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New Comment System on the270

wyliemac — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:11:09 +0000

Upon the recommendation of Raymond Angel, I’ve decided to add Intense Debate as the270’s new comment management system.

What are Intense Debate Comments?

* Intense Debate Comments are a substitute for your current blog commenting system and the first release from Intense Debate.
* Intense Debate Comments are embedded into a user’s blog like a widget.
* With Intense Debate Comments installed, blog readers can take advantage of features such as threaded comments, voting up your favorite comments, and tracking the comments of friends across any blog with Intense Debate Comments embedded.
* Blog publishers will see a higher quality of comments and a sprouting community within their blog

I’m excited about this. Go ahead. Join the debate.

1,000 site visits!

wyliemac — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:03:35 +0000

The 270 just hit the 1,000 visitor mark. Not bad for 18 days of existence. Thank you all for visiting!

Test post to check time stamp

wyliemac — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 03:33:10 +0000

The last post showed a time stamp of July 1, 2007 a 3:17 a.m. Which is wrong. So I changed the time stamp withing WordPress and am posting this post to see what time is stamped.

UPDATE: So here’s what happened. This post appears to have been posted before the last post because WordPress did not retroactively change the time stamp from the last post when I made the change in time zones. It appears that it just applies the new time zone going forward.

Welcome to the 270

wyliemac — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

First the name. It’s “the 270.” As in I-270. Which is the outerbelt for Columbus, Ohio. Which this site is about.

Why “the” before 270? Well, we mid-westerners don’t identify freeways or highways with a “the” before it. (And no, it’s not pronounced thee). But Californians ad a “the” before a freeway number. Like: “get on the 5,” or “take the 5 to the 101.” We would never say that here in Columbus, Ohio. We would say something like, “take 270 to 70.” Don’t believe me about the the? Well check out these directions to the Highlands Hollywood:

Take the 105 East to the 110 North, towards Los Angeles. From the 110, take the 101 North towards Hollywood. Exit on Highland Ave/Hollywood Bowl; keep righty at the fork in the ramp. Merge onto Odin Street, then turn left onto Highland Ave.

So there you have it. Proof positive that Californians use the word “the” before a freeway name. So why use it for the 270? Well, I must admit, that I love California. Maybe not LA, but there is a lot of other towns in California that’s just awesome. But I’m here in Columbus, Ohio. I grew up here. And I’ve grown to love it here. Even though there are more exciting places to be. It’s a perfect place to raise kids. And it’s not the boring town that I knew growing up. The town that I wanted to escape from. But now have come to appreciate.

This site is about Columbus. It’s about what to do in Columbus. It’s about what’s right and what’s wrong about Columbus. The “the” adds a west coast cachet to the town. Because, we are cool here in C-Bus. We are hip (well, not me). We are the 270.