Acro.net – Technology Rants & Raves by Acroplex®

Let’s face it: our day is long, tiring and full of unpleasant things. We need some good, wholesome fun to take away the daily stress.

To get away from the daily monotony we need some parody, some mindless reading, some quirky info about nothing in particular. Domainers are in a serious business – we’ll be doing some fun things with a serious approach in mind.

So, welcome to DomainGang.com;  if you giggle or spurt your coffee over some of the stuff you’ll be reading here, then that means we do our job right.

Revenue is severely down across the domain parking industry, as PPC companies slowly but surely pass the “benefits” of trickle-down economics to the domainers.

Meanwhile, the main advertising providers, Google and Yahoo post record revenue while they’re reducing ad revenue paid to domain holders. Time to develop your domains.

Click on the image below and enjoy your Friday!

Yes, I know – it’s a Friday Funny on a Tuesday; but I haven’t done one lately and some people are having severe withdrawal symptoms.

This one is about Facebook’s introduction of usernames this past Saturday; in case you were under the proverbial rock and missed the entire event, which is surrounded by plenty of controversy. Not to mention, that it seems to have spilled over to some other territory.

Personally, I use Facebook for what it was made for; linking to schoolmates and a few select friends, without socializing outside this “circle of trust”.

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Traveling domainers carry with them the “domain virus” and often attempt to apply it to real life events.

Rick Schwartz’s recent trip to Greece and neighboring Turkey inspired the following Friday Funny

I admit it, I am a Star Trek fan. I discovered the series in the late 70′s, long after Space 1999 and right after the success of Star Wars. I’d rush home from school and I’d turn on the TV to watch – in glorious black and white – the adventures of Starship Enterprise and its brave crew.

What set Star Trek apart from the other sci-fi shows, was the depth of its characters. Each and every member of the Enterprise’s multi-cultural crew, which included men and women, humans and aliens, black, white and Asian – maintained their own important role in every episode.

There would be no complete show without captain Kirk’s boldness and tongue-in-cheek humor, Spock’s ultra-logical genius, the seriousness of Dr. Leonard “Bones” or the agonizing dedication of Uhura, Sulu and Scotty. And at a time that the Cold War was at its peak between the US and USSR, Chekov served as a hint to the TV viewers that the Russians might not be evil after all.

Without further ado, “Friday Funnies” brings you Star Trek – the Domainers’ version. Click on the image to view at full size.

Live long, and register.

TGIF! Here we go with the 2nd cartoonized photo in the “Friday Funnies” series. This time, it’s about food at domain conferences. For the price of the ticket, it’d better be good! And it is – no complaints. But some vendors or attendants should watch their diet – or poke a couple of extra notches to their belts!

Original image from DNJournal.

Things get too serious sometimes. In order to instill some fun into the serious business of domains, I’m starting the “Friday Funnies” section.

Each Friday, a cartoonized photo will attempt to deliver some humor without – hopefully – hurting the feelings of those it depicts.

Today’s “Friday Funny” is about social media “wars” and two well-known personalities, Frank Schilling and Rick Schwartz.

Original picture link from DNJournal.com