get right on designing that t-shirt….soon…
Cleaning House…
By 9.11.06
• Our tech says RSS is fixed. Is it? Can you click on post titles and they now go to the comments page?
RSS Still Broken, Sorry!
By 9.8.06
Ah, our everburning frenemy, our RSS feed. There seems to be a persistent error where it malforms posts URLs.
T-Shirt Contest: Results!
By 9.6.06
Here are the results of our fabulous tshirt contest.The winner is “I’m thinking of writing a strongly worded letter,” sent in by James C. And just because we feel like it, “Mystery Shopper,” sent in by David R., wins too. Congrats, guys. Contact us at tips at consumerist dot com to collect your prizes.
RSS Feed Issues
By 9.1.06
RSS has been wonky this week. We’ve let the tech team know and they’re on the case. Thanks to everyone who reported this. We should soon be back in fine fiddle, ready to play a sonata or a waltz.
Consumerist Tshirt Finalists
By 8.29.06
Of all the many many fantastic slogans that you guys sent it, these stuck out as the strongest. Before we throw up the poll, just want to make sure they’re cool with and we’re not missing anything. If you feel something awesome is missing, make your case in the comments or send us word on the tips line. Tomorrow, we vote.
Consumerist Tshirt Contest: Deadline Friday!
By 8.22.06
Here’s some of your t-shirt slogans that particularly tickled our quixotic glands:
Consumerist Reader Tshirt Slogans
By 8.16.06
Our contest for readers to create the next Consumerist tshirt is in full swing. Here’s the best of the bunch so far, in our humble opinions.
Consumerist T-Shirt Contest
By 8.11.06
Insert witty remark here! Enter the Consumerist tshirt contest and earn fame and glory beyond the tip line and comments box!
Let’s Hear Some Juicy HMO and Insurance Stories
By 8.9.06
And that’s about all we have to say. This post could end right here. But we want to expand our editorial horizons and that means whipping you into giving up the ghost we parasitically digest and regurgitate in the form of helpful and entertaining information.
Avoid Crack, Advises PeeWee Herman
By 7.15.06
Take from a man who knows, don’t take crack. Don’t even think about it. Crack cocaine is the most addictive form of coke and even pondering its chemical structure in an academic setting can causes serious lung and liver damage, breakdown of tooth enamel, delusional parasitosis, paralysis, and even indecent exposure.
Magical New Commenting System
As some of you have already noticed, we’ve added some exciting and significant upgrades to how comments work on The Consumerist.