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Zombie Webmonkey: Back From the Dead?

Posted by Hemos on from the zombie-monkeys-with-straight-edge-razors dept.

Mirkon writes "Back in mid-February, the news was broken that Webmonkey, one of the web's most prominent web development tutorial and reference resources, was "shut down," in that no new content would be delivered. A little over four months later - though Wired News (another child of Webmonkey's parent company, Terra Lycos) says nothing, and the Webmonkey Blog (hosted on Tripod, another Terra Lycos subsidiary) hasn't seen an update since January - the Webmonkey home page boldly declares: "We're totally back! Webmonkey is alive and kicking, serving up new articles all hot-n-fresh like a stack of banana pancakes. With syrup." Is this the end of the end for Webmonkey?"

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  1. End of the end? by ArbiterOne · · Score: 4, Funny

    What a weird statement... like saying "It might not be the beginning of the end, but it might be the beginning of the end of the middle."
    Besides, the end of the end is "d".

    1. Re:End of the end? by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 2, Funny

      Nope. The end of the end is between "almost" and "just about."

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  2. All hail Webmonkey! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    *me flings poo at coworkers in act of celebration*

  3. See boss I told you it was popular by PetoskeyGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

    First day and 50,000 hits. Referers? Well mostly from one website... well no it's mostly just the front page...

  4. "serving up new articles" by tcopeland · · Score: 4, Funny

    Definitely serving up new ads... five ads on the front page alone. Argh.

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  5. Technically... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... they can't be *Zombies* if they're back from the dead. Resurrected != Zombiefied.

    1. Re:Technically... by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny

      They were dead, now they're up and shambling around and making moaning noises. However the question of whether they still have a soul left remains unanswered. Until that's determined, the Resurrected vs. Zombiefied issue is moot.

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    2. Re:Technically... by kfg · · Score: 2, Funny

      Obligatory Penny Arcade link:

      A Matter of Life and Death

      KFG

  6. Confusing wording by vijaya_chandra · · Score: 5, Funny

    Zombie webmonkey

    I jumped out of my chair in happiness thinking that my old buddy the bonzi monkey's back

    (I will adjust with the clippy for the time being)

  7. Monkey Island... by ideatrack · · Score: 5, Funny

    said it best:

    "Oh, dear, he's had a sudden and completely unexpected relapse of death!"

  8. whoa , new content? by MariaK · · Score: 2, Funny

    sweet...you mean we'll get to see something aside from the articles on how exciting that new PHP language is?

  9. Webmonkey - what a stupid idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Everyone knows it's SPIDERS that make webs, not primates. Oh, except Spiderman, I suppose. And maybe that Berners-Lee guy, although he never got to kiss Kirsten Dunst upside down in the rain.

  10. Re:OK who restored the backup by Tumbleweed · · Score: 3, Funny

    Give it a break - it's just a monkey, after all. Why, a monkey that can even USE a metatag is even more impressive than a cat that can wear boots!

  11. Re:OT: Greatest pancakes in the world. by Seek_1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's not very nice you know... trying to trigger the world's first Pancake-House slashdotting...

  12. Cool! by sharkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now I can finally learn how to make webpages with all the content on the left half of the screen, and nothing but the background image on the right half. That's SOOOOOO cool!

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