"meme" that is spreading among small businesses is this notice posted in a visible public place:

 

w w w . n o w e d o n t h a v e a w e b s i t e . c o m

I first saw it at Noble Clay, a pottery studio in Tenants Harbor, Maine, in the late summer of 1998. The proprietors said they had become infected with the meme at a brewpub in Boston.

 
s it turns out, this domain name was available when I checked. Here was an opportunity to document the spread and mutation of one particular digital-age meme. I will collect here all the reported sightings of www.nowedonthaveawebsite.com -- and any other sarcastic, self-referential URL notices that crop up.

 
f you see this or a similar notice in a business or other public place, or in the media, please send it along! (Let me know if you prefer anonymity.)