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Dictionary domains in .COM/.NET/.ORG – Sure winners!

July 12, 2008 by 1 Comment

Ever since I started registering domains with the intention to develop or resell (the option to monetize was added much later) I decided to stick to the same basic principle: if it's in the dictionary, it's something I can use. If I can use it, others can. If others can, then I have established the … [Read more...]

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Buying domains with other people’s money

July 11, 2008 by 2 Comments

From behind the iron curtain of a middle Eastern nation known for its anti-American sentiment, a self-proclaimed hacker seems to be the perpetrator of a series of recent, high profile purchases of domains - using stolen credit cards. Using proxy servers located in Iraq, he took control of a … [Read more...]

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4,113 Fallen Soldiers

July 4, 2008 by Leave a Comment

As the fireworks fill the night sky on the 232nd Independence Day of America, now it's the time for some introspecting. I witnessed my first 4th of July extravaganza in 1998, my 1st year in the US as a transplanted immigrant. To be in the "land of the free" was a great accomplishment, that … [Read more...]

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Euro-laden Investors Gobble up Real Estate in NYC – bAPPLE.com

June 30, 2008 by 3 Comments

Real estate recession? Gasoline prices above $4 a gallon? Election year madness? It can only happen in the United States of America, which is about to celebrate its two-hundred and thirty-second anniversary of independence, on July 4th. Americans are a nation of hard-working, ingenious people … [Read more...]

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Is(it)real.com – Or, the art of playing broken telephone

June 2, 2008 by Leave a Comment

As kids, we used to play that game called "broken telephone". Other names for this game included, "operator", "grapevine" or "pass it down". It involved a chain of kids that would relay a short but quickly spoken phrase, rather silently. By the time the phrase reached the last kid, the phrase would … [Read more...]

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