Gender-bending on the Internet: The Ballad of Stephanie & Bobby

Stephanie was in distress. The loss of her parents in an fiery car accident left her an orphan at a young age. She was raised by her paternal grandfather, whose chronic ailments brought on many bills she was struggling to assist with. At the young age of 20, she had already become a mother and a … [Read more...]

Protecting your virtual assets

Remember that high school kid that used to break into everyone's lockers to steal your stuff? Guess what, he's now an adult and he still steals - only this time, it's your virtual assets he's after: your domains, your emails, access to your bank and credit card accounts. This kid simply changed … [Read more...]

Domains and Divorce: Until Registrars do us part

Forget about wedding oaths: they exist in order to be broken. People are not computers that obey to strict code commands, without ever changing their behavior, opinions and preferences. People get married and quite often, they get divorced. A lot of married people are domain owners, or a lot of … [Read more...]

Brother, can you spare a domain?

A CEO of a construction company emailed me once, emphasizing how he'd have to "put food on the family table" than pay any type of fee for a domain I owned. In fact, he outright said that he needed the domain name and by declaring his inability to pay, I should hand it over to him. When I Googled his … [Read more...]