From 1b843cf4662da17ebe3effbf1903f7baca6b8c41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Karle <alex@karle.co>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 22:49:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] thoughts: Add post on Domain Names

This was super cathartic to write. I've wasted a lot of time this week
pouring over domain registrars and learning about the whole system and
why it is:

    1) (Almost) Impossible to get a domain you want
    2) (Almost always) Impossible to get a domain you want cheap

Seriously. 'Premium Fees' make me sick -- and looking at all the
old-timers on the internet, just makes me wonder what they paid for that
slick .org.

Sigh. Feels good to shame RealNames a bit. I mean that was the _worst_.
Want to rent the domain for your website / email? We'll give you the
latter for 3x the price :(

roar
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       <h3>A collection of thoughts.</h3>
 
-      <h3 class="new-post">Dec. 19, 2019</h3>
+      <h3 class="new-post">Mar. 24, 2020: Domain Name Insanity</h3>
+      <p>
+      I went through a phase this week of really wanting `karle.[original-tld]`.
+      Not for a business. Not for boosting my own webpage (it doesn't really
+      have much). Just for me.
+      </p>
+
+      <p>The results were... disheartening.</p>
+
+      <ul>
+        <li>
+          <b>karle.org:</b><br> Registered since 1998, no website, parked web-page.
+          WHOIS guard ensures I can't even reach out to who owns it.
+        </li>
+        <li>
+          <b>karle.com:</b><br> For sale by owner on Uniregistry. Ok. Inquired.
+            Owner wants a "serious 5 figure offer". Next!
+        </li>
+        <li>
+          <b>karle.net:</b><br> Owned by <a
+            href="https://realnames.com">RealNames</a>, a business seemingly
+          centered around buying lastname.net domains and charging people like
+          me to set up an email. Almost brilliant enough of a business to make
+          me forgive their scumminess.  <i>Almost</i>. Nary an option to buy
+          it.
+        </li>
+      </ul>
+
+      <p>So here we are. Looks like karle.co for at least a little longer.</p>
+
+      <h3 class="new-post">Dec. 19, 2019: A New Hope</h3>
       <p>
       Toying with the thought of starting a website/blog.
       </p>
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