Science fiction stuff in vintage ads photoshopping contest

Mark Rayner's hosting a photoshopping contest wherein contestants are invited to shop science fiction products and services into vintage ads. A magical combination. Link

[#1 posted by ridestowe , April 13, 2008 10:14 AM]

that is absolutely brilliant.

[#2 posted by MartyMcBenji , April 13, 2008 10:26 AM]

Is this link not working for anyone else?
I click it and it cannot find the page within the domain.

I really want to check this out.
cool.

[#3 posted by evilrooster , April 13, 2008 10:33 AM]

I'm getting two different results: either a WordPress "Error establishing a database connection" message, or a slow to no load.

I think the server's been overloaded.

[#4 posted by eustace , April 13, 2008 11:29 AM]

I got through just a minute ago - hilarious stuff
personal fave; the soma ad

[#5 posted by Caledonian Jim , April 13, 2008 11:37 AM]

Yes I found " Error establishing a database connection " hilarious too .

[#6 posted by Jamie Sue , April 13, 2008 1:37 PM]

boingboing brings death to another innocent website... when will it ever end???

[#7 posted by Takuan , April 13, 2008 1:44 PM]

so, you are saying it's kind of like death by snoo- snoo?

[#8 posted by whitetail , April 13, 2008 2:17 PM]

borked!

[#9 posted by markarayner , April 13, 2008 2:45 PM]

Hi folks,

Actually, it looks like the post is working now, but on the off-chance it goes down again, I've put a backup here:

http://markarayner.com/blog/archives/vintage/

Thanks,
Mark Rayner

p.s. Death by snoo-snoo is okay, btw.
p.p.s. You can enter the contest for another week!

[#10 posted by Elvis Gump , April 13, 2008 9:34 PM]

THe site seems boing boinged. Pity.

[#11 posted by efergus3 , April 13, 2008 9:38 PM]

Yup, I get the same thing on both the primary and secondary Links. "The requested URL /blog/archives/vintage/ was not found on this server."

[#12 posted by Takuan , April 13, 2008 9:59 PM]

aw jeez!

[#13 posted by Jake0748 , April 13, 2008 10:09 PM]

I got to see it earlier today, it's good stuff! Keep trying it's worth it.

[#14 posted by Evil Jim , April 13, 2008 10:47 PM]

4O4'd!! For both links posted so far. Which is a shame because I really want to see the contest results. I'll check back later.

[#15 posted by madjo , April 14, 2008 12:45 AM]

Boingboing'ed?
When you go to markrayner.com you see a nice default "Plesk" page.

[#16 posted by markarayner , April 14, 2008 5:37 AM]

It's back now folks. Server just couldn't handle the traffic yesterday.

Mark

[#17 posted by Rob , April 14, 2008 7:21 AM]

Mark,
As of 9:20 AM Central, I'm getting 404's

[#18 posted by mainja , April 14, 2008 7:32 AM]

10:30 EST, can't get through on either one. it's a great idea though, i'm looking forward to when i can actually see it.

[#19 posted by Mikey Likes BoingBoing , April 14, 2008 8:14 AM]

Same here: I can't view it, now but was able to view it last night...very good stuff Mark !

[#20 posted by markarayner , April 14, 2008 8:49 AM]

Hi folks,

Well, smoke is pouring out of the servers and the network guys are running around on fire.

Apparently, there is no immediate fix in the offing, so you'll have to check out the contest later when the traffic dies down. (One ticket per customer.)

My apologies.

Mark Rayner