April 11, 2002

2:56 AM

Electric Pompeii.A distant church bell tolls, Tumbleweed blows, a lone wolf howls. Snapshots of websites preserved exactly as they were at the moment when the final redundancy notices were handed out...
posted by Spoon (6 comments total)

"A distant church bell tolls, Tumbleweed blows, a lone wolf howls."

Something like this thread.
posted by pracowity at 5:44 AM on April 11, 2002

Electric Pompeii lists The Weekly World News site as defunct, but it is, as far as I can tell, very much funct.
posted by MrMoonPie at 6:46 AM on April 11, 2002

They probably got fooled by one of Ed's many joke shutdowns of the site. Maybe someone should let them know, so they can be all combobulated again.
posted by yhbc at 6:58 AM on April 11, 2002

just great... preserving the internet's crappy design for future generations to see. it is a good idea though.
posted by sixtwenty3dc at 9:08 AM on April 11, 2002

Now if only electric tumbleweeds would randomly drift about the sites... that would make it all worth it.
posted by drezdn at 9:34 AM on April 11, 2002

just great... preserving the internet's crappy design for future generations to see

Damn straight it's great. It should be required reading for designers and MBA Brainzillas who come up with ideas for the next insanely great thing. After all, those who forget the past...
posted by holycola at 11:27 AM on April 11, 2002