Rick Schwartz broke his blogging silence of five weeks yesterday - much to my delight and that of others. His subject of discussion - the dropping of iReport.com in favor of the subdomain iReport.cnn.com by the CNN Network - offered the opportunity for a stimulating discussion. The sale of … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2012
My support of SOPA.com
January 6, 2012 by 2 Comments
A few days ago I reported on how the domain name SOPA.com is in good hands. To show my support of Vincent's efforts against this hideous SOPA bill, I've donated my time and created the SOPA.com logo. The SOPA bill must fail because it's not only unconstitutional but it also threatens to … [Read more...]
Visibly dejected over a failed domain acquisition, bidder launches cyberattack
January 3, 2012 by 6 Comments
One of my single word dot .com domains received an offer a few days ago. The person contacted me via the WHOIS info and asked me what is my asking price for this "unused domain", which he said he'd use for a business he's launching. The domain is not only a short generic and 18 years old but it's … [Read more...]
Twenty-nine dollars and 99 cents: The software that saved my digital ass
January 2, 2012 by 6 Comments
Right on its 4th "birthday", my primary hard disk hit the digital Purgatory on New Year's Eve. It also took a secondary drive hostage, as if lightning had hit twice. I spent several hours wondering why would two admittedly "ripe" Western Digital drives fail on me, then I decided to go get a brand … [Read more...]
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