Every few months, there's a black line across the top of hackernews. It's a <td> with a static black gif ("s.gif") in it. It's typically there for a few hours or days before disappearing.
Each time the mourning band comes up, a post like this shows up. This should spark a design improvement for hn: first thought is a clickable black bar that goes to the wiki entry for the recently diseased or the relevant submitted post.
Each time the mourning band comes up, a post like this shows up. This should spark a design improvement for hn: first thought is a clickable black bar that goes to the wiki entry for the recently diseased.
Mourning band, I assume for Dan Kaminsky.