The log says it all; it's treating the "#" as part of the URL instead of stripping it.
% wget -O/dev/null http://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/latest.html --14:36:57-- http://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/latest.html => `/dev/null' Connecting to www.dnalounge.com:80... connected! HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: http://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2001/11.html#8-nov-2001 [following] --14:36:57-- http://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2001/11.html%238-nov-2001 => `/dev/null' Connecting to www.dnalounge.com:80... connected! HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found 14:36:57 ERROR 404: Not Found. -- Jamie Zawinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jwz.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dnalounge.com/