[iiv]

>Most of the content is static HTML, probably updated by hand from time to time. Could this be the reason why the website is surviving the slashdot/HN effect?

Probably not, because it doesn't survive the slashdot effect. Many of the places I clicked didn't work.

[joss82]

Indeed I'm getting quite a few 404s now. Oh well.

[NullPrefix]

Actually Slashdot effect is 5xx, not 404.

[bkirkby]

as if on queue:

503 Service Temporarily Unavailable

[mnx]

You mean cue. A queue is (for example) a line to the store. Yes they sound the same.