404 on Wordpress.com
by Cem Basman
Wordpress.com, the blog hoster, has a lot of outages in these days, if you want to access a hosted blog there. Now they have a optimistic and friendly 404 page in case of unattainability:
Confessions Of A ServerOH MY! Life is so unfair! What did I do wrong to be born a server in this day and age? I could have been a nice simple bicycle that people happily rode around on all day. But no, I'm stuck inside this metal case serving web pages instead. I never even see the light of day and all I can hear is the rush of the air-conditioning!
Well, no more! I'm relaxing here with a cup of tea and a biscuit until someone shows me some love and attention.It never takes them long to fix me when I kick up a fuss so check back in a few minutes and I'll be chugging along merrily again.!
Signed,
The WordPress.com web server
(WordPress.com - where even the machines have life!)
BTW, experimenting with Wordpress.COM I have the impression it is quite unsolid and slow. But I like their fresh templates. Software to download and host it yourself you'll find at Wordpress.ORG.
Addendum: Read also what Ian Lloyd has to say about a perfect 404. Not always a matter of course for every blog hoster ...
