Computer Name Themes

Choosing a creative host name theme for a bunch of computers can be difficult. I’ve hopefully made the process somewhat easier by seeding some simple ideas for you to build upon.

Another Threat from DomainsNext.com

I received this email from support@domainsnext.com yesterday:
On one of your published website pages, which anyone can find on your website and most search engines, anyone who reads this page can realize that you are a bigot and bigotry as you know is a crime. You said on your placeholder page “Hey, Abdul, Mohammed, Ahmed, or [...]

I am Mr. Resourceful…

Or, another way of putting it, I am Mr. Must Be Resourceful Because Sometimes I’m An Idiot.
Names and other identifiable information have been changed to protect the innocent.
This past Monday, while out on a consulting gig in Menlo Park, I received a phone call from a new client who needed some notarizations done during the [...]

You Know You’re Too Much Into Harry Potter When…

You wave your pen around and repeat “wingardium leviOHsa” to various inanimate objects
You talk in low hisses to snakes
You want to buy a train and name it the Hogwarts Express
You glue a compass to the dashboard of your car and try to get the car to fly
You try to make polyjuice potion
You get a diary [...]

More on the ItsYourDomain Complaint

I split the flurry of emails between domain name registrar ItsYourDomain and me into two posts.
Ted Cucci, Executive VP Operations for ItsYourDomain.com replied to my request to honor his own statements, obviously with no intention to do so:
Richard, your request needed to come before the name was deleted. It is offered as a courtesy when [...]

ItsYourDomain Complaint, continued…

Once ItsYourDomain received my letter than I sent to ICANN, a flurry of emails went back and forth, unfortunately solving nothing.

Angelina… Thornton?

Angelina Jolie did the most absolute bonehead thing possible by marrying Billy Bob. What the hëll was she thinking?

Spam by Any Other Name is Still Spam

I’ve been receiving spam emails from a low-life domain-registration website that claims their spam is not spam. How ridiculous is that?!