There’s something I’ve always hated about the web hosting business. No, it’s not the cut-throat competition, the crazy customers, or the California climate. And NO, it’s not the 5-hour work week NOR the oodles of money either… those are fine. It’s the domain names. (And, by extension, ICANN.) The problem with ICANN, as I may [...]
So, what with all this mobile spam and iPhone 3G talk, I spur-of-the-day decided last week to check out Sprint and AT+T’s current wireless data offerings. Well, mostly spur-of-the-day. It was also because my current laptop is starting to die (just like my last three VAIOs, something comes loose somewhere deep inside its soul, and [...]
Can you believe it’s already that time of the year again…? Apple iPhone rumor time-of-the-year that is! I’m sure you remember back in early 2007 when I predicted Apple was about to announce the iTunes Mega Store, the iPod Crumple, and the iTV (which actually did get announced as Apple TV, but was missing the [...]
I have been to the future. It’s a very well known future, one everybody knows is coming, and yet, it is still, frustratingly, not here. It’s not the future of nano-bots, flying cars, and hamburger toothpaste that some predict. Nor is it the future of sex-bots, self-driving cars, and hamburger frosties that others believe in. [...]
The writers strike continues, and so do I. This is my third strike in a row, a turkey in the parlance of our times, which I now offer to you in the belated spirit of Thanksgiving. The real turkey however, is the target of my now hardly-notorious STIKES.. the one laptop per child project. For [...]
I’ve decided. We got a lot of reallllly bad entries to our iPhone contest, but we also got a fair number of not completely horrible ones, so I’ve decided to make a 2nd and 3rd place prize as well. First place is still a Josh’s-forehead-greased-up 8GB iPhone, but 2nd place (and there’s an 8-way tie!) [...]
As I see it, there are THREE ways to become a world internet-famous blogger. 1. Already be famous, and start blogging. (Tip… a good way to be famous is to be an entertainer, pro athlete, politician, serial murderer, or very rich.) 2. Read other famous blogs and respond to each and every one of their [...]
I don’t know if you’ve heard about the problems over at RegisterFly? They’re an ICANN-accredited registrar with like 900,000 domains, and because of some combination of escorts and liposuction they’ve been missing registry payments, not allowing people to move domains, and perpetrating countless other SHENANIGANS! Anyway, ICANN finally said enough is enough, and announced they [...]
…something. Last Thursday I got an email from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers asking for our approval of their 2006-2007 budget. The link they included, as well as all the text of the message, actually referenced their 2005-2006 budget. Last Friday I got another email apologizing for that silly email, with updated [...]