http://blog.epodunk.com Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:37:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After 8 years of going it alone, we have decided to sell ePodunk to a larger company with more resources. See the press release, issued yesterday, for more details: http://internetbrands.com/ib/news/press-releases ePodunk employees are currently working with the Internet Brands team to keep the site up to date and as interesting as ever. ... http://blog.epodunk.com/index.php/2007/09/05/epodunk-sold-to-internet-brands/ Two of the most popular ePodunk sections have finally been united: Cemeteries and Festivals. While it seems an unlikely pairing of mourning and celebration, Patricia Leigh Brown's recent article in the New York Times discusses how many communities have turned to new ways to raise funds to keep their cemeteries alive. Brown ... http://blog.epodunk.com/index.php/2007/05/29/cemeteries-the-new-place-to-celebrate/ When I was approving ePodunk user photos a few weeks ago, I came across the beautiful shot below of Pend Oreille River in Metaline Falls, WA. It was submitted by ePodunk user slengst and I quickly emailed her to tell her we were going to feature her photo on ... http://blog.epodunk.com/index.php/2007/04/24/olympus-talk-forum-photos-sweep-epodunk-homepages/ Listed as one of our Canadianisms, this drink named for the Canadian city has sparked recent interest from our users. Up for debate: What IS a Calgary Red-Eye, and do Canadians really drink it? At its most basic, the Calgary Red-Eye can be defined as beer or lager mixed with ... http://blog.epodunk.com/index.php/2007/04/17/calgary-red-eye/ Like our new look? ePodunk has been redesigned by ePodunk co-founder John Decker, former multimedia editor of the New York Times on the Web and Web designer for the Detroit Free Press. Most recently, John worked as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's photographer. In addition to making ePodunk pages more aesthetically pleasing, John ... http://blog.epodunk.com/index.php/2007/03/20/announcing-epodunks-redesign/ You can now upload photos to ePodunk Canada, ePodunk UK and ePodunk Ireland! Browse your place-themed photos and click "Submit" on any community page to have your photos displayed on our pages. Check the homepages to see our featured user photos and to start uploading your own photos! Below, a ... http://blog.epodunk.com/index.php/2007/02/22/new-canada-uk-ireland-user-photos-reviews-and-blogs/ Our apologies to users who were unable to access ePodunk last night. The company hosting our site - Peer1 - lost power at its Atlanta Data Center. Four excruciating hours later, we were back up and running. http://blog.epodunk.com/index.php/2007/02/21/feb-20-outage/ Many antique photographs that have survived decades rarely make it out of their storage boxes, except to be displayed at the occasional family reunion or funeral. Now, you don't have to keep your delicate photos out of sight. Upload your historic family photos to ePodunk and they'll be featured in our ... http://blog.epodunk.com/index.php/2007/01/25/family-matters/ We want to hear from you! After many months of receiving emails full of feedback, queries, interesting tidbits, and stories from our audience, ePodunk has opened its pages to publish blogs and reviews directly in the words of our users. Now, at the top of every community page on the ... http://blog.epodunk.com/index.php/2007/01/09/you-tell-us-the-good-the-bad-and-everything-in-between/ I made sure to seek out a good po’boy in New Orleans. Or, as they’re known throughout most of the country, a sub sandwich. I got some good soul food too, collard greens and all. But what really stood apart in New Orleans was the rabbit. At Coop’s Place, on ... http://blog.epodunk.com/index.php/2007/01/06/crawdads-or-gumbo-no-give-me-the-rabbit/