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Damn, it's a very exciting time

Goer: "What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge control characters in comments?"

Distler: "No, Evan. I am trying to tell you that when you're ready... you won't have to."

Whoa.

As you can see, we¹ here at goer.org are eagerly anticipating the arrival of the new Matrix movie. I don't particularly care about the alleged philosophical ruminations of The Matrix, all of which have been examined at length by earlier philosophers and writers. At best we can say that The Matrix has tied up these concepts and presented them in an appealing package. Which is something, at least.

Nope, I'm there for the action. I want to see Mr. Anderson wiping the floor with a hundred Mr. Smiths. I want to see Morpheus battling the Twins. Most of all, I want to see Trinity dealing out destruction while clad in black vinyl. Some might roll their eyes, thinking the black vinyl outfits to be hackneyed and cliched... faux cool. Hey, I'm just sayin', I think Carrie-Anne Moss makes it work.

Finally, I apologize for the new, temporary, Matrix-themed style sheet.² Unfortunately this site does not provide a style sheet switcher, so I'm afraid that if you don't like the new look, you're going to just have to suffer for the next couple of weeks. Please don't be angry with me. Instead only try to realize the truth: there is no style sheet. Then you'll see that it is not the style sheet that changes, it is only yourself.

1. Meaning, of course, "me".

2. If you don't see any difference... then as Zeldman likes to say, "Kindly reload."

Posted by Evan Goer on May. 14, 2003 at 8:04 AM | Comments (7)

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Mmmm... Carrie-Anne Moss....

Posted by Russ on May. 14, 2003 at 8:44 AM
Next, I want to see a style that emulates the self-inflicted tatooes that Nightcawler drew in X2.

Posted by Adiv on May. 18, 2003 at 1:22 AM
Hmmm, I suppose it could look something like this:

http://www.goer.org/Prototypes/X2/

Actually, I sort of like it. The only problem is that the HTML Tutorial is also blue, and I want the two templates to look a little more distinct.

Posted by Evan on May. 18, 2003 at 2:03 PM
No. No. You need those cryptic symbols like he had on his torso. And maybe something to imply the smokey residue left have he teleports.

Nice try though. (Notice, that I don't actually say that I could do it myself, because I can't.)

"Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't teach, blog."

Posted by Adiv on May. 19, 2003 at 11:41 PM
Ehhh. I suppose this would require some skills with Adobe Illustrator, which I am sorely lacking.

Posted by Evan on May. 20, 2003 at 7:23 AM
By the way, this was by far the funniest Matrix allusion I've ever seen. :)

Posted by Matt on May. 22, 2003 at 9:12 PM
Why, thank you Matt. I see you have been roaming far and abroad for Matrix-related sites, so I will take that as very high praise indeed. :)

Posted by Evan on May. 22, 2003 at 10:36 PM

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