Some days ya gotta wonder...

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How Dotster cost me days and days of
downtime: stay away from this registrar

How Dotster cost me days and days of
downtime: stay away from this registrar 08/12/2004 07:36 AM
A year ago, the DNS for craphound.com disappeared. Which was weird, because I was paying for DNS with Dotster, my registrar.

I called them up and spoke to their tech support people. "Oh yeah," they said, "your paid service ended a month ago but our billing system was broken so we didn't send out a notice. So we terminated you for nonpayment. But dude, you're lucky! We gave you a free month's DNS!"

Lucky lucky me. I got a free month's DNS and to pay for it, I was bouncing mail all over the Internet and my Website wasn't resolving. Bastards. I bought two years' worth of DNS and vowed that when the domain came up for renewal, I'd switch away from Dotster. I sent them an email telling them as much and got an email back apologizing and saying that they would certainly never terminate my DNS wihtout notice again (you see where this is going, I trust)

Craphound.com is up for renewal at the end of August. Not wanting to leave things to the last minute, I changed over early this month, switching registrars to Domain Direct, who are now the registrar for all of my domains, and boingboing.net besides.

I didn't move over the DNS -- I figured I'd paid Dotster for another year's service, I might as well get it. Instead, I left myself a reminder in my iCal for next July to set up DNS at DomainDirect a month ahead of the service running out on Dotster.

This morning, Dotster terminated my DNS. Without warning. And when I called, they told me there was nothing they could do about it. Even though there's nothing in my DNS contract that says that DNS is provided to domains registered with Dotster and no others, that is, apparently, their policy. And they can't make exceptions. Not even for 48h while I effect a graceful change to DomainDirect (who have been fantastic throughout and now have 100 percent of my domain registration and DNS business).

Bastards.

Gotta go!

Gotta go! 01/01/2005 02:09 PM
Oh, the fun things a man can build with $10,000! "Some folks like to take their time on the can. Not Paul Stender. When the 43-year-old former pit mechanic feels the need for speed, he straps himself into his jet-engine-equipped toilet and roars off, trailing flame."

Gotta Get My Stuff Done

Gotta Get My Stuff Done 01/02/2005 06:43 PM

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You gotta beat 53/70!

You gotta beat 53/70! 09/04/2004 07:16 PM
BBC Test the Nation: Popular Music.
UK centric [slightly] quiz in the Test The Nation series [- but allows a 'not UK' option.]
Who did write the theme from 'The Office' Handbags & Gladrags'?

You Gotta be KIDDING me...

You Gotta be KIDDING me... 12/12/2003 02:00 PM
We're filthy rich - now help us!! This is mostly an artice about Kyoto, but one little paragraph left my jaw wide open to see that OPEC thinks they should be compensated if the world finds a better way... I guess it's not a unique concept though - does anyone have some other examples of a (potentially) failing industry that wants compensation?? My apologies if I've missed this in another thread somewhere...

"Gotta Get My Stuff Done"

"Gotta Get My Stuff Done" 01/03/2005 10:35 AM

Sandcrawler - Gotta Have It, Or Not That
Bad?

Sandcrawler - Gotta Have It, Or Not That
Bad? 04/23/2004 10:00 PM
A new Probe Droid has been launched! With rumblings that a deal for the Jawa Sandcrawler may have fallen through at retail, and rumors that a second source may be trying to make the item available, we thought it would be a good idea to see how badly collectors really want it. If it came down to a choice between not getting this toy, or paying more for it that the suggested $33, what would you do? Look for the new Probe Droid ballot now and cast your vote today. *This poll will end Wednesday night - cast your vote, and be sure to tell a friend!

Gotta Luv SANS

Gotta Luv SANS 02/10/2004 02:42 AM
Hold on campers... Coming soon to this blog near you... Forensics Forensics and more Forensics.... No im not dead... Yes I will continue to blog......

Gotta goooooo

Gotta goooooo 02/12/2004 03:29 PM
I'll tell you all why I decided not to talk to Katerina about the past events. If she actually said...

Sometimes you just gotta
scream............

Sometimes you just gotta
scream............ 04/09/2004 04:11 PM
Months weeks days and all things time/life related have taxed me physically, mentally and emotionally. I'm not sure what cosmo...

You Gotta Send It Back

You Gotta Send It Back 04/22/2004 09:08 AM

You Send It, You Recycle It: I'm quite pleased with this development. We compla ined about the idea of disposable DVDs last year. Again, let me say that I'm not a left-wing tree hugger or anything, but there's enough disposable stuff in the world already (and calling it "one-time use" doesn't change anything).

The California Assembly will debate a bill in coming weeks that would force companies to provide a return envelope for each unsolicited CD they send out, possibly crimping the marketing plans of companies like America Online.

Berkeley Assemblywoman Loni Hancock introduced the so-called Return to Sender bill this week. It would mandate that a postage-paid envelope be included with unsolicited CDs in mass mailings of 200 or more discs. Disposable DVDs such as Disney's 48-hour EZ-D must also include a return envelope for customers' use.

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Gotta love screwups

Gotta love screwups 07/29/2004 02:59 PM

Ah, you gotta love it when the technology bites you in the ass. The previous post was a draft of my CNN wrap-up, with all of my screw-ups, typos, and bad edits. Goes to show me for using my weblogging software to write up these posts. One missed click, and what you write is up and out there. Such is how the sausage is made.

Things are really crazy at the convention. There's a lot going on, all at the same time, and up here in blogger's alley, we've got the loudspeakers pointing right at us, and crowds cheering, waving signs, and just being generally raucus. Even the lousy dancing during the breaks. I looked over and commented to some of the folks here about the need for a "7th Inning stretch" - and then it hit me - that's what the dancing is for. But I sure wish they didn't televise it, it's painful. :-)

Gotta love Rogers

Gotta love Rogers 03/19/2003 10:27 PM
Yay...looks like I just lost Internet connection from my best friends at Rogers. Well...I guess I'm stuck blogging to you...

Gotta love that Treo 600

Gotta love that Treo 600 04/19/2004 01:42 PM

So I'm here at SFO waiting for a plane, and rather than jack in and pay T-Mobile's (or Boingo's) data rates for a quick sip of email, I'm gleefully using my new Treo 600 plugged into the combined USB sync/charge cable I just bought. Add Sprint's unlimited data plan ($5/month) and a nifty piece of software called PDANet, and I'm happily surfing away at 145kbps all the while charging both my laptop AND my phone.

Getting some looks of envy from other tech-enabled travelers. Hello from the future!

You gotta fight for your right to go
solar

You gotta fight for your right to go
solar 06/03/2004 09:18 AM
Kenneth and Gabrielle Adelman felt guilty about the fossil fuels their planes were consuming. So they decided to build a huge solar power system in their backyard. The local power utility was not amused.

IT security: Something's gotta give

IT security: Something's gotta give 02/10/2004 08:56 AM
Jon Oltsik says that MyDoom has sounded the alarm about the new business reality and the precarious state of enterprise security.

100 words everyone's gotta know to be
smart

100 words everyone's gotta know to be
smart 03/13/2003 04:56 PM
100 words everyone's gotta know to be smart -- "You may be well-read. You may even be well-spoken. But unless...

wanna be president? gotta have a bl0g

wanna be president? gotta have a bl0g 01/16/2004 11:26 AM
i'm curious to see what the original questions on that survey were

You Gotta Stop, Smell the Roses

You Gotta Stop, Smell the Roses 11/14/2003 05:46 AM
It's midpoint on the Great Route 1 Road Trip. The main lesson learned so far is that slow is the way to go -- but that's easier said than done. Michelle Delio reports from charming rural North Carolina.

Peter and I agree - it's gotta be more
than just advertising and
sponsorship.....

Peter and I agree - it's gotta be more
than just advertising and
sponsorship..... 09/15/2004 02:22 AM

Here's Peter Caputa's reaction to Stowe Boyd's ideas on making money with social networking. The one thing we're ALL in agreement with - it ain't "pay to play".

Here's Peter's post:

In reference to Ryze's recent changes, Stowe has spouted some predictions on what biz models will work:

In the final analysis, I bet that pay-for-play won't work. Open social networking services, even those that are oriented toward business, will need to operate on a more egalitarian footing: where all members have basically the same rights and privileges, even if there is a fee for membership based on servcies rendered.

The money making model will have to come from corporate sponsors and advertisers of various sources, who want to have their banners flying behind the activities going on at various virtual 'plazas', watering holes, and chat rooms that are associated with specific communities or interest groups. For example, IBM might sponsor a number of virtual setting that attract people interested in open source, or Sony could sponsor areas related to consumer electronics people.

I agree that advertising will be the preferred way for the user. People won't pay for what they get for free. And if Marc Canter's vision takes off, they won't need to.

Since, I am in the trenches trying to sell this stuff... The unanswered questions I see are: how much advertising/promotion will people take? And will advertisers get an ROI from the different methods that different social networks use to let them reach their audiences?

I'll share our ROI numbers as we get them. I'll know in a month or so, how much ROI I can deliver to event organizers using social networking and incentivized word of mouth promotional techniques.

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Gotta love the ScotteVest iPod ad spoof

Gotta love the ScotteVest iPod ad spoof 06/05/2005 11:21 PM
The ScotteVest (or SeV) is a garment that "allows users to discretely carry multiple electronic devices in the concealed, ergonomically designed pocket system, as well as connect gadgets with the...

[~ This is just a sample, visit MacMerc.com for the full story! ~]

Gotta have KIm Chii if you're talking
'bout Korea

Gotta have KIm Chii if you're talking
'bout Korea 04/14/2005 07:09 PM

Turns out Brothers Korean Restaurant (on Geary at 6th) is really famous here.

Some of this stuff is fire hot!

Some of it down right scarey!

But yah gotta love the colors alone.

Those are piles of baby tiny crabs.

Shark Tank: You gotta admit, there WAS a
pricing error

Shark Tank: You gotta admit, there WAS a
pricing error 09/02/2004 11:14 PM
It's the late 1980s, and this pilot fish is a corporate PC trainer at a Midwestern insurance company. But even though he works in the IT department, his co-workers don't consider him a real IT guy.

2004 Will Be The U.S.'S Best Year
Economically In Last 20 Years, The
Conference Board Reports In A Revised
Forecast (You Gotta Love It)

2004 Will Be The U.S.'S Best Year
Economically In Last 20 Years, The
Conference Board Reports In A Revised
Forecast (You Gotta Love It) 12/12/2003 06:52 AM

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End of Days

End of Days 07/19/2004 01:07 AM

Those were the days

Those were the days 08/17/2004 09:15 PM
ZDNet Aug 18 2004 0:32AM GMT

"5 days"

"5 days" 06/11/2004 12:09 AM

No TV for 30 Days

No TV for 30 Days 01/25/2004 06:22 PM
Starting now, I'm not going to power on my TV at all during the next 30 days, nor will I watch the TVs at work. The TV will remain off. I really don't watch TV much compared to the average American, but still... I realized last night how much of my time is sucked away by it. My time is valuable. I really don't get that much out of most of the shows I watch. On Feb 25th, I'll...

Ever had one of those days???

Ever had one of those days??? 01/29/2004 03:02 PM
Wake up to an asshole's lameass comment that sets my mood toilet bound, stressing on tomorrow's events, starting to feel...

Better Days for May?

Better Days for May? 05/11/2004 02:57 PM
Is May lagging the retail revolution -- or is it poised to benefit from a more wary consumer?

300 Days To Go!

300 Days To Go! 07/23/2004 01:06 AM
With all the hoopla and excitement suurounding Comic-Con, I almost forgot something significant about today's date...300 days to go until Star Wars: Episode III! If you'd like to keep track of the countdown, you can download a countdown clock right now at Clockdown.com.

The bad new days?

The bad new days? 07/23/2004 02:37 PM
CNN Jul 23 2004 5:41PM GMT

Took a few days off

Took a few days off 11/10/2003 11:39 PM
Big things happening at my house and sometimes you have to take care of things the wife needs taken care...

Around the Crater in 90 Days

Around the Crater in 90 Days 04/14/2004 02:34 PM

NASA's Spirit rover recently reached it's "Mission Success" point, meeting all the goals that NASA had outlined for the mission. The rover is still doing science and going strong, but the turbo-geeks at JPL marked the occasion with a cool little Quicktime video showing how the rover has done its work over the past 90 days by making a time-compressed sequence of the rover's exploits:

In 90 martian days, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has performed a remarkable series of drives, digs and scientific investigations at Gusev Crater, Mars. This video documents many of the rover's accomplishments by stringing together images taken throughout the mission by the rover's front hazard-avoidance camera and microscopic imager instrument.

Sped up like this, it's fun to watch the thing sniff around Mars like an excited collie at the dog park.

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250 Days Until Episode III

250 Days Until Episode III 09/11/2004 11:54 PM
Well, the title pretty much says it all, so I'll leave it at that! Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith comes out in 250 days. I'm sure somebody somewhere is already standing in line.

The end days of Ximian?

The end days of Ximian? 05/25/2004 06:39 AM
When Novell made its surprise announcement last week that Ximian Connector was being released under the free software GPL license, I began to wonder if it marked the end of the Ximian era. Connector, after all, was the centerpiece of the Ximian strategy to make inroads into the corporate desktop market by providing full compatibility with the widely used Microsoft Exchange mail server. The answer? Novell giveth and Novell taketh away.

4 at the Top; 3 Days to Go
(washingtonpost.com)

4 at the Top; 3 Days to Go
(washingtonpost.com) 01/17/2004 10:42 PM
washingtonpost.com - DES MOINES, Jan. 16 -- The four Democratic presidential candidates with hopes of winning in Iowa put aside personal attacks Friday and focused on what all consider the two keys to victory: organizing supporters and winning over undecided Iowans doing last-minute shopping for the best candidate to defeat President Bush.

The Seven Days of Creation

The Seven Days of Creation 12/16/2003 05:33 AM
The president of the United States wants to ban it. A lab in Massachusetts is working to perfect it. The inside story of a human cloning experiment. By Wendy Goldman Rohm from Wired magazine.

One of the best days of her life

One of the best days of her life 06/01/2004 11:58 AM
On Sunday I had a special date with my seven year old second cousin, McKenna. We planned to go clamming together, that is, dig up clams on the beach at low tide. (And then take them home and eat them!) The day broke clear and warm, a slight breeze but nothing too chilling. We sat in the sun as we awaited the low tide in the early afternoon. And as 1 PM neared, we climbed into the pickup truck with our rakes, basket, and brand new rubber gloves and headed to the western end of the island. Our destination was a small strip of land inside Madaket Harbor called Jackson's Point (here's a map of west Nantucket, we went right above the "E" on the map). We arrived to find the beach deserted, not only of people but of the soft-shelled clams (aka "steamers") we'd hope to dig up. The sand was littered with empty scallop shells as we began our explorations. Soon we happened upon clusters of mussels all wrapped together in sand, mud, and grass and we changed our plan. Mussels it would be! We gathered about three pounds as we explored the beach at low tide. In addition to mussels, we found a knobbed whelk (the whelk was still inside the shell) and the cutest little hermit crab. We watched sea gulls catch and eat crabs on the beach and collected some shells. And after it was all done, we drove into town for an ice cream cone. More than once McKenna said to me, "Meghan, this has been one of the best days of my life!" And you know what? It was a really special one for me too. That night, McKenna and I steamed the mussels for the rest of our family. Since we didn't have any white wine, we substituted beer instead. Everyone agreed the mussels were delicious. If you like mussels, why not try McKenna and Meghan's Mussels next time you're preparing some.
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