1. Why is this site called The Choad?
2. What technical details are there about this site that I don’t really need to be aware of?
[more to come…]

 

1. Why is this site called The Choad?

Well, this is the second incarnation of this site. The first was only run by Al and was known as “Chronicles of a Dumbass”. It was originally hosted at Blogspot.com but it wasn’t long before it stopped due to Al working on http://osx.portraitofakite.com. Then plans were set in motion for a new site under a new domain using WordPress with Dave coming onboard to provide additional content. So “Chronicles of a Dumbass” became “The Chronicles of a Dumbass” and was eventually shortened to “The Choad” [which comes from CHronicles Of A Dumbass for those struggling to keep up]. However, 3 days after registering ‘thechoad.com’, the question as to whether or not the word ‘Choad’ is an actual word sprung to mind.

We looked. It is.

Dictionary.com definition for “choad”

/chohd/ n. Synonym for `penis’ used in alt.tasteless and
popularized by the denizens thereof. They say: “We think maybe it’s
from Middle English but we’re all too damned lazy to check the OED.”
[I’m not. It isn’t. –ESR] This term is alleged to have been
inherited through 1960s underground comics, and to have been
recently sighted in the Beavis and Butthead cartoons. Speakers of
the Hindi, Bengali and Gujarati languages have confirmed that
`choad’ is in fact an Indian vernacular word equivalent to `fuck’;
it is therefore likely to have entered English slang via the British
Raj.

Bugger.

 

2. What technical details are there about this site that I don’t really need to be aware of?

This site is hosted by ImHosted and has been designed specifically for Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. However, we strongly recommend Firefox (not only because it actually complies with standards but because it also comes with an amazing bunch of features). We’re using WordPress 1.5.1 with a few customized plugins. The theme has been created by Al Berry, but is based on the Kubrick v1.2.6 template by Michael Heilemann (which now comes as the default theme for WordPress). But we forgot to buy milk. Again.