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Archive for November, 2007
Australian domain name registrar, Domain Central announced that they have received the Australian Technology Fast 50 Award from Deloitte. The company placed 6th overall in the Technology category and was noted for their rapid growth rate of 1,055% over the past three years.
[From company press release]
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Three links via Owen Frager’s blog. First titled “MOBI Investor Suicide” where Owen has this to say:
“Wife claims man took two self-inflicted gunshots to the head after reading TFF’s characterization of dotMOBI as DEAD and dot MOBI investors as ‘dumb” and “uninformed.”…. developing”
Second article, titled “MOBI Investors face Stiff Fines; Prison Time” which Owen says the story is developing on a private dotMobi forum. Owen writes:
A US Postal Inspectors and Bureau of Alcohol Firearms and Tobacco report is about to blow the lid off dotMOBI. Nearly 650K of the 700K registrants are in violation of the law. They do not have mandatory MOBI-complaint sites and those with PPC pages have links that are not MOBI-complaint- a double fine; and possibly opening the door for a 25-life sentence.
And third, titled “Forum Leader Surrenders to Authorities; TFC Raids Eminent on 40 Chicago Suburb locations“, where Owen says:
Computers, records, MOBI propaganda seized…. developing
Time will tell what is going on. If anyone has further info, please post in comments area.
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S. Granville-Smith, InsideDomaining.com
Mainstream learns how influential a blogger is, putting him in the driver seat, that is, of one of the hottest cars in the world, the Bugatti Veyron.
Via Autoblog:
I opened my inbox one morning to find this question from a publicist: “Would you have time to drive the Bugatti Veyron?” Would I have time? Really? Would you believe, uh, yes? And that’s how I found myself at Westlake Village with a black and cream Veryon waiting in the shade of the porte cochère. Yes, it was perfect. It was like getting a date with that frighteningly beautiful woman I’ve had my eye on for a while now, and actually enjoying it. Follow the jump to read about The Day of the Veyron, and check out the gallery of hi-res pics below.
And how does it drive?
So this is what happens from a 2-MPH start in a Bugatti Veyron when you floor it (in fact, it would have already happened by now. It’s that fast, and you haven’t even started reading about it):
Hit the gas. The car rockets forward. Immediately. Instantly. You’re going really fast. Like it decided to skip everything from 2-MPH to 40-MPH and just jumped straight to 41-MPH, didn’t pass go, didn’t collect $200.
That took maybe two seconds. Maybe.
And you’re not even doing anything yet.
Because while you were busy trying to figure out where those two seconds went and where this speed came from, the turbos were busy getting ready to come on stage –
And then they kick in –
And then forget about it.
No really, forget about it.
Sixty miles per hour comes in maybe another second.
And another second after that, hell, who knows how fast you’re going. And another second after that, I think time and space take on different properties. I think I became a rhombus.
And this is the PCH, remember. I only had room in my head for two thoughts:
1. I need to stay on Earth.
2. I need to not hit a telephone pole.That’s it.
To buy or not to buy.. that is the 2.4M+ question.
The logo design contest at Sitepoint is going very well, only two days left and many amazing works. It is going to be a very difficult task to choose the one.
Below is a poem a participant, elledesign, wrote when submitting his/her design for consideration.
Enjoy!
The Essence of a Conceptualist
For: Sahar
You know that life’s about learning,
not always about doing right.
Breaking the rules is better,
like seeing without sight.Learning to free your ideas,
from the container of the mind.
Step up to face obsession,
without crossing the line.Teaching to ask better questions,
looking up when other’s look down.
Know the depth of your limits,
go through when most go ‘round.So when your mind needs time to rest,
because it’s tearing you apart…
Bring life to your ideas,
by giving them your heart.
Inside Domaining Breaking News:
Video domain assets will continue to be the rising stars in the domain aftermarket as the fast-emerging trends of online video, internet Tv, mobile Tv, live webcasts and video advertising growth rates increase rapidly on the worldwide video web. VideoProduction.com Trades for $65,020 (Private Sale)
Source: DNJournal.com
S. Granville-Smith, InsideDomaining.com
Iron Mountain Inc announced in a press release today that it’s technology division has been chosen by ICANN as the data escrow back-up for the over 900 ICANN accredited registrars.
“The vast majority of ICANN’s accredited registrars offer high levels of service and integrity; however, as we have seen, there is the risk that poorly […]