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08/10/2001 "OPENING THANG"

I read the news today, oh boy! I've got bad mefi withdrawal, so I went trolling and as a result, the news&commentary section is back, full of news that ranges from relevant to not-quite-so-very. Eh!
To combat withdrawal, I decided to try out plastic, which turned out to be AGS (another gray site). Dang, pretty soon the entire web will be grayscale.

my collection of gray sites includes (in order of gray-ness)

http://www.peterme.com (recently gone gray)
http://a.wholelottanothing.org/
http://www.carboniq.com(of course)
http://www.biggerhand.com (though lightened up with photos)
http://www.waferbaby.com
http://www.motivo.com
http://www.heyotwell.com/heyblog/
http://www.davezilla.com/and http://www.designiskinky.net/ are semigrays
http://www.dithered.com/index.html
http://www.blackbeltjones.com/index.html is nearly white

add another, or explain to me why gray is the epitome of elegance.

20 20 comments! Add yours, from oldest to newest:

http://www.elasticspace.com is nearly white, nearly grey.

Posted by mook @ 08/11/2001 04:17 PM CST

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I think http://liga1.com proves you can be grey and still very un-elegant. (I can say that - it's mine)

Posted by Peter Van Dijck @ 08/13/2001 01:16 AM CST

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here's another http://bigmisterc.com

Posted by c @ 08/14/2001 02:44 PM CST

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yea, i fell into the gray trap too. ah well. it's zeitgeist, doncha know

Posted by dougola @ 08/14/2001 06:25 PM CST

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erp. fergot the link:
http://home.earthlink.net/~ddhonline/ddh/index.htm

Posted by dougola @ 08/14/2001 06:27 PM CST

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i had a dark gray weblog with light gray text that most of the readers of the site hated. i was repulsed by the result of modifications made as a result of suggestions i got so i redesigned it. it now is white to appeal to IAs but with light gray grid lines to help keep the eye directed. there's something subtle and lovely about muted grays.

Posted by michael @ 08/15/2001 04:25 AM CST

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i have to say the redesigned iaslash is impressively lovely.

Posted by christina @ 08/15/2001 10:23 AM CST

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I agree! The new iaslash is a very nice clean design.

Hey.. my site is almost as grey as the others :)

Posted by jcf @ 08/15/2001 03:27 PM CST

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Yes, my site is grey. My Mac ran out of RGB. It's been dripping out the side near the USB port. I've been procrastinating about fixing the leak...

Posted by Davezilla @ 08/16/2001 03:52 AM CST

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my site didn't used to be grey, but i took it all down and temporarily replaced it with this: http://www.pupinc.com/

Posted by pup @ 08/16/2001 07:38 AM CST

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you know... Hey Otwell is WAAY more grey than Motivo.com - who do I call about that?

- Bill / Motivo

Posted by Bill @ 08/17/2001 01:38 PM CST

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I'm hurt...my little grey place didn't make your shortlist of grey sites.

Oh well. I'll just have to go redesign it for a higher grey quotient.

Posted by Adam @ 08/20/2001 01:16 AM CST

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I have to say, Mena's dollarshort is a great looking somewhat grey weblog.

Posted by mathowie @ 08/21/2001 10:04 AM CST

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i like the new v-2 redesign, adam. the relevance search is cute too. a few other choice grays: praystation and sound of design (recently redesigned).

Posted by michael @ 08/21/2001 10:31 AM CST

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is "the grayness" symbolizing a period of dot.com mourning? or is it just the closest resemblence of drab
metal
?

Posted by replicant @ 08/21/2001 12:09 PM CST

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hey adam--

of course the new v2 s gray... look at the parent!
http://www.metronymous.com/

Posted by christina @ 08/22/2001 02:04 PM CST

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Noticed the grey sites but didn't realize it was a cool trend. Here are two more: www.nextleft.com/ (grey text is set off with orange) and www.gardenbotanika.com/ (grey text is set off with teal text and color photos)

Posted by Geoffrey @ 08/26/2001 05:28 PM CST

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I guess it`s because grey doesn`t compete with other colours so you`re more flexible!?
And black is so...goth
Too simple as an explanation?
Don`t think so
(MY site isn`t grey btw)
A.Fruitcake
AND I think green is the new blue although I can`t prove it!

Posted by Fruitcake @ 08/27/2001 07:01 AM CST

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http://www.soulbath.com

mmm, greyscale paradise - one of the best flash art sites I have ever seen, funny too

Posted by nadine @ 08/27/2001 08:00 PM CST

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3f3f47 is the BEST grey there is :) thats the shade I use on my site and have done for a very very long time :)

pixelkitty.net

Posted by pixelkitty @ 09/02/2001 05:10 AM CST

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