Renny Gleeson: 404, the story of a page not found

http://www.ted.com Oops! Nobody wants to see the 404: Page Not Found. But as Renny Gleeson shows us, while he runs through a slideshow of creative and funny 404 pages, every error is really a chance to build a better relationship.

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[Pedro Hadek]

It is a shame this video is not 4:04 minutes long.

[AzraelAsItGets]

Skip to 0:15

[Karim Basiouni]

Full of imagination. Amazing how he is referring to a broken relationship with a 404. Every word adds something to tge big picture he was drawing to come to "a simple mistake can remind me of y I should love u". He is an artist not a computer geek.

[Error404NoComment]

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[itzdagamer]

Make 404s interesting. k

[Nero Cat]

I went to a website after watching this ( Typing in the full URL myself ) AND GOT A DAMN 404

[salahhe .]

Just like you don't have to watch commercials on TV, or look at the naked man in the kid's play section of the park.

[Kiwikoool]

You don't HAVE to watch the embedded video.

[Pimpmastahanhduece]

As long as the 404 page is always rendered as a harmless background image and a couple links on the side, I wouldnt mind advertisements on the web like this, especially if the ad is witty.

[Captain Caveman]

Adverts, Americans will put adverts on 404 pages.

[Irixio Zalaniar]

Actually, it kind of is! The actual content ends right around 4:04.

[salahhe .]

Yeah, great, make it so it takes me 20 seconds instead of 1 to get that i am on the wrong page. That is so not going to waste my time online. Fuck face!