Domainer's Gazette-Home

hope everyone has a nice relaxing holiday weekend..

many thanks to Mitch O’Connell for this killer glitter graphic..

just a quick shout out to the owners of mullet.com

I was performing some quick domain “type-in” stream of consciousness (I’ll explain later)..and came across their site..

where they’ve adeptly placed a fitting image..

which is:

if you’ve got it, flaunt it. Which they’ve done quite well.

and for that, they’ll get some link love from me : )

(and yes, linklove.com is taken already, I just checked)

I work in a home office, and prior to about 3 months ago, worked by myself.

Now I have a partner. He’s relentless. Focused. Driven. Loyal.

That is …

Relentless in asking for food in the morning.

Focused on any moving object outside the house.

Driven to attack bottlecaps, plastic twist ties, and milk carton caps.

and loyal enough to keep me company every day.

Here he is, in all his glory, asking for a little help digging a bottlecap out of my shoe:

(we rescued him from a shelter outside of Atlanta)

Since I went to Ole Miss, I do my part and stay on top of Ole Miss football.

Our most recent season?

“Not so good”, as my wife likes to say..

So we fired our coach, Ed Orgeron, and went out, 4 days later, and hired the recently departed Houston Nutt of the Arkansas Razorbacks.

So…

being a domainer…

Guess who owns HoustonNutt.com?

Not Ole Miss.

HoustonNutt.com is still owned by his previous team, the Arkansas Razorbacks, and it still points to the Arkansas football website, HogWired.com.

I doubt this makes the Ole Miss football program happy, cosidering they had to drop a few million in salary to get him to committ.

I doubt it makes Houston Nutt happy, as he’s the rightful owner.

It sure don’t make me happy, and I’m a fan.

Such an odd and crazy situation, so many questions swirling around my head..

1. Did Ole Miss request, and Arkansas refuse to transfer ownership of the domain name due to the competitive nature of SEC football?
2. Or, did Houston personally request the name be transferred to his own personal registrar account, and Arkansas refuse due to their soured relationship?
3. Does Houston know to file a UDRP case to regain control of his name?
4. And actually - even a step back, can he file a UDRP case to take control of his name? (I’d say yes)
5. Was transferring the domain part of his initial contract with Arkansas, and they simply haven’t gotten to it yet?
6. Does Houston Nutt even care who controls his domain name? Does he know what domain names are?
7. Has Ole Miss realized this yet?
8. HottyToddyGoshAlmightyWhoTheHellAreWe.com?
9. FlimFlamBimBamOleMissByDamn.com?

And on a side note,

Being the ham domainer I am, I tried to register olemissnutt.com..

nope. already taken.

Hats off the Mary Wall of Jackson, MS on that grab.. you dont realize it, Mary, but you’re a domainer : )

and if you want to soak in an outstanding Ole Miss related read, grab ‘The Blind Side‘ by Michael Lewis. One of the best books I’ve read in a while..

I’m here at Pubcon Vegas, meeting some great folks..

had a small epiphany last night at dinner over the domain name Cowboys.com

In my opinion, you wanna know an appropriate buyer for the domain, other than the Dallas Cowboys?

How about the their most hated NFL rival, The Washington Redskins?

Imagine the damage the Redskins front office could inflict if they owned the domain?

The humiliation..

They could photoshop pictures of cowboy players in diapers..

They could embed youtube clips, like this, of touchdowns scored against them..

They could post scores of every Redskin victory over the Cowboys..

the list goes on and on..

imagine the press they’d get.. I can visualize ESPN covering it..

I think the Cowboys would realize the value of that domain after that type of exercise..

my two cents..

ok, Frank, whether you like it or not..

since Sahar is working hard at his logo, I thought I’d be fun to offer some alternative options for the ‘Seven Mile’ logo font.. there’s nothing wrong with what you’ve got, I’m just bored, and looking to kill some time.. and I have some logo software at my disposal..

I stuck with your existing color combos, just tossed in a few alt font options..

if you like any, let me know..

what you ya’ll think? You like what he has now? Or should he change?

I kinda like the first one..