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A few days later, a better notifier: Ding, It's Up
I previously commented that it was nice that Notify Me keeps things simple, even though it could have added more features, or incorporated the functionality of Down For Everyone Just Me. I guess the creators of Ding, It's Up are basically sticking their tongues out at me, because they've done just that, and it's actually pretty neat. Just don't use it to sign up to receive updates by Twitter about when Twitter is down. You might want to use Is Twitter Down? for that.
UPDATE: No more Notify Me When It's Up! Now the URL just redirects to Ding. Thanks, Sanjay.

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So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...

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Jason Huber said 1:45PM on 12-02-2008
Perhaps I will use Notify me when it's up to tell me when Ding, it's up is well... up.... (or is your link wrong?)
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Jason Huber said 1:47PM on 12-02-2008
Thanks for fixing the link...
Jay Hathaway said 1:46PM on 12-02-2008
Whoops. Good catch. The main link was right, but the one in the text was wrong. Someone ding me when my brain is up, please.
Sanjay Goel said 9:52AM on 12-03-2008
Is it me or are both http://notifymewhenitsup.com/ and http://dingitsup.com/ are redirecting to the same domain?
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