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Post number 10682

MarkB — Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:07:54 -0800

Entertainment Weekly's current (September 28, 2001) edition begins its story on the Internet in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks in the United States with a paragraph stating that:

By 9:15 Tuesday morning, a link to a live webcam atop the Empire State Building with a clear view of lower Manhattan was posted on Dave Winer's Scripting News Weblog (scripting.com). And dozens of other daily log writers, including the all-encompasing Metafilter.com, compiled the highlights from U.S. and foreign news sources.

The article goes on to mention many other links to relevant online sites including kottke.org, thefineline.org/tflblog, and camworld.com. Apologies if this is a repost. I couldn't find it in recent days listings or search results.

By: megnut

megnut — Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:17:45 -0800

Is the article online? Your link just goes to the front page of EW.

By: MarkB

MarkB — Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:33:23 -0800

Nope. It doesn't look like EW publish the contents of their hard copy publication. Even more unfortunate is they don't appear to have any sort of computer/internet section at their online site at all.

By: jcterminal

jcterminal — Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:34:18 -0800

whoo. 'all-encompassing'. rock on! let's start some damage!

By: bragadocchio

bragadocchio — Fri, 21 Sep 2001 15:41:42 -0800

Pat yourselves on the back. The blurb from Entertainment Weekly doesn't say it, but I'm going to - This is the best site on the web. Not as fancy as, say Classic Motown, as consumer friendly as Amazon.com, but filled with smart, witty, and humorous people, interacting in a manner that isn't rivaled anywhere else. OK... You can stop patting yourselves on the back now.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Fri, 21 Sep 2001 16:16:02 -0800

All I get on the EW site is their SQL statements used to build the page. screenshot

By: megnut

megnut — Fri, 21 Sep 2001 16:26:10 -0800

Ha ha ha ha ha.

By: lotsofno

lotsofno — Fri, 21 Sep 2001 17:11:24 -0800

mine is not as bad, but still pretty horrendous: screenshot

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Fri, 21 Sep 2001 17:48:43 -0800

(ouch)...arm hurts...from congratulatory self-back-patting... Kudos (again) to Matt for creating & hosting all of us -- with all of our liberal/insipid/reactionary/empty/inspiring/witty/trashy/insightful/wicked/objectivist/urbane/left-leaning/conservative/profound/dumb/zippity bop thoughts, feelings, comments, quirks, pancakes, and rants. How do you put up with all of us? You guys & gals, all you posters out there, are all quite something, you know that? I appreciate you. Seriously.

By: Bernreuther

Bernreuther — Sat, 22 Sep 2001 02:03:38 -0800

I'm burned out from the gym and can't reach my own back. But I congratulate the rest of you :) I stayed away (with occasional lurking) for quite some time because I had enough other sites to suck my time away. But I finally saw the light...

By: dagnyscott

dagnyscott — Sat, 22 Sep 2001 09:03:45 -0800

Same as me, lotsofno. Anyone know why some sites do that in Opera? Though only other one I've seen is, I think, milive.com ...