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Domain Registrar Hijacking

Just today I received a letter in my mailbox from a company called Domain Listing Service claiming that one of my domains is set to expire and that I need to renew it before it is too late.  Tell me something I don’t already know.

But what bothered me most about this piece of literature was that it included and order form that basically stated that to ensure listing by March that I needed to remit payment before the end of February.  Interesting.  I’ve never heard of this company, so why would I want to send them a check for $65 to renew one of my domain names when I know I purchased the domain name from the same place I usually purchase domains names from for only 11 dollars for the year.

I have been buying and selling domain names for over ten years and seeing a letter like this was quite suspect.  I certainly know better than to drop everything, panic and pay some other company to host my domain listing.  However there are many other people who will receive a letter such as this and feel that they have no choice!  In fact, one of my client’s who actually purchased their domain name from Go Daddy received a letter like this one, but from another company…asking $120 to renew the domain name.  What a total rip-off.

So to ensure that you are not getting ‘jacked, remember the following things:

• Keep all of your paperwork when purchasing domains
• Remember the duration of your domain registrations
• Discard any domain renewal offers that come to your regular snail-mail unless you registered a domain from a company that only has mail-in registries (chances are this won’t happen)
• You are under NO obligation to renew your domain name through any other company other than the place you purchased it from.

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Today is Dr. Seuss’ Birthday…What Does He Look Like?

Today is the birthday of Dr. Seuss, also known as Theodor Seuss Geisel.  I really dig the Google Logo for the day.  Some of you are probably wondering, what does this guy look like? Previously I’ve posted pictures of the guy, as well as other authors.

I’ve decided to repost an excerpt from the previous post with a picture of Dr. Seuss.

Cat In the Hat – Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel).  I’d never hear the end of it if I didn’t put something in here about the Cat In the Hat.  Probably one of the most popular children’s books writers ever, it is funny to know that his real name is Theodor.  I’ve always known that his books were written years ago, but I found it interesting that he died in 1991…not too long ago.  Heck, I was in college.

He published more than 60 children’s books…a pretty amazing accomplishment.  An interesting fact: He joined the Army during WWII to work in the animation department of the Air Force, where he wrote Design for Death, a film that later won the 1947 Academy Award for Documentary Feature.

I Can’t Drive…55!

PSN Network is Down!

Those of you playing around on Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) probably noticed that it was down.  Sony is quickly trying to resolve the network outage.  Sony actually said they’ve narrowed the problem down and have engineers working on the issue to restore the network.

You can follow the outage on PlayStation Twitter Account or Sony’s blog.

Until then it is back to wondering what the world was like without the internet.

UPDATE:

Here’s what’s going on right now: something with the PS3’s internal clock has borked in some pre-slim models. This is not a PSN issue; it has to do with your PS3’s clock. This clock is NOT related to the OS clock. It seems to be a leap year bug. Setting your clock ahead will do nothing. All PS3s around the world were affected at the exact same time.

Does this affect me?

• If you have a Slim PS3, you’re good to go. Continue playing it as normal.
• If you have a "fat" PS3, you may be affected. Some fat PS3s have worked ok, but it seems a good majority have been bugged.

What does this bug mean?

• If affected, your date and time has been set to a random past date. This prevents you from signing into PSN, playing any PSN games, or using any DLC. Your trophies will also not display correctly or be able to sync.

How do I fix it?

• You can’t. Even if you don’t sign into PSN, it won’t help. This is a hardware issue.

So, what do I do?

• Wait 24 hours. Other products that have had similar bugs have corrected themselves after the "bugged" day. On Monday around 6pm central time, all PS3s will automatically correct themselves…maybe.
• If that doesn’t work, we’ll need a firmware update from Sony, which should be a pretty important priority for them right now.

Did I lose my data/themes/etc?

• Your save data/games/dlc/themes are fine. They’ll be fixed when the PS3 is fixed. Trophies are uncertain right now, but they’ll be fine if you’ve synced them before the PS3 was bugged. Unsynced trophies are an unknown right now.

If I have a bugged PS3, can I still use it?

• It’s probably not a good idea, as I have no idea what will happen to the trophies you earn during the bugged time. Movies/media will work fine.