We've all seen the error message haiku thingy that was run by salon a while ago, and here on perlmonks.

What I'd like to do is build a publicly available database of web-centric error message haiku, like:

You want that web page?
Like a pebble in a lake,
it is lost for now.

[download]

Why web-centric? I think that'd be of most use to the most people- perl web folks, apache people, php folks, etc. Not that perl haiku aren't useful, but just too specific to be good 404 pages.

I realize this isn't the most original idea, but I couldn't find a good list of web-focused haiku out there and we all need a little diversion here or there.

Please go to http://haiku.geekuprising.com and put in your offerings. After a little while collecting haiku, I'll build an interface to search, download, and rank them.

Thanks! Feel free to forward this out to your geeky friends!

-Any sufficiently advanced technology is
indistinguishable from doubletalk.

In reply to OT- Web Error Message Haiku by Hero Zzyzzx

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