Archive for the ‘Features’ Category

  • A few really quick notes on The LAMMYS

    by Dylan · May 5, 2008 at 21:29 CDT · 2008 LAMMYs, The LAMMYs · 5 Comments
    A few really quick notes on The LAMMYS

    * First of all, with a little less than 10 hours left to vote, a big thanks to the 33 people that have voted thus far. I know it’s a time consuming task, and I appreciate your effort. The voter turnout will just about match my expectations, which were admittedly high. Keep in mind that of the first 78 LAMBs, at least 3 sites are currently defunct, and a handful of others are live but totally inactive. So it’s close to 50% turnout...

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  • Last call for Chops

    by Dylan · May 5, 2008 at 7:02 CDT · LAMB Chops · 3 Comments
    Last call for Chops

    If you don’t know how this works, read prior LAMB Chops posts by clicking the “Chops” button on the sidebar.

    (There’s a slight change to this, as Caitlin from 1,416 and Counting is going to be helping me out and taking over the Chops reins – details below.)

    Email Caitlin up to one post from your site or as many posts as you’d like from other sites from the week of April 27-May 3. She will...

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  • Like sands…

    by Dylan · May 1, 2008 at 19:43 CDT · 2008 LAMMYs, The LAMMYs · No Comments
    Like sands…

    Time is running out! Voting for the LAMMYS ends Monday night at midnight Pacific time. Please don’t miss this chance to honor your peers (and maybe get honored yourself) as it won’t come around again for awhile.

    Here’s the link: http://www.misterpoll.com/polls/335421

    I promise to make no more than two or three more reminder posts about the LAMMY deadline. 😉

    Also, the deadline for entries into the...

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  • LAMB Chops (4/20 – 4/26)

    by Dylan · Apr 30, 2008 at 13:48 CDT · LAMB Chops · No Comments
    LAMB Chops (4/20 – 4/26)

    Site: Spaghetti Sauce and Sweet Peas
    Post Title/Link: “Welcome to Hollywood”
    Submitted by: Spaghetti Sauce and Sweet Peas

    Site: Coosa Creek Mambo
    Post Title/Link: Review: The Man Who Wasn’t There
    Submitted by: Film for the Soul

    Site: Cinema Fist
    Post Title/Link: Trailer Park: Part I
    Submitted by: Mrs. Thuro’s Movie Rants and Raves

    Site: This Distracted Globe

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  • A LAMMYS Clarification

    by Dylan · Apr 29, 2008 at 7:03 CDT · 2008 LAMMYs, The LAMMYs · No Comments
    A LAMMYS Clarification

    I’ve seen in a few peoples’ LAMMY votes comments something about having to rush before the deadline and/or not being able to fully visit/judge the sites due to the deadline.

    I’m not sure where the idea is coming from, but the deadline is not until next Monday, May 5th. So please, take your time – you’ve got a week!…

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  • Last call for Chops

    by Dylan · Apr 27, 2008 at 21:12 CDT · LAMB Chops · No Comments
    Last call for Chops

    If you don’t know how this works, read prior LAMB Chops posts by clicking the “Chops” button on the sidebar.

    Email me up to one post from your site or as many posts as you’d like from other sites from the week of April 20-26. I will then use my editorial powers to pick the top ones – could be 5, could be 10 – I might settle on a given number once I see how many submissions I’m getting weekly....

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  • Who will take it?

    by Dylan · Apr 25, 2008 at 22:19 CDT · 2008 LAMMYs, The LAMMYs · 4 Comments
    Who will take it?

    It’s a tight race for Best Blog, with three or four horses running pretty close and 16 votes now in. Let’s get that number up to at least 25 by the end of the weekend. If you haven’t voted, what are you waiting for (besides having the time to inspect 75+ sites)?…

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  • The competition is heating up…

    by Dylan · Apr 23, 2008 at 18:08 CDT · 2008 LAMMYs, The LAMMYs · 3 Comments
    The competition is heating up…

    I should have waited for Mrs. Fletch’s help on this, but she’s busy working. As such, I used the twin designing powerhouses of PowerPoint and Paint to make this masterpiece. Maybe she’ll make another later…

    In the meantime, if you want to pimp your site and make one of these, go for it and I’ll put it up (thanks to Mikey of Spaghetti Sauce and Sweet Peas for the inspiration). Let’s have some...

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  • LAMB Chops (4/13 – 4/19)

    by Dylan · Apr 23, 2008 at 6:46 CDT · LAMB Chops · 2 Comments
    LAMB Chops (4/13 – 4/19)

    Don’t mind me – still playing around with the format to use for these. I’m open to any ideas.

    Site: The Moon is a Dead World
    Post Title/Link: Movie Review: The Fatal Hour
    Submitted by: The Moon is a Dead World

    Site: 353 Haiku Movie Review
    Post Title/Link: Review of Delicatessen
    Submitted by: 353 Haiku Movie Review

    Site: Ferdy on Films
    Post Title/Link: Advance review of...

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  • It’s time for the 2008 LAMMYS!

    by Dylan · Apr 21, 2008 at 6:57 CDT · 2008 LAMMYs, The LAMMYs · 24 Comments
    It’s time for the 2008 LAMMYS!

    Judge your peers! Brag about your standing within the LAMB community! Win fabulous prizes! If the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences can recognize its own every year, so can the LAMB.

    Here we are nearly six months and more than 75 LAMBs into this little project, and it appears to be a hit. Mrs. Fletch and I were discussing potential future LAMB events one day (as we do quite a bit) and she came up with the idea of...

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  • LAMB Chops (4/6 – 4/12)

    by Dylan · Apr 16, 2008 at 6:05 CDT · LAMB Chops · 2 Comments
    LAMB Chops (4/6 – 4/12)

    Mmmm…tasty. Click on the banner to go to the Chop:

    MovieZeal gives their review of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. Submitted by MovieZeal:

    “The film’s blistering power is owed almost entirely to the fact that it avoids politicizing one of the most hot-button issues in the world today.”

    Fataculture rants against the MPAA (every fanboy’s favorite whipping post). Submitted by...

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  • Regurgitating some LAMB Chops

    by Dylan · Apr 14, 2008 at 1:34 CDT · LAMB Chops · 2 Comments
    Regurgitating some LAMB Chops

    There’s a process I go through when I post every new LAMB site. First, I publish the profile post itself. Then, I go in and edit the LAMB scroll box to include the new site, followed by shooting off an email to the author to let them know that their profile has been posted. Finally, I’ll go into my Google Reader and add a subscription to the new site. (On occasion, I’ll go in and add a bunch of new sites to “the...

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