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Behold The Greatest 404 Error Page On The Entire Internet

Ah, shit! 404 error! This website is broken! I’m pissed! Someone fix this website! This is a pain! How do I find what I’m looking for! Argh! Oh wait, this is actually cooler than most other websites.

May 26, 2011
Online

When Will Websites Stop Ripping Each Other Off Online?

We’ve used plenty of The Oatmeal’s funny comics in the past, here on Giz. But that’s always been with artist Matthew Inman’s permission, full attribution and a link back to the site. Some websites aren’t so generous.

May 20, 2011
Geek Out

This Is The Closest Thing Boston Had To A Website In 1945

The internet was 25 years away from inception when this photo was taken in 1945, but the Boston Globe had another way to rapidly disseminate breaking news amongst the masses: chalkboards in a busy city intersection. [Boston Globe]

April 17, 2011
Online

What The Back Of A Website Looks Like

What goes on behind your favourite websites? Well, it depends! If it’s Twitter, it’s a bit chaotic with little birds posting your tweets. If it’s Apple, it’s as clean as the back of the iPad. Take a look at more backsides of websites over at Backofawebpage.com. I just love the thinking that goes into all of these. [Back of a Webpage via BuzzFeed]

March 30, 2011
Software

Zapd Lets You Make Pretty Websites On Your iPhone

Zapd is like Tumblr in that it makes making pretty websites super easy, but Zapd does all its web-building magic from your iPhone. You pick a theme (and they’re all rather nice!), upload some photos, add captions or links, and you’re pretty much done and ready to share your creation (though cookie cutter) through Facebook, Twitter or email.

March 29, 2011
Online

Website Lets You Address Rumours About Yourself For $US1000

There’s always those rumours that get passed around so much – Tommy Hilfiger hates black people! Ciara is a dude! – that it’s passed off as fact. But what happens when they’re not true? I guess you can go to iCorrect.com.

February 5, 2011
Online

Cartoonist Trolls Bigots With Hotlinks Trickery

When cartoonist Zach Weiner discovered that the NOM (an anti-gay marriage organisation) had appropriated one of his comics as a hotlink on its website, he fired back in the simplest, cleverest way he could. He changed the image to this.

February 3, 2011
Online

Auschwitz Must Change Domain Suffix To Avoid Blaming The Polish

“Hang on a minute,” you cry, “Auschwitz has its own website?!” Well, naturally – it may have once been a concentration camp, but now millions visit it every year, and no doubt visit the Auschwitz.pl website for information.

January 22, 2011
Online

Do Nothing For Two Minutes

It’s Saturday. You should be doing nothing. But if you’re reading this, you’re probably engaged win a marathon session with your RSS reader. That’s why you need to rest, if only for two minutes. Just click this link.

January 20, 2011
Online

If You Lived In Any Other Country, How Much Less Electricity Would You Use?

From the same site that scared us witless with visualisations of just how large the BP oil spill really is, comes the country comparison tool. Choose two countries – say, the US and Germany, and see all sorts of differences.

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