You say that like it is a bad thing!

It's lightweight, has the information I need with no spammy advertisements.... yet has a quirky, slightly fun design. Looks good to me!

EDIT: And best of all, it isn't optimised for a sodding 15 x 7 cm screen!

I worked on the Iridium website (via an agency I worked at) in 2001 -- it was quite the upgrade from their old site at the time, but still had the narrow, center aligned design of the 90's. Unfortunately that homepage remained their homepage for almost 6 years after that.

Meaning that it loads quickly, doesn't mess up scrolling or history, has no paywall or obnoxious popups etc etc... ?

It probably works well over low bandwidth satellite internet.