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_why's site updated (whytheluckystiff.net)
12 points by JFrolich on May 29, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 7 comments



From the about page:

> NOTE: For some reason, I’ve been getting a LOT (like more than 1, which is a lot for me considering how long this site has been going) of messages from people asking me if I’m some kind of famous programmer called #why from Pittsburg or something.

> Whilst I wish I was this famous and did get this much attention, unfortunately I’m not. I’m just a dude trying to turn his life around and take a bit of control over what’s going on.

> In saying that, please feel free to send me any gifts that you were going to send this dude and I’ll be more than happy to have them :-)

Not sure if trolling, but it doesn't sound like _why.


This doesn't seem like THE _why, and according to wikipedia, it isn't.

On 5 January 2013, _why's site[7] was found to be back online,[8] though as of October 2013 it was only serving a blank page.[7] In March 2014, the site re-launched as the personal blog of an anonymous individual from Australia with no apparent connection to _why. Apparently not being aware of the site's previous owner, the new owner notes on his contact page that he has received a lot of mail asking if he is "some kind of famous programmer called #why from Pittsburg or something"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff


http://whytheluckystiff.net/contact/

From the owner of the domain:

NOTE: For some reason, I’ve been getting a LOT (like more than 1, which is a lot for me considering how long this site has been going) of messages from people asking me if I’m some kind of famous programmer called #why from Pittsburg or something.

Whilst I wish I was this famous and did get this much attention, unfortunately I’m not. I’m just a dude trying to turn his life around and take a bit of control over what’s going on.


That doesn't sound or look like _why...

Someone must have hijacked the domain?

Well, unless this is some kind of epic troll attempt by _why... But even as a troll it doesn't strike me as his style.


The moment the header image rotated to one which was a different height and made the content move around as I was trying to read it, I knew it wasn't _why.


Someone bought the domain and is using it. Old news.


_why seems to have lost his edge.




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