Virtual Web Fair 2014: No hotel or airfare required

In 1992, I visited the UK and spent a day at the London Trocadero, the entertainment sprawl that features shopping stores and cutting edge technological venues. At the time, a clean room manufacturing compact disks was all the rage; the operators were dressed in bunny suits replicating the shiny … [Read more...]

Debian: The only Linux distro for your really old hardware

I first used Unix in the late 80's, that was my first interaction with a programmable system that did not need punch cards. Then MINIX came along, on the PC, something that seemed fun at the time as it gave the illusion of shrinking a computer monolith down to desktop size. Linux was released … [Read more...]

Has the gTLD domain market plateaued?

I will be the first to admit it: I haven't registered a considerable number of gTLD domains in weeks. With the exception of Uniregistry domains, and .link, .photo in particular, I have not registered any other new gTLDs in recent memory. When I developed a strategy for the launch of gTLDs and … [Read more...]

Sometimes, rules are meant to be broken

I'm all for playing by the rules, but sometimes there's a higher calling. I was running late for lunch today, and on top of that I missed an exit, forcing me to drive to the next light. The line on the left was shorter, so naturally I took that, not noticing a guy who was placing a triangle … [Read more...]

The world does not revolve around domainers

As much as I hold the partial title of a 'domainer', it's more for an inner city reference than for public identification outside of that circle. The world, in fact, retains very little respect for domain investors, that are often labeled with 'squatter' or 'opportunist' and other such negative … [Read more...]