I recently registered a deleted domain name, FunkyDogGifts.com. I don’t see any particular value in this name, but sometimes I’m influenced by my furry sidekick who thinks that anything with ‘dog’ in the name is a keeper.
Once I had the domain, I did a google search wondering if there was anything connected to it. I know this is something that should be done BEFORE buying a domain name, but, hey, I was under the puppy influence, remember?
I found a CafePress shop that sold cute little dog shirts with a Funky Dog Gifts logo on it that my puppy would absolutely destroy. And if I ever made her wear one, she’d disown me. Hell, I’d disown myself.
After some more searching I finally found a way to contact the people who owned it. They responded: yes, we own the cafepress shop and also own the domain name funkydoggifts.com.
Wait a minute. Didn’t I just register that domain name?
Turns out I had just found someone who had forgotten to renew the domain name to their ‘project’.
I wasn’t sure how to proceed at this point and started asking myself, what do I do? Can I hold the domain name hostage and charge a premium fee for returning it to them? Is this legal? Do they have a trademark? Can they repossess it without me receiving any compensation?
But the one question that stood out was, am I really capable of capitalizing on someone else’s oversight/mistake?
My dog says no, I’m not.
I wrote them and said: look, I picked up your domain when it was deleted, if you want it back, it’s yours for the registration fee that I paid.
I felt a weight lift off my shoulders, knowing that I had made a good decision. I wasn’t going to make any money, but it always makes me feel better to do something that feels ‘right’ and help someone out.
Now I’m left wondering, could I still do business in the domaining world if I don’t have the cutthroat (for lack of a better word) mindset it seems to take? Well, I don’t think so. Not that type of domaining anyways.
This helped me focus on what my goals are here and what I want to with domains. I want to build things, create things, and pick up as many cool names along the way as I can. I know there are only a limited number of names out there, so as long as I keep finding domain names that I think are worth something (or could be) then I’ll keep picking them up. And if I sell a few along the way? Well, that will be just fine.
Just so you know, it turns out that the couple that started the FunkyDogGifts cafepress store didn’t really want the domain. They told me thanks, but they didn’t really care. Apparently the plans they had never really got off the ground… Did I stress for nothing? No, I learned a great deal.
And my dog still loves FunkyPetGifts.com. I’ll have to build something great for her there, as long as it’s not trademarked…
All PPPP.net domains that were dropped today have been registered. At the time of this report, there are 8 PPPB.net out of the 31 remaining. They are:
smwp.net
ypog.net
vclc.net
tavs.net
ercw.net
vtsp.net
fkds.net
nbvl.net
Tags: .net, daily drop report, LLLL.net
Long story short, I saw two mountain lions in my backyard a few days ago… now there’s only one left out there!
Mountain Lion Captured in North Boulder
Tags: misc
gwb.name is for sale on tdnam right now..george w anybody?
eqyc.net
emyy.net
yzed.net
ysyf.net
ayyl.net
qyxu.net
zyry.net
yimy.net
kyam.net
ryuq.net
lyyq.net
syyj.net
kuez.net
hyuh.net
yeok.net
Tags: .name, .net, four letter, LLLL.net
I’m moving a site written in php4 over to a new server, and unfortunately the code contains thousands of “<%” and “%>” inside hundreds of php files. This syntax has been deprecated and all php tags are supposed to be “<?php” and “?>”.
There’s no way I’m doing this manually. Trying out Advanced Find and Replace for Windows right now.
Update for ya, it worked beautifully. I gzipped the site back up, uploaded it to the server, unzipped it, and it worked beautifully…
(using php4, centos, apache)
It’s kind of a pain to edit files through a terminal such as puTTY, so using a combination of puTTY and winSCP, here’s how to edit the php.ini file to change Registered Globals to ON (or to Off, whatever).
First, locate your php.ini file
# locate php.ini
Change to that directory and modify the permissions on php.ini
# chmod o+w php.ini
Then open the file using winSCP, find the line that says Registered_Globals = Off, and change the Off to On. Save the file..you may get an error, but it will still save.
Change the permissions on php.ini back to their original state:
# chmod o-w php.ini
Note that the change won’t take place until you restart your server.
Estibot is back up, yay. I’ll be running a few of the domains I like from yesterday through and I’ll update those posts.
Tags: estibot
I’ve officially entered the land race for four letter .net domain names with my recent acquisition of bdyc.net and ppko.net. At least when they’re all gone I can claim that I own a whopping 0.000437659746% of all the four letter .net domains. Which, yes, is two.
Estibot has been down…again. He’s been having a bit of trouble over there lately. I wouldn’t mind except I’ve got a $4.95/month membership that I want to use on these last couple o’ lists I put together from AllDrops.com.
In related news, I would like to announce that I have two(2) four-letter .net domains for sale: bdyc.net and ppko.net 
Any offer will be opened, read, pondered, and replied to.
Time to head out before I decide to take part in the three character .org landrush. We’re not quite there yet…
Tags: .net, estibot, For Sale, four letter
All available at time of posting, harvested from AllDrops.com.
1vx.org
2w8.org
2t0.org
1gz.org
0o2.org
30u.org
2y8.org
27e.org
2r1.org
1zx.org
1ah.org
02l.org
9fy.org
i5a.org
e1a.org
89o.org
io6.org
5bi.org
8o6.org
di0.org
4z3.org
9wa.org
3oe.org
cp7.org
h6g.org
4cz.org
f1j.org
6y5.org
74u.org
a5w.org
7tu.org
ic0.org
7ec.org
j2v.org
gv7.org
9ra.org
83c.org
8ij.org
a6b.org
bu0.org
fl5.org
io4.org
g6a.org
5a1.org
c9b.org
f1s.org
98u.org
52d.org
a5k.org
a5p.org
8bs.org
a7g.org
5pl.org
9cs.org
76j.org
9wn.org
5o6.org
85h.org
iy0.org
63b.org
b1p.org
f7a.org
h3v.org
5ut.org
Tags: .org, AllDrops.com, three char
bdyc.net I reg’d this one
wshr.net um, washer.net?
ppko.net …and I registered this one too.
jtsh.net
xiov.net
jauj.net
voaz.net
yuak.net
vluf.net
exuz.net
ajib.org
ajev.org
ozok.org
hoef.org
owab.org
gety.org
owet.org
miew.org
ejad.org
doab.org
phib.org
ikal.org
geab.org
rooj.org
ivlu.org
micy.org
orut.org
rexu.org
fegy.org
jiaz.org
gucy.org
oweg.org
hily.org
exip.org
nepy.org
exoz.org
quif.org
ogaw.org
dedicatedforex.com
programpages.com estibot: $430
liveearnings.com
rebatecare.com
rockforex.com
eachlinks.com estibot: $120
shotnotes.com
drugright.com
javachurch.com
bidhouston.com
outdooroffers.com estibot: $260
Tags: .net, .org, AllDrops.com, dictionary, four letter, list