We are coming up to our 5 year anniversary of TheDomains.com. Late last year we asked the readers if Thedomains.com should require people to use their real names to leave comments on the blog. The 97 comments we got to that post were mixed with many in favor but others opposed it based on the internet history of allowing anonymity. A couple of months ago we decided we would go to a … [Read more...]
Sorry Acro I have To Disagree European Domainers Especially Bloggers Are At A Huge Disadvantage
Acro.net made a post yesterday talking about a "huge advantage" he says European domainers have over their US counterparts. Sorry my fellow blogger, I have to disagree with you. Although not my first trip to Europe to cover an ICANN event I find it a huge disadvantage being 5 or 6 hours ahead of EST. When I wake up at 8am its 2AM or 3Am back home, completely dead news wise or otherwise, … [Read more...]
Inside and Outside of Domaining, Times They Are A Changing
The World continues to change. As I found myself in Ireland, clearly blowing past the Independence Day celebrations and any signs of fireworks only to find myself in a large pub on July 5th with all the staff and most of the patrons celebrating Christmas, complete with Hats, a Christmas Tree and plenty Santa outfits. Yes it was the Christmas in July party and the place was rocking to the live … [Read more...]
Lana Del Rey Album Born To Die Hits Number 1 On iTunes In US & 10 Other Countries
Big shout out and congrats to Lana Del Rey, Rob Grant, and the entire Grant family as "Born To Die", Lana Del Rey album was released today and is currently number 1 and 2 on the iTunes US album chart. The Deluxe version with bonus material is number 1 on iTunes and the regular album is #2. According to Lana's Facebook page the album is "#1 in 11 countries". Lana has over 500,000 fans on … [Read more...]
Happy New Year!!!
We want to wish everyone a Happy New year. Judi and I send out our best wishes for Healthy and Happy New Year. I also want to thank all our readers, commentators and advertisers for another record year for us at theDomains.com. 2011 marked a record for traffic, posts and comments and I deeply appreciate that you chose to spend a part of your day over here. 2011 was a very challenging … [Read more...]
A Special Thanks To The Domainer Community & Some Special Friends
This is just a personal thank you from Judi and I. In the last week since Bandit passed the response from the domain community has been nothing less than incredible. I got a least as many personal emails, as posts on the blog and even more on Facebook; we got some flowers, cards in the mail, and a ton of calls. Each one was greatly appreciated. People we never met but read about … [Read more...]
Last Night Our Best Friend In The World Died
After a short 13 1/2 years our best friend in the world, Bandit died last night. He died like most of us would like to, at home next to his loved one's, Judi and I. He went quickly and painlessly. While most would point to the most incredible life he had, the places he went and how lucky he was to have a great life, we think we were the lucky ones. Certainly he was a rare and precious … [Read more...]