A Dragon in Sheep’s Clothing

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Entries Tagged as 'Rants'

Namecheap.com is sneaky

June 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments

I transferred a bunch of domains to Namecheap . com last year in part because there was no extra charge to protect my contact info through WhoisGuard.
Now that some of the domains are coming up for renewal, NameCheap wants to charge me for renewing the privacy as well. Sneaks!
To quote from their list of [...]

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Tags: Hosting · Rants

Political call

February 11th, 2008 · No Comments

The phone rang Sunday evening, and when I answered, I was tainted.
“Hello, this is Bill Clinton. I’m calling to ask you-”
*click*
A long, thin tendril of the political machine had reached out and stained my Sunday.
Ew.
Shouldn’t the Do Not Call Registry apply here?

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Tags: Phone · Rants

Domain name transfer

October 1st, 2007 · No Comments

I am currently in the process of transferring all my domain names from GoDaddy to Namecheap.
Why?

GoDaddy’s price has gone up
Namecheap is cheaper, and has private registration for no extra charge. GoDaddy charges for each private domain name registration, unless you register a certain number of domain names all at once. But when it comes around [...]

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Tags: Hosting · Internet · Rants

This is news?

September 4th, 2007 · No Comments

Britney Spears Uses F-Word on New Track (Fox News)
Gee whiz, it’s a shock that Britney actually swears in her latest songs?
And they think it’s a publicity stunt?
P.S. No, I’m not going to link to the story. That’d only help it in the search rankings. Instead, let’s link to something that really is news about [...]

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Tags: In the News · Rants · What were they thinking?

Fatigue

August 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

I feel rather guilty about not writing more often here since starting my new job. I’m actually excited about the project I get to head up — intranet usability/design/etc — but I’m also now working in a corporate environment. While my coworkers are fun, the culture is “nose to the grindstone.” I feel badly [...]

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Tags: Day Job · Rants