World Wide Mistake

The two forward slashes at the start of Internet addresses have been the bane of many Internet users' life. Typing them in has wasted hours of precious time and if you mistakenly miss one out you are faced with the error message that we all dread which means you have to type it in again. It really is a huge deal...apparently!

This week Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web has come out and apologised for the inclusion of the two // at the start of addresses and admitted they were 'unnecessary'.

He even admitted if he had know they would have caused so much 'hassle' he wouldnt have devised them.

I found this news story one of the most entertaining I have read in a while. Mostly, because I thought it was hilarious and totally bizarre to think that some people could really have felt inconvinienced by having to type in two forward slashes, but also because it made me think of the amount of unneccesary and pointless things that are now all over the web thanks to Berners-Lee's invention. I decided to pick some of my favourites for your enjoyment.

1. http://www.Faceinhole.com

I never really understood the appeal of this website but it seems to have become really popular for some reason. The website offers a selection of photographs of famous people without faces and the idea is that you place your own or someone elses face in that hole. Hense, face in hole. In case you were wondering, yes they do look really stupid.

2. http://www.pointlesscalendar.com/

A pointless website where you can buy a pointless product. This "calender" has four rows of ten numbers and no days of the week designed with the idea in mind that it can be used again and again!

3. http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/

Yes, this is a real website. The funniest thing about stumbling upon this site was finding out that it had 19,000 members! If you can find a point to this website please comment and let me know.

4. http://www.piratequiz.com/

Ever wanted to find out your pirate name? If so then give it a go. Mine was Dirty Sam Bonney!

5. http://www.dramabutton.com/

My personal favourite and totally unneccesary, guaranteed to bring laughs though!


Please feel free to comment on my choices and add your own favourites.