Convention Confusion

Why Noreascon Four is Not Like the Democratic National Convention

Long ago and far away [...] we registered a number of Internet domains for ourselves.

Little did we know that the Mayor of Boston also had it in mind to host a convention in the summer of 2004... or that he'd win his bid, too. [...] So they registered a domain

Boston04.com points to the Democrats ... Boston2004.com and Boston2004.org point to us.

2004 Reasons Why ...

1. We're not $10 million over budget. We don't even have a $10 million budget.
2. Our promises for the future are supposed to be fiction.

Many more over here.

[Via BoingBoing]

Why corporate websites still have "IE4+ or Netscape 4*" Boilerplate

*(but not Netscape 6+ or anything more exotic)

Based on significant professional experience with [a major British bank I can't really name in public] I can reveal: it's a combination of Corporate Senior Management Paranoia and Lack Of Techie Resources.
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