Category: Websites

  • Most Infuriating Website Error Message Ever

    “If you are … still having problems, please call your cable provider for help.” Good luck with that.


  • CNN.com: Sept 11, 2001

    Among other things, it’s interesting to see how much the web has changed in the last 8 years. If I’m not mistaken, cnn actually dropped to a “low bandwidth,” less cluttered version to handle all the traffic during the crisis. Archive.org records before 9/11 show a slightly heavier site. More CNN on Archive.org.


  • How To: Watch Comedy Central Videos From Canada

    UPDATE 05/2012: If this isn’t working for you anymore, you might want to try this new method. UPDATE: Some visitors are reporting that this works for Hulu as well. The relationship between Comedy Central and Canada’s Comedy Network is the worst example of what can happen when rights owners assert copyright on the internet, based…


  • Quickfire Review: AppFigures.com

    As mentioned a few posts ago, Apple’s iTunes sales reporting tools are a joke. In walks AppFigures.com. This site provides exactly the type of data I would expect Apple to provide. It automagically grabs your iTunes sales reports every day, then uses the data to generate Google analytics style charts and graphs.  Before using this…


  • Last.fm, is this a joke?

    I just recieved the following email from last.fm: subject: Your free trial to Last.fm Radio is over. Did you enjoy it? Hi 200iso, Your free trial to Last.fm Radio is about to end. If you’re enjoying it, why not subscribe for only $3.00/month and continue listening to non-stop personalised radio. http://www.last.fm/subscribe Best Regards, The Last.fm…