March 22, 2002

2:26 PM

You thought the Webbys were dumb? The International Web Page Awards: US$125 to enter, judges self-selected ("Check here if you would like to be a Judge") and the best part: IWPA site created and designed by Matt Wolf (fast cars, hot babes and screaming guitars) who also happens to win something each year.
posted by sylloge (21 comments total)

(Disclosure: I run an annual (free) web design competition.)
posted by sylloge at 2:31 PM on March 22, 2002

Thank you; my brain just exploded.
posted by solistrato at 2:32 PM on March 22, 2002

(I also bought myself a Masters' degree in Electricology from "International Accredited University" (non-accredited) for US$125 once.)
posted by sylloge at 2:34 PM on March 22, 2002

warning: worst. flash. ever.
posted by zpousman at 2:34 PM on March 22, 2002

Wow international huh must be hard to coordinate something like that on the internet.

Want good design look at memepool.
posted by Settle at 2:34 PM on March 22, 2002

Is Matt Wolf a big pop star in Germany?
posted by liam at 2:35 PM on March 22, 2002

I'm happy to report this web site does not function correctly on my Mac. Maybe there is a God after all.
posted by Dick Paris at 2:50 PM on March 22, 2002

I am gonna start saving from today to enter this prestigious awards in 2025.
posted by riffola at 2:52 PM on March 22, 2002

this is the only award that really matters though, which lance arthur seems to win each and every time.

posted by judith at 3:24 PM on March 22, 2002

is the site rendering incorrectly for anyone else using Win2k and IE6? [screenshot]
posted by mkelley at 3:34 PM on March 22, 2002

administrator, please hope me, my web page awards died.
posted by anildash at 3:34 PM on March 22, 2002

that matt wolf site sucks just as much. worst. attempt. ever. period.
posted by sixtwenty3dc at 3:46 PM on March 22, 2002

IE5.5 on Win95 is not much better.
posted by bjgeiger at 3:51 PM on March 22, 2002

Rated by 'Wired Magazine' as one of the
top 5 Internet awards in the world!

They're shitting us right?

Oh well, you can expect pretty much anything from Wired these days...

That Flash is such a sad-ass joke.
posted by betobeto at 4:12 PM on March 22, 2002

It's worth mentioning that the Wired article is from May 2000...
posted by Stuart_R at 4:18 PM on March 22, 2002

mkelley, bjgeiger: looking at the code, i guess it's because he's an idiot who knows next to nothing about building a site correctly.
posted by o2b at 4:20 PM on March 22, 2002

Wow, I didn't think it was possible to invest Tiffany Shlain with an aura of credibility.
posted by jjg at 4:47 PM on March 22, 2002

Holy shit, that is the ugliest page I have ever, ever laid eyes on.
posted by catatonic at 5:44 PM on March 22, 2002

Shit. And I won one of those in 1999. Really.
posted by ericost at 7:41 PM on March 22, 2002

Unbelievable! Great Meta pic Eric.
posted by riffola at 9:10 PM on March 22, 2002

I'm Freeeeeaking ouuuuuut!
posted by planetkyoto at 12:49 AM on March 23, 2002