Archive for the year 2004

Fact-checking Gawker’s arse    (2004.12.31)

Apart from writing in at least once a week to fix an egregious copy error of theirs (I have to triage – there are so many I can focus only on egregious errors), I occasionally drop Gawker a line to explain that their incredible scoops are positively old hat. I’ve now had enough, since our […]

Chapters hides itself from the validator    (2004.12.28)

The worst redesign of the year tries to bury the evidence

Flogging French milkmaids    (2004.12.28)

Excerpt from ‘The Rise and Fall of Gay Culture’ by Daniel Harris

Country don’t mean dumb and valid don’t mean beautiful    (2004.12.26)

Standards-compliant sites don’t have to be beautiful!

X[-]Philes    (2004.12.26)

Paging Evan Goer!

Fuchsia Hallowe’en string    (2004.12.26)

Gay tent caterpillars, shurely?!

Green mail slot    (2004.12.26)

90°? 180°? 270°?    (2004.12.26)

I stood right next to this thing for half a minute and still couldn’t figure out what it was. Trust me, it’s a better photo flopped on its side and isn’t any more confusing that way.

Makers of fine shadows    (2004.12.26)