In the wee hours of August 25, 2000, one year ago, Matt christened the newly formed actsofvolition.com with the inevitable inaugural post. Matt put it well:
I realize the excitement of having ones own website is not one which extends very far beyond the proprietors of the website, but if everyone will just pretend to be as thrilled with the concept as we are that'll be just fine. No matter the level of outside enthusiasm, I know we’ll have fun.
We know how we feel about the last year of aov (pretty good). What interests us much more than that is:
Comments
Alan - August 25, 2001 5:51 pm
Is there another site where I can read and write about CFL, vinyl, pei IT / politics, fast food and Lord Goog? If there is send me the link.
Otherwise, buy yourselves a large milk or whatever it is you nutty kids drink.
Steven Garrity - August 25, 2001 8:02 pm
Thank you kindly Al. However, before we are flooded with kindness, let it be known that we are not fishing for compliments. Criticism is welcome.
windom earle - August 25, 2001 8:03 pm
re: "Criticism is welcome."
dorrell is a slut.
KJB + Senior Lecky - August 25, 2001 8:09 pm
Mike is back in Vancouver and tho he, unlike myslef, is a shameless self-promoter we are not here today to promote self.
No, we are here to announce that the Empire is preparing a special treat for our favourite computer geeks.
mike lecky - August 25, 2001 8:12 pm
and, yeah, matthew is a slut.
present arrives tomorrow.
Nick Burka - August 25, 2001 9:44 pm
Favorite posts of the year:
<ul>
<li>My nomination for Executable of the Millennium
<li>it's not so much macs, but the people who use them
<li>b l i p s b l i p s b l i p s b l i p s b l i p s b l i p s<br>that graphic drove me crazy for a week
<li>daylight savings time rustles out the crazies
<li>"ugly people say ugly things."
<li>I rock harder (A Valentine's Day Greeting).
</ul>
I know I've missed some really good ones, but these posts were some of my favorites.
Alan - August 25, 2001 11:01 pm
sorry Steve...you suck
now go have that milk...
Steven Garrity - August 26, 2001 2:50 pm
Nick, your post warmed my heart. Let's hear it people, what were your favourite aov posts/threads of the year?
A few I've particularly enjoyed:<ul>
<li><a href="index.cfm?section=board&id=247">The most amusing spam award</a>
<li><a href="index.cfm?section=board&id=346#p">The great U2 debate</a><br>(which happened mostly in my absence, oddly)
</ul>
<blockquote class="smalltext">(Tech Note: To get the url of a particular post, you can right click on the link to the post from the archive page or from the search results and choose 'copy shortcut'. For linking to a thread of replies, just copy the url from the location bar in your browser.)</blockquote>
Vince - August 26, 2001 3:58 pm
Happy Birthday.
<p>
Thanks to the good people at <a href="http://www.pornolize.com" target="_blank">pornolize.com</a> you can now see how AOV would of turned out if you let Dorell be the webmaster <a href="http://www.pornolize.com/cgi-bin/pornolize/pornolize.cgi?lang=en&url=www.actsofvolition.com" target="_blank">here</a>.
<p>
God Bless.
<p>
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Mark McQuaid - August 27, 2001 1:35 am
Well I will admit I have only discovered this site within the past few months but since I have I have become an an AOV addict for many reasons including
<li>its a local site where i can read about local events
<li>your sites content appeals to techies and job blow users
<li>you sort the crap out of the interent and post good(yet fucked up) links to differnet sites
<li>the people that reply to your threads spark interesting and humerous responces
So yeah those are some reasons..As corny as they maybe its what i think.So heres to another year of AOV..
Laterz
Mark
The Empire Strikes Back - August 27, 2001 2:05 am
For all the "Job Blow" users out there.
Matthew - August 27, 2001 3:58 am
"Like dogshit sliding across a parquet floor." Nice work.
Steven Garrity - August 27, 2001 10:52 am
Thanks, Mark. Your directed and honest comments stand out in a sea of cowardly sarcastic crap (like this post).
To the great Forgetters: I am honoured, amused, and disappointed.
"the internet, good or bad for the web?" - I am still laughing at that. Your mirthful JPEG and insightful mocking shows that you have clearly been reading aov for a while. respect.
Why am I disappointed? Well, first of all, go download the Georgia font, it's free. Second, and more importantly, I am disappointed that you were too cheap to register <b>aovsucks.com</b>.
Thank you.
Alison - August 27, 2001 12:33 pm
YAY AOV!!!