SubscribeWhy is it called the Big DumpTruck?
Back when the earth’s crust was still cooling, I was a tech writer at a company in Waltham. The web and browsers were brand new, and I decided it would be a good thing to learn HTML. So I signed up for a free Tripod account (back before they were the pop-up kings) and created a web page called “Utter Uselessness.” The one thing I remember from that page is that the background image made it look like it was written on a hardwood floor. Yes, it’s easy to read text with THAT background. Oh, and look! I can change font colors!
So anyway, off the main U.U. page was this page of little random thoughts that I called The Big DumpTruck. A lot of what was on that page had to do with my commuting adventures, and a lot of times I got stuck behind those big dumptrucks full of gravel that just seem to spray you with rocks. So those became the “thought pebbles” in the tagline. Eventually I decided that all the other stuff was secondary, registered the domain, and redesigned the site around the BDT. So there you have it.
