ZFBot gets new features – A great 4-in-one domain tool gets better!

During the past few days, Ken's been busy adding new features to his wonderful tool, ZFBot which now includes the zone files for the .net TLD, in addition to the .com. This brought the daily crunching to a whopping 92 million domains! Currently domains with no nameservers are not included but Ken is … [Read more...]

Fool’s gold Part 2: What the .tel FAQ means

Sometimes one needs a lexicon to decipher the perfectly massaged texts presented by corporations on their web sites. This is the case with the FAQ section on the .tel Registry's web site, TelNIC.org I will attempt to explain what each grand statement means, in plain "domainese": All existing Top … [Read more...]

Fool’s gold: The .tel hype

I remember the day I got my first phone number and was listed in the White Pages. Then thirty days later, the bill arrived in the mail and I realized it was not as much fun. In the early 90's I got an email address and in the mid-90s an ICQ number. That's all I needed so that my friends could reach … [Read more...]

One year of Acro.net – The blogging continues!

When I bought Acro.net on eBay for about $180 - a bargain for a 4-letter, 12 year old domain with a 4-million Google keyword - I hadn't thought of using it as my blogging site. In fact, I hadn't thought of the blogging process as much more than a platform to vent off. A year and more than 50 posts … [Read more...]

ZFBot – The Encyclopedia of .com

Every once in a while, a neat web application shows up and then you scratch your head wondering - "Now, why didn't I think of that first?" Without much debating on the issue of one's dying braincells, I'd like to introduce ZFBot and its creator, Ken Greenwood. In this quick, impromptu interview Ken … [Read more...]