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I Hate Web Squatters!

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As usual I have lots of big plans. One of them as I mentioned before is to revamp my site. One thing I dislike about my site now is how long the url is.  At eleven characters, in my opinon its pretty bloated and unreadable, especially when you want to send me an email. So, I’ve been wracking my brain trying to come up with something that personifies myself without being too literal.

Web designers and non designers alike can relate to this.  I came up with a name I really liked, went to register it, and it was taken.  Tried another one, taken.  Another, taken, and so on. It’s gotten to the point where instead of playing World of Warcraft, (I know. I’m a nerd.) I’d sit here for hours trying to register a good name. I don’t mind if the domain is taken by a legitimate company, but when it’s taken by a “web squatter” it’s a whole different story.  

A web squatter is someone who just buys up any domain they can possibly think of.  Some even have programs which list out every single, say three letter word.  They then either put it on one of those stock photography-strewn god-awful sites, such as this one. I guess they think you won’t notice your typo just landed you in a pit of web scum. Even worse, others simply mark the price up 3000% and resell it to make a profit.

I guess they think you won’t notice your typo just landed you in a pit of web scum.

At any rate, I finally found a domain name that was not taken, and actually fits me quite nicely, and is only seven characters. So, I finally got a domain name, now, on to kuler for color scheme goodness!