http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/02/12/the-digest-021208/ Where High Gets Low. Mon, 21 May 2012 23:27:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/02/12/the-digest-021208/comment-page-1/#comment-674 marshallastor.com » In Which I Hop On the Dogpile Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:29:25 +0000 http://c-monster.net/blog1/2008/02/12/the-digest-021208/#comment-674 [...] Both C-Monster and Tyler Green are right.  The LA Times Arts and Culture web page is cocked up.  Hey Mr. Times, how hard would it be to make the page look better than it does right now?  Currently it resembles little more than a Google search for your recent articles.  Big fun there.  If I want a Google search for your recent articles, I would have done one myself.  It’s not like the arts are a visual thing, either… How hard would it be to throw a picture in that sidebar that right now is showing a very arts-relevant Chevy ad as I glare angrily at it?  I’m not coming to your page for the Chevy ads, buddy.  If all the Times did was drop in thumbnails next to each article like the entertainment page does it would be a 20% improvement, right away. [...] [...] Both C-Monster and Tyler Green are right.  The LA Times Arts and Culture web page is cocked up.  Hey Mr. Times, how hard would it be to make the page look better than it does right now?  Currently it resembles little more than a Google search for your recent articles.  Big fun there.  If I want a Google search for your recent articles, I would have done one myself.  It’s not like the arts are a visual thing, either… How hard would it be to throw a picture in that sidebar that right now is showing a very arts-relevant Chevy ad as I glare angrily at it?  I’m not coming to your page for the Chevy ads, buddy.  If all the Times did was drop in thumbnails next to each article like the entertainment page does it would be a 20% improvement, right away. [...]

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