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City of Dallas Gives Up Its Website?

Tim Rogers — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:08:08 +0000

I assume this will be rectified soon. But right now, if you go to dallascityhall.com, you’ll find that the URL does not inspire confidence in the city’s technical competence.

Wade Phillips Got Jiggy With it in Miami

Josh Hixson — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:51:09 +0000

Well now, looks Denver’s 103.5 The Fox obtained video evidence of what Wade Phillips spent his time in Miami doing after losing the Pro Bowl 41 to 31. But don’t bag on his coaching skills too much. As you can see from the video, he was able to direct a room full of ladies in a rousing rendition of the Village People’s “YMCA.”

UPDATE 6:08 p.m. Saturday: @sonofbum, Wade Phillip’s Twitter handle, tweeted the following comment regarding the aforementioned YouTube video:

utube got the ymca dance–just having fun–wish more people would have fun instead of gripping about everything.

On Mrs. Novacek’s Death and Online Comments Thereon

Tim Rogers — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:33:09 +0000

As was mentioned in the comments to Leading Off this morning, the Dallas Morning News had to turn off comments to its story about LeAnne Novacek’s apparent suicide due to “numerous violations” of their terms of service. It makes one wonder how anyone — much less numerous someones — could possibly say something offensive in response to that story. It also makes me wonder how much longer the DMN will allow comments to its stories.

Best DJs in Dallas Enters Final Week; Last Chance to Vote, Complain

Zac Crain — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:58:49 +0000

Two of the following five will be eliminated this week:

DJ Avi
DJ Krave
Jennifer Miller
DJ Red Eye
Rob Vaughan

Make the magic happen, people.

Help Us Determine the Best DJs in Dallas (Now With Fewer Choices)

Zac Crain — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:21:54 +0000

After the first week of voting, three competitors have been eliminated: DJ WISHFM, DJ Rev, and Guillaume. Two more will be cut this week, and two more the week after that. So, if you have a favorite, click here and vote. You can do so every day, and remember: if you voted last week, that vote now is as meaningless as the Cowboys’ season. In other words, yes, you have to vote again. And again.

Help Us Decide the Best DJs in Dallas

Zac Crain — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:38:45 +0000

Voting opened yesterday right here. Some will be eliminated each week, so make sure to vote once a day if you have a favorite. (Totals reset each week.)

As per usual, some have taken issue with the Top 10 — complaining about who got left out, who was left on, how the list was generated, etc. All I can say is, everything was on the up and up. We solicited nominations from our Nightlife followers, winnowed it down, and brought in everyone that was left over for interviews and listening sessions. No bias was at play, no money changed hands. Just good, old fashioned, American hard work. Did someone get left out who deserved to be on there? Probably. That’s the contest business for you.

Channel your frustrations into clicking that link upstairs as hard as possible. It’s therapeutic.

Time Waste of the Day: Netflix Rentals by ZIP Code

Tim Rogers — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:10:02 +0000

Over the weekend, several alert FBvians sent me a link to this NYT database showing which Netflix rentals were popular in which Dallas ZIPs in 2009. Try not scrolling through all 100 movies to see where they were the most popular. My research has revealed the following about South Dallas: folks in that part of town did rent Tyler Perry’s The Family That Prays — while they did not rent W.

Dallas Reads the New York Times

Tim Rogers — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:02:19 +0000

An alert FrontBurnervian points us to the below video, created by the smart folks at the NYT. It shows the source of traffic to their website on the day Michael Jackson died. Notice the red hotspot in North Texas.

JCPenney Has More Facebook Friends Than You

Jason Heid — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:26:49 +0000

Slate’s The Big Money site came out today with its list of companies making the best use of social media tools. They call it the Facebook 50, and their judging is based entirely on how each brand is using its Facebook page. (They promise to deliver a “Twitter 12″ later this week.)

The North Texas company highest up the list is (No. 19) JCPenney, which apparently saw its number of Facebook fans rise from 22,000 to 500,000 as soon as it placed some ads through the site. There are two other locals on the list (which is topped by Coca-Cola.) Dr Pepper is No. 38, and Pizza Hut is No. 35. Another company with North Texas roots, Six Flags, came in at No. 40.

D Magazine on Facebook wasn’t eligible for consideration for this year’s list, as the cutoff was pages with at least 200,000 fans. You can help change that by clicking on the “Become a Fan” box on the right side of this blog.

Celebrate Veterans Day The Best Way Possible

Zac Crain — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:21:20 +0000

By watching clips of dogs welcoming home their soldier owners from tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Don’t watch the last clip — which is not of dogs, but of little kids — if you work in an office where openly weeping at your desk is frowned upon.)

(H/T: everyone on the Internet today)