Maddox

Compare and contrast to https://maddox.xmission.com/ "The Best Page in the Universe"

The Best Page In The Universe is pretty cool: http://maddox.xmission.com/

The best page in the universe is still up! http://maddox.xmission.com/ Like it or not it is a historical monument.

This comment reminds me of Maddox and his 90s' style html blog: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net http://maddox.xmission.com/

Sad to see that The Best Page In The Universe (http://maddox.xmission.com) seems to be blocked by a non-zero number of larger ISPs. Obviously all those children need to be protected from harsh reviews of their artwork.

I don't agree. I've never thought of it before, but to be honest, in my 25 years of life, I've never seen the kind of behavior Linus is famous for on the part of anyone besides Europeans. Really? Does Lenny Bruce qualify? How about Dennis Leary? (Well, he is of Irish descent, I'll give you that). Hani Suleiman, of the Bile Blog fame? http://javablogs.com/views/ViewBlog.action?id=11454 Definitely not a European. How about The Filty Critic? http://www.bigempire.com/filthy/ And don't get me started on Hunter S. Thompson and co. [EDIT] Fk, how could I forget Maddox and the "Best Page in the Universe": http://maddox.xmission.com/

> Does anyone remember when you they stumbled on a new website written by some guy and read his first article, then clicked back to his homepage and saw he had a list of similar articles that looked like they'd be just as interesting. Or, more likely, you clicked "back" on the "navigation bar" and it would 404 because the author messed up the links, since it was all hand crafted HTML. Funny stuff aside, there are still loads of "websites" out there. If I understand the criteria here, we are looking for mostly hand crafted pages maintained by individuals (or small groups) that have interesting content. Something, should I say, very "web 1.0"? Here's a good one. Make sure to check the GUI Gallery section: http://toastytech.com User Friendly is always hilarious (unfortunately, updates stopped ages ago, but going through the archive is sill fun): http://www.userfriendly.org/ And here's something random, the best page in the universe: http://maddox.xmission.com/ Like I said, there are TONS of these out there. You just have to, you know, look for them.

This form of banter reminds me of Maddox from the early 2000s, which funnily enough is still active at https://maddox.xmission.com/ I agree its relatively played out at this point. Really this page is just a showcase of HTML features for web developers who don't have much experience with HTML, and I think the insulting attitude and comedic approach may hold reader's interest than a more dry technical presentation of the content.

Maddox was the originator of this style afaik. He's been at it for over 20 years. https://maddox.xmission.com/

Again, no. You completely somehow forgot tech in late 2000s lol. The internet on anything mobile was pretty painful when it launched in general. Websites weren't optimized for mobile, mobile data was unusably slow. Most people who wanted portability were using things like netbooks, which you could actually multitask on. Blackberry was the goto for actual phone because it was much easier to type on due to the best keyboard at the time, well developed software for things like email, basic browser, e.t.c. Ill leave you with this staplepiece of internet history: https://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=iphone/

Maddox is a huge ass but his site is still updated from time to time http://maddox.xmission.com/ He has posts from 1998 to 2020 but I'd say he still actively posts. He's just run out of things to say. lol

The AirPods are the best recent example of people who haven’t tried the new thing crapping on it saying the old ways work fine. Multiple times people have crapped on the AirPods and I gift them one and they realize how amazing it is to not have wires at all. Last time this happened was with the OG iPhone of course. Still remember Maddox’s tear down of the iPhone lol. https://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=iphone/

Here is the link for people that understand satire: http://maddox.xmission.com/

> In other words, I can tell that there's a potentially poignant idea about web design in this post, but it was a little drowned out because of the way it was presented. I think it would be difficult to find an idea in this post that hasn't already been more poignantly formulated on [0] or more funny and even less respectfully on [1]. I really don't see the point. [0]http://www.useit.com [1]http://maddox.xmission.com

This is the same xmission as in http://maddox.xmission.com/ a wonderful tribute to the first amendment.

The second I hear "XMission", I remember Maddox's website (http://maddox.xmission.com/). Maybe I spend too much time on the internet.

Reid's official statement on his .gov website (http://democrats.senate.gov/2012/01/20/reid-statement-on-intellectual-… said the movie industry alone 'supports' 2.2 million Americans. A claim Maddox humorously pointed out was clearly wrong even if you factor in the "related" jobs like food service: http://maddox.xmission.com/

I'm okay with this instance but I really don't want to see a habit of linking directly to images. I assume we did this time because this image was an update to an existing post already on HN (front page yesterday) [http://maddox.xmission.com/]

I don't mean to be crabby, but the infographic explicitly mentions that some of the jobs are from the service industry. If you look at the infographic in context[1], it lists the source[2]. Also, while I generally agree with your point about this meriting a very detailed and thorough analysis, I do not believe that it was "intentionally" misleading any more than my disagreement with you indicates that you are also being intentionally misleading. IMO, that comment (along with your guess about what is and is not "quality") is not helping in your goal of making this a constructive conversation. [1] http://maddox.xmission.com/ [2] http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs038.htm

That's because the infographic is highlighting the fact that 25% of the much-touted jobs created by the movie industry are menial positions primarily staffed by high schoolers that would probably not flat-out disappear even if the movie industry did. The actual BLS report[1] he's citing does indeed include all those categories you're talking about, and that's where the 361,900 number comes from. I agree, though — this infographic is not very enlightening. But Maddox's overall point in the article that the infographic comes from[2] seems pretty valid: The movie industry is flat-out lying about the impact it has on employment in order to get the government to take it more seriously. [1]: http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs038.htm [2]: http://maddox.xmission.com/

Not sure what this does on HN. Perhaps people don't know Maddox? Here's an old classic where he's judge art work done by other kids on the internet; http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=irule Random hate mail; http://maddox.xmission.com/hatemail.cgi?p=1

Well, there's always http://maddox.xmission.com

Try this: http://maddox.xmission.com/

This guy reminds me of Maddox (http://maddox.xmission.com/).

This was the (juvenile) nerd take back then https://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=iphone/ (Nokia E70 not N95, but still)

Reminds me of old net, Maddox. How to kill yourself like a man. https://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=manly_suicide&quot%3B&gt%3… It's from 2004 and dark humor.

More efficient to have the drones launch from the ground rather then loiter. Eliminates the need for the vtol too which is just a lot of extra effort to get right. This is sort of like the segway, the loitering/vtol tech is more for marketing: https://maddox.xmission.com/segsuck2.jpg And cheap? I saw carbon fiber on that thing. The article says an Iranian drone might cost 10,000 right after it says that one of these things costs over 100k. It's def better than a patriot but still stupidly expensive.

The asshole aspect of deeplinking, I thought the atrociousness of incessant linking had been explained perfectly almost a decade ago: http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=banish