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Into Every Malformed URL A Little Haiku Must Fall

mmahaffie — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 17:47:17 -0800

~~File Not Found~~ Philosophical Haiku
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rectuMTV

Mr Bluesky — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:26:23 -0800

rectuMTV Fairly twisted music video (Qtime) from the Taiwanese group Loh Tsui Kweh Commune. Definitely NSFW. Starts off innocently enough but goes downhill pretty quick. It's official people, MTV is so last millennium!

N.Y. Diabetes-Tracking Plan Draws Concern

brandz — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:54:05 -0800

Are we ready for the food police? "It's that they're pestering you." brandz

Tessellations

nickyskye — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 21:45:35 -0800

Tessellations are mathematically created images. Trompe L'oeil geometry that is a visual cousin to surrealism , visual games and mosaics.

404's 4 U

daHIFI — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 15:49:28 -0800

404 Research Lab . Not that I'm sorry for the double post, but I was inspired by this 404 and went searching for some more. Some of them are funny, some let you play games, some are just creepy. What's everyone else's favorites?

accidents or murders?

pyramid termite — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:09:20 -0800

were they drunken accidents or a series of murders? the wisconsin town of la crosse is shocked by a series of drownings ... sinister speculations and recriminations fuel the controversy

..and I no longer feel horny

PenDevil — Mon, 01 Dec 2003 04:22:04 -0800

The 12 Sexually Transmitted Infections of Christmas (Flash Required)

Like a

jonson — Sat, 08 Mar 2003 18:06:30 -0800

"Take your date here and you will be "closing" later that night" If you're tired of the "helpful quotes" and "genial commentary" that make up a typical Zagat's review, this list of "unfit for print" comments that failed to make the guide may be the only remaining reason to go to their site, now that they charge a membership fee to read the reveiews. From the fantastic Buffoonery.org

Best 404 ever

kirkaracha — Sun, 08 Dec 2002 11:53:56 -0800

Best 404 ever [via Simon Willison's Weblog ]

talos — Sat, 21 Sep 2002 17:18:50 -0800

"Fundamentalism is the Enemy of All Civilized Humanity". The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), an organization fighting against the Taliban for the past ten years, commemorates Sept. 11 and describes Afghanistan one year later. What they describe ain't pretty: "With their second occupation of Kabul, the 'Northern Alliance' thwarted any hopes for a radical, meaningful change. They are themselves now the source and root of insecurity, the disgraceful police atmosphere of the Loya Jirga, rampant terrorism, gagging of democracy, atrocious violations of human rights, mounting pauperization, prostitution and corruption, the flourishing of poppy cultivation, failure of beginning to reconstruct, and a host of further unlisted evils, too many to enumerate."

Fat Buddha — Wed, 04 Sep 2002 12:56:45 -0800

John Otway is a true maverick of the British music industry and is a legend in some sad quarters. His last hit was 25 years ago and now that he is coming up to 50 his fans have promised him another hit for his birthday. I see this as a fight for authenticity and against bubblegum. John must have that hit. It's a miracle he has survived, he deserves it.

frykitty — Fri, 09 Aug 2002 07:36:33 -0800

Fragx returns. 200 words or less with a 3-word title: one of the earliest and most interesting writing experiments on the web is finally back, and the slate is clean. John Casler's Fragx (short for fragments) challenges the most verbose of us to strip it down, distill it to its most basic elements, then put it up for a healthy flogging by other writers. Sounds like good practice.

BarneyFifesBullet — Fri, 12 Jul 2002 22:31:16 -0800

TV Guide Names 'Jerry Springer' Worst Show of All Time Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! What are some of your least favorites?

elgoose — Fri, 12 Jul 2002 08:24:35 -0800

Error 404. Once y'all start hitting this poor server it will probably have a nervous breakdown. Be nice.

mathowie — Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:48:32 -0800

Design Not Found is 37signals' latest work. They highlight the very best and worst of online contingency design, the design of pages presented to users when things go wrong. It's looking like it could quickly become a killer resource for users to report examples and web application designers to learn from those.

fotzepolitic — Fri, 09 Nov 2001 13:26:21 -0800

In a web full of lame Flash cartoons, Miss Muffy and the Muff Mob stands out. It had us in complete hysterics when we first saw it on an MTV animated special months ago. It's a rude, hip-hop Strawberry Shortcake-ish series, with music by Pharcyde and great characters. Watch all 5 episodes if you can, or at least the 2 music videos in the sidebar.

textist — Mon, 29 Oct 2001 07:26:40 -0800

If you crow about your redesign, claiming your site is now "better-looking and easier to use" (and not, say, "sludgy as Hotmail and nearly as ugly"), and you offer a graphical tour to "show you how all these slick new features work", the link to which is a 404, are you the stupidest monopoly around?

Just wondering.

louie — Tue, 23 Oct 2001 15:48:47 -0800

Best.
404.
Ever.
[Bear with; it's a little slow but yes it works.]

Geo — Tue, 16 Oct 2001 17:30:33 -0800

Sniff first, then check with the sheriff. Now what would you do if you received a black lace thong in an anonymous letter? Suspect anthrax or is Sadie Hawkins Day coming up?

darren — Fri, 12 Oct 2001 07:51:56 -0800

More peace protest nonsense. Tips on what to do should you suddenly stumble upon a peace protest can be found atop this thread.

mmarcos — Wed, 03 Oct 2001 11:23:39 -0800

NYTimes blacklisting? "All the writers are co-plaintiffs in a well-known class-action lawsuit by the Authors Guild and the National Writers Union against the Times over electronic rights and royalties disputes." The case reached the Supreme Court. NYTimes published an article 25 Sep about the accusation though its now a "pay-per-view" article. Response to NYT from one the plaintiffs here (slow server). Freelancers had expressed fear this would happen.

creeky — Sat, 22 Sep 2001 04:19:39 -0800

Word Perhect (sic) is what happens when internet art takes on the mighty word processor... and kicks it into submission! e-2.org contains some other impressive and ambitious stuff, if you like all that arty malarkey...

davidmsc — Thu, 20 Sep 2001 18:44:58 -0800

Bravo, President Bush! He hit the mark with this speech, correctly identifying the stakes, the principles, and the risks. More: he was passionate, feeling, and genuine. Did he win over any critics?

username — Tue, 18 Sep 2001 09:13:43 -0800

Chechen Chat Arabic websites are quickly going 404, but this Islamic Russian chat room in Chechnya is still active. A fair site for general information too; it has an abridged translation of Mullah Omar's Appeal for Jihad.

conquistador — Thu, 19 Jul 2001 12:23:12 -0800

The New Sins (Los Pescados Nuevos). A new book/art project/philosophical exploration/satire from David Byrne, in collaboration with McSweeney's. I can't wait to check it out. See how the whole thing came about. Fawn over Byrne's endless creativity. Rave at more brilliance from the good folks at McSweeney's.