Nickeled and Dimed to Death

Well, the California budget propositions all failed yesterday, and suddenly there is talk of layoffs, campus closings, swine flu, and transvestite aliens from outer space.

People (who just yesterday didn't blink at suggesting multimedia productions that might cost tens of thousands of dollars) are now supporting cutting big chunks of content out of our redesign project.

It doesn't take a genius to see where this will all end up. The irony is that we've spent 10 months coming up with all these great ideas, but we won't be able to afford to implement a single one of them. I think maybe I know where all the state money has disappeared to.

We Appreciate Your Support

There have been rumors lately of threats to TFRL, and the Twittersphere has been atwitter with support - as appreciated as it may be misdirected.



Seriously, I really appreciate the support, even though TFRL has its detractors on campus.

And yes, I love Humboldt State - though if it burned down, you'd get seriously high off the smoke. Just sayin'.

And don't forget - it's not too late to vote for us for Higher Ed Blog of the Year at eduStyle.net. Vote here!

If Star Trek was Like Us

Of course this isn't realistic. If the Enterprise was run like a university, they'd still be building the damn thing.

4chan's got nuthin' on us!

Vote for us! Vote for us! We're shameless! We lack morals! We're no better than /b/tards! Vote for us!

Honestly, the selection of blogs to vote for is so awesome this year that we might forgive you for voting for someone else. The main thing is to vote!

Go here to vote.

Perchance to Dream

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come...

Cute little Chuggy

You Think I'm Kidding

Actual notes from today's Web Design Team Meeting. Seriously. I couldn't make this up if I tried.

• 1:30 - Demotivational posters
• 1:33 - Trying to figure out acronyms for campus committees
• 1:34 - Talking trash about the administration
• 1:36 - Complaining about meetings
• 1:40 - Talking about the home page as a metaphor
• 1:44 - "Bells and whistles"
• 1:51 - Six degrees of separation metaphor
• 1:55 - "Globalness"
• 1:57 - Pop-up books
• 1:58 - Google Earth
• 2:00 - Silence!!
  
• 2:02 - Metaphors again
• 2:05 - Branding - Sierra Nevada Brewery
• 2:06 - The Visual Thesaurus
  
• 2:09 - Tag clouds
• 2:10 - Google maps
• 2:11 - Pedicabs, fixies, beach cruisers
• 2:12 - Pop-up books again
• 2:13 - Easter eggs
• 2:14 - Gratuitous animation
• 2:15 - Pop-up books yet again
• 2:17 - Team lead says: "I can't think!"
• 2:21 - Meeting adjourned

That, literally, was our meeting. I kid you not. Now do you understand?

Nominate Us!

Ooo...ooo! You could nominate us for an award!! Riches and fame could be ours!!!

Karine Joly actually recommends people nominate us... we're not sure what's wrong with her.

Or you can do directly to the eduStyle Web site and nominate us there.

Only thing is that today is the last day to nominate blogs. As usual, we're right on top of things here at TFRL!

So won't you please vote for us??

Oh, and forward this to all your friends! Bill S. of Nashville forwarded this post to 10 of his friends and a week later he won the lottery, got a new job and inherited $100,000 from an uncle he didn't know he had! Sarah D. failed to forward this to any of her friends, and two weeks later all of her hair fell out, her boyfriend dumped her, and her home got foreclosed.

Just sayin'.