Jarrod Trainque

December 16, 2005

Available domain hacks

The following domain hacks are still available.
* insuffi.cient.info
* nee.dmore.info
* cant.getenough.info
* to.omuch.info
* e.lectromag.net
* bas.ketball.net
* youkill.us
Get ‘em while you can!

Domains I’ve owned

I’ve been online for about 3 years now, and have had an assortment of registered domains. Here’s a quick recap for old time’s sake:
* - this site, still active
* - once hosted a technology centric blog, no longer active. This domain has since been grabbed by a domain squatter
* - once […]

December 15, 2005

Replacing dots with images via CSS, for domain hacks

[Domain hacks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_hack) such as are getting rather popular. I mean, what’s not to like about a domains like , , , or ?
Personally, I think domain hacks are a neat way to gain online brand recognition **and** score yourself a fun, meaningful domain (especially since all the good .coms are taken).
The problem with […]

December 9, 2005

Yahoo! buys del.icio.us; response mixed

Yes, it’s true. Popular online bookmarking site del.icio.us has announced that it has been acquired by Yahoo!.
I could spend the rest of this entry either:
1. congratulating del.icio.us creators on the sale
2. trying to make sense of flickr, Konfabulator, Upcoming.org, and del.icio.us being owned by the same parent company
3. lamenting the sale to […]

December 2, 2005

proxy web browser

Some web kiosks and the like do not allow you to type url’s into your browser. They could also block you from viewing certain web sites.
So I’m hosting a proxy web browser here to circumvent that.
Enter a URL here and this server will make the request on your behalf. Images will still be loaded […]

December 1, 2005

take care of your customers, or else…

Thomas Hawk had a bad experience with an online retailer, PriceRitePhoto, and so he wrote about it on his blog.
What happens? His story becomes the #1 story on [digg](http://digg.com), makes it to , gets Slashdotted & MetaFiltered.
The store gets slammed with phone calls, bad press online, and their site goes down due to […]