by James McNally on March 21, 2005
I’ve been running all of my sites on Movable Type for a few years now, but I have watched with interest as Matt has developed WordPress. Now at version 1.5, the software is maturing almost as fast as the boy himself! It only seems fitting that Runner-Up would give WordPress a go.
One drawback is that all your precious comments are, poof, gone! Please don’t let that deter you from tediously re-entering all your thoughts from the past year of Runner-Up entries. In fact, this might be a good opportunity to go back and read all those entries.
by James McNally on April 5, 2004
As many of you know, I’ve been keeping a weblog called Consolation Champs since 2000. The name was one that would have been my band name had I had any musical ability. I’ve always been fascinated by so-called “losers” and found the stories of the runners-up and the also-rans often more interesting than those of the “winners”. They’re stories that don’t often get told, though.
Enter Runner-Up! On this site, I plan to draw your attention to things that often get overlooked by the victory-hungry media. These stories didn’t receive any acclaim or even attention, but I’ve found them fascinating and thought you would too. They won’t all be sports stories, though a fair number of them will be. I also want to draw your attention to films, books, historical figures (yes, even politicians) that didn’t “win” anything but who are still worthy of a look.
In the next few months, I’m hoping to grow this site into a team effort. If you have any ideas, get in touch with me! And welcome again to Runner-Up: Where 2nds Count!