So…this is our new website. Kind of like the old one except now we know how to drive it. All over the road, granted, but it is us behind the wheel.
Oh, the places we’ll go.
Everything we said in our original ‘welcome to our new site’ sticky applies, just this time, a few years later, we really mean it.
No…really. C’mon, baby…don’t be like that. This time we really mean it.
We were gonna prattle on about all the poop we have waiting in the wings but we’ve promised a lot before, so maybe we’re better off actually doing stuff, than talking about it.
Instead, this seems like a good time to thank the folks that over the years,
helped get us gradually online like good Samaritans guiding the elderly at crosswalks.
First, there was our friend Michael Wojtasiak who started this site over ten years before we knew him (and before we even had cable, let alone a clue). It’s also his band, the Five Mod Four that we did this split ep with.
Then our friend Lysa Opfer , who helped us with all the Meadowlands art work, took over the reins of the site and took us to many Eagles vs. Giants games as well. Sorry, pal.
After annoying Lysa no end, we ushered in the Merlin Mann era . Merlin is the eternally wise and hilarious soul who convinced us to switch to a content management system so we could d.i.o. (o = ourselves) and then got it all up & running for us.
Having Merlin Mann set up your website – for free, no less – is in many quarters, roughly like getting Steve Jobs to activate your iPhone.
One million thanks.
And which leads in turn, directly to our current Wrens 2.0 guru, the incomparable Ben Durbin , who already works with Merlin doing some of the heavy technical lifting behind the scenes there. Not only is Ben an all-around champ of website/Drupal/tech knowledge, he has the patience of a dozen saints and was always willing to show us how to do something ourselves down to the most intricate workings of the site, and step in after hours to clean up the rope we used to hang ourselves, html-ly speaking.
We owe Ben a great lot of thanks, and payment for the current invoice, I believe. Check’s in the mail, Ben.
