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Target Unprepared For Fashionista Barrage, Suffers Site Crash

Target Unprepared For Fashionista Barrage, Suffers Site Crash

By Phil Villarreal 9.14.11

In its efforts to position itself on the high end of the discount store spectrum, Target secured a limited-edition line from a beloved Italian design company. Missoni for Target drew such heavy demand Tuesday that Target.com crashed, redirecting users to a screen that read “Woof! We are suddenly extremely popular. There is no need to refresh your browser. Please stay here and we’ll get you in as soon as we can! Thank you and our apologies for the inconvenience.” [More]

One Netflix User Movie Review It's Tough To Argue With

One Netflix User Movie Review It's Tough To Argue With

By Phil Villarreal 10.14.10

While cruising through Netflix’s user-submitted movie reviews, Roxie entered a wormhole that led her to this amazingly concise and to-the-point review of the hit new TV series Example 23.976, which drew universal raves for being a perfect example of 23.976 frames per second. [More]

Lexus Takes Its Online Voice Mail Translation Too Literally

Lexus Takes Its Online Voice Mail Translation Too Literally

By Phil Villarreal 10.14.10

Daniel was messing around on the Lexus site and was confronted with this screen. [More]