Your Local Forecast...Now on TWC Classics
Update: The section mentioned in this post is currently inactive, due to technical issues. Starting today, you can get your local weather conditions, forecast, and radar from TWC Classics. Data is...
View ArticlePages Removed
For those of you that used the "Your Local Forecast" area, you may have noticed that the current conditions part stopped working a few weeks ago. This application was created by someone else...
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New Drop-Down Links
I have made a few cosmetic changes to the site. In particular, I have added a "sidebar" to the blog pages. Whatever you're looking at in the blog, you'll have quick access to each category, the last 5...
View ArticleComing Soon: A Better Timeline
When I created the timeline section late last year, the goal was to provide you with a look at how The Weather Channel was during a certain time frame. Originally, I organized the content by slogan...
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15 Years of TWC Classics
As many of you know, this summer marked the 15th anniversary of this site. TWC Classics was born "Matt's TWC Music Homepage" around July, 1997. Like many sites in the late 90s, the design was basic and...
View ArticleComing Soon: A Better TWCC
A few months ago, I made a post about organizing the timeline section better. Since then, I've been doing a lot of research and have decided to redo the entire site. Why? Simple. I want to attract more...
View ArticleNew Blog Features
In case you haven't noticed already, I made some additions and changes to the blog on the 15th. The first thing you'll notice is that the front page now lists all the posts, starting with the most...
View ArticleCurrent or previous navigation?
As I mentioned in a previous post, I have plans to change the navigation/structure of the site. A few regular visitors have voiced opposition to this. Rather than make the changes and assume that most...
View ArticleI'm Still Here...With Over 400 "Friends"
I apologize for the lack of updates on the site. I am currently holding off any content updates for the relaunch. Since I've been (thankfully) very busy at work over the last few months, I haven't had...
View ArticleShazam Finally Names That Tune!
Today might be the greatest day of my life in terms of Weather Channel nostalgia! As much as I love Shazam (the smart phone app that can identify most songs by listening to them), I've never had much...
View ArticleComing Up...The New/Old TWC Classics
As you have likely noticed, the "new" TWC Classics is live! Well, I guess you could call it the "old" TWC Classics. The structure/navigation and design is similar to the way things were a few years...
View ArticleNine Unknowns Found In One Week!
Update (10/7/13): I had to order physical copies of Bill Shields and E.T.A. The Bill Shields CD didn't contain any additional Weather Channel songs, but the E.T.A. CD did! All three were used in...
View ArticleMy Favorite Weather Channel Christmas Clips
With Christmas just two days away, and The Weather Channel not playing Christmas music this year, I thought it would be fun to make a list of my favorite Christmas songs featured on the local forecast...
View ArticlePreparing For The Worst, Hoping For The Best
Update: I created a poll about which design should stay. If you haven't already, please answer it. Thanks! After my hosting company experienced their second network crash in less than eight months, I...
View ArticleSite Design Poll
You may have noticed that the blog and the rest of the site have two different designs. While I'm moving files over to YouTube and Facebook, I thought I'd make things more uniform. So I was wondering...
View ArticleYouTube Update
Well it turns out that moving videos to YouTube won't work. Because YouTube changes the file name after you upload it, I need to match up the YouTube id with my own file name in a database. This is...
View ArticleFacebook Doesn't "Like" Pages Anymore
If you're a Facebook user, you may have noticed that posts from pages you've "liked" have almost completely disappeared. I thought it was just me, but it turns out that Facebook has changed the way...
View ArticleThe End of the WeatherSTAR 4000
In case you haven't heard, The Weather Channel is apparently discontinuing all of their legacy WeatherSTAR units later this month. This includes the XL, Jr., and my favorite - the 4000. Since The...
View ArticleIt's Moving Day, It's Moving Day!
Yesterday evening, I moved the site to a new hosting company. The one I was with for the last year had proven to be rather unreliable. They had several company-wide outages that resulted in significant...
View ArticleTWC Classics + Weather?
I don't know about you, but I've become rather frustrated with most weather sites. It seems like they're so desperate to pad their visitor counts that they're willing to put non-weather posts like "30...
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