Recommended Posts (July 6-12, 2008)
This thread lists some particularly good posts in the forums from the week of Sunday, July 6, 2008, to Saturday, July 12, 2008. We hope you'll read the others, too, but if you're in a rush, here's how to catch up!
Start Here
If you're new to the forums, welcome! We'd love for you to participate in any discussion you like. Here are some good places for you to dive right in:
Introduce Yourself
It's always fun to hear from new JoCo fans (or old ones who've just gotten around to joining the forums). If you're curious, feel free to read through the old posts in the thread and see what other people have said about themselves, but we're happy for you just to, well, introduce yourself!
Favorite Songs List
Tell us your five favorite JoCo songs and why you like them!
How did you discover JoCo?
The thread title says it all, doesn't it?
The Forum Code of Conduct / FAQ
You'll probably want to read our policy, written by, of, and for the members of the JoCo forums. We're really loose around here, but it'll give you a good idea of how people behave in these parts. (You don't have to read the whole FAQ, but if you have questions, look there first.)
New this week
New threads:
"A Talk with JoCo", by me (Bry) and Jinx. We got the rare opportunity to interview JoCo a couple weeks ago, and somehow or other we managed to get nearly three hours of audio footage. We've divided the interview into five segments:
Part 1 (Early Years)
Part 2 (Undocumented Songs)
Part 3 (Thing a Week)
Part 4 (The Present)
Part 5 (The Future)
Classic JoCo, started by Jmonkee, who discovered a better recording of probably the earliest JoCo solo appearance on videotape. An "awesome piece of prehistoric coulton footage," writes three08.
Ongoing threads:
Here are some threads that have had really interesting posts added in the last week!
Masters of Song-Fu
A thread to discuss the contest Quick Stop Entertainment is holding. In the words of three08: "some seriously awesome new Coultontent coming out of this contest - interesting discussions since the last round of the differences between our hero and Paul & Storm."
Covers of JoCo Songs
A couple of variations on "Code Monkey" this week: Jutze's recorded a brilliant German translation of "Code Monkey," and the Grammar Club has added a really polished version that includes a smidgen of rap. Take a listen!
Ongoing projects:
We have a pair of stuffed animals (or cuddly toys, as you please), being shipped around the world. Here are some pictures of their tour!
muckalarkuary's pictures of Code Monkey in Springfield, Missouri
Percephene's pictures of the half-pony-half-monkey monster in Christchurch, New Zealand
PS: I want to get this out every Monday from now on, but I'm out of town this weekend -- I'd really like to rotate who does these posts. Can I get a volunteer? It didn't take me twenty minutes, not including this postscript and the "Start Here" segment. You can copy my wording from this post for anything that recurs.
Start Here
If you're new to the forums, welcome! We'd love for you to participate in any discussion you like. Here are some good places for you to dive right in:
Introduce Yourself
It's always fun to hear from new JoCo fans (or old ones who've just gotten around to joining the forums). If you're curious, feel free to read through the old posts in the thread and see what other people have said about themselves, but we're happy for you just to, well, introduce yourself!
Favorite Songs List
Tell us your five favorite JoCo songs and why you like them!
How did you discover JoCo?
The thread title says it all, doesn't it?
The Forum Code of Conduct / FAQ
You'll probably want to read our policy, written by, of, and for the members of the JoCo forums. We're really loose around here, but it'll give you a good idea of how people behave in these parts. (You don't have to read the whole FAQ, but if you have questions, look there first.)
New this week
New threads:
"A Talk with JoCo", by me (Bry) and Jinx. We got the rare opportunity to interview JoCo a couple weeks ago, and somehow or other we managed to get nearly three hours of audio footage. We've divided the interview into five segments:
Part 1 (Early Years)
Part 2 (Undocumented Songs)
Part 3 (Thing a Week)
Part 4 (The Present)
Part 5 (The Future)
Classic JoCo, started by Jmonkee, who discovered a better recording of probably the earliest JoCo solo appearance on videotape. An "awesome piece of prehistoric coulton footage," writes three08.
Ongoing threads:
Here are some threads that have had really interesting posts added in the last week!
Masters of Song-Fu
A thread to discuss the contest Quick Stop Entertainment is holding. In the words of three08: "some seriously awesome new Coultontent coming out of this contest - interesting discussions since the last round of the differences between our hero and Paul & Storm."
Covers of JoCo Songs
A couple of variations on "Code Monkey" this week: Jutze's recorded a brilliant German translation of "Code Monkey," and the Grammar Club has added a really polished version that includes a smidgen of rap. Take a listen!
Ongoing projects:
We have a pair of stuffed animals (or cuddly toys, as you please), being shipped around the world. Here are some pictures of their tour!
muckalarkuary's pictures of Code Monkey in Springfield, Missouri
Percephene's pictures of the half-pony-half-monkey monster in Christchurch, New Zealand
PS: I want to get this out every Monday from now on, but I'm out of town this weekend -- I'd really like to rotate who does these posts. Can I get a volunteer? It didn't take me twenty minutes, not including this postscript and the "Start Here" segment. You can copy my wording from this post for anything that recurs.
Comments
If I could commit to having the time to cross post from the wiki to here at the end of the voting I would, but I just can't guarantee I'll be around, sorry
I'm pretty sure you have the ability to lock pages, Bry (I think it comes with the ability to edit locked pages such as the main page), but let me know if you don't and I'll give it to you.
Percephene, the "too many blank lines" seems to be a function of how this forum handles heading (<h3>) tags. Brings to mind all the trouble I had, back when my job description basically stretched as far as "making a chart of all the tab pages" -- HTML tables looked okay in the forums, except that there was about half a page of blank space before them.
I can indeed protect pages, Lex -- thanks for the tip. What do y'all think -- no reason not to lock them, huh?
Can you hack the CSS? Never mind, I'm sure its not that important!
I agree, lock the pages once the voting is done. No reason why not to that I can see. Saves on confusion too.
ETA: I've also protected the page. Now I want an "archived" template. Percephene, you're really good at those -- could you, y'know...?
I'll get right on it!