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It's two Waids and Cooke. But before we get to the reviews,does anyone know if the new issue of Gargoyles came out? It was listed, but my shop didn't get my copy.
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Jul. 19th, 2007
Zombie Website!
Jul. 19th, 2007 11:24 amThere is a website called NY.com. It bills itself as the "paperless guide to New York" and has all sorts of listings for museums, nightlife, theater, and so forth. Because of its domain name, a lot of tourists go to it to get information about things.
I know this because a lot of those tourists will show up here, expecting to pay $8, or to get in free on a Tuesday night. The site has not been updated in years. Indeed, the e-mails addresses provided on the site are useless, and every effort to contact the web designer for the site goes nowhere. But the site is still there. It will never be changed, never be updated, and tourists will continue to get bad information and then blame us for not fixing it, little knowing that there is no way to fix it.
It's not merely a dead site. Dead sites tend to give you some kind of message, a 404 not Fobnd, or an error message or a link to an ad selling the domain name. No, this is a zombie site, festering and rotting and yet still there, thinking it's alive, infecting tourists with useless information.
Anyone out there know if eventually this coveted domain name will expire and thus a new site will replace the old? Or will this undead shambling mess of outdated data haunt me forver?
I know this because a lot of those tourists will show up here, expecting to pay $8, or to get in free on a Tuesday night. The site has not been updated in years. Indeed, the e-mails addresses provided on the site are useless, and every effort to contact the web designer for the site goes nowhere. But the site is still there. It will never be changed, never be updated, and tourists will continue to get bad information and then blame us for not fixing it, little knowing that there is no way to fix it.
It's not merely a dead site. Dead sites tend to give you some kind of message, a 404 not Fobnd, or an error message or a link to an ad selling the domain name. No, this is a zombie site, festering and rotting and yet still there, thinking it's alive, infecting tourists with useless information.
Anyone out there know if eventually this coveted domain name will expire and thus a new site will replace the old? Or will this undead shambling mess of outdated data haunt me forver?
Yes, it's that day you haven't really been waiting for, since it's not like you care about the Emmy Awards. But...
Heroes was nominated for best drama. It won't win, of course - one more go-round for The Sopranos seems very likely - but I didn't think it would make the cut. Masi Oka received a nomination as well, for supporting actor, and there are numerous technical nominations, including one for best director. Alas, nothing for Zachary Quinto or Jack Coleman.
Lost, my favorite show, was not nominated for best drama. But Terry O'Quinn and Michael Emerson were nominated for best supporting actor as well. I'd love to see Emerson win, though Oka and O'Quinn are just as worthy. And Cuse and Lindeloff got a writing nomination, one of two that was not given to a Sopranos screenplay.
Kristen Bell was not nominated, again. And there is no best supporting classic car category yet, so the Mettalicar is as yet unrecognized for its contributions to television.
Heroes was nominated for best drama. It won't win, of course - one more go-round for The Sopranos seems very likely - but I didn't think it would make the cut. Masi Oka received a nomination as well, for supporting actor, and there are numerous technical nominations, including one for best director. Alas, nothing for Zachary Quinto or Jack Coleman.
Lost, my favorite show, was not nominated for best drama. But Terry O'Quinn and Michael Emerson were nominated for best supporting actor as well. I'd love to see Emerson win, though Oka and O'Quinn are just as worthy. And Cuse and Lindeloff got a writing nomination, one of two that was not given to a Sopranos screenplay.
Kristen Bell was not nominated, again. And there is no best supporting classic car category yet, so the Mettalicar is as yet unrecognized for its contributions to television.