January 31, 2003 – We’ll miss you, Grandpa Potch.
LoveCat
January 31, 2003 – We’ll miss you, Grandpa Potch.
January 31, 2003 – We’ll miss you, Grandpa Potch.
Category: LoveCat
LoveCat
Free Domain Names?
Tokelau an island nation 500 miles north of Western Samoa accessible only via a 42 hour boat ride, is giving away .tk domains for free.
Seriously.
Tokelau’s culture centers on a system for dividing goods, called Inati, where all the goods are divided equally amongst the people, so everyone has the same chances, opportunities and the same amount of food. Now, I’m as capitalistic as most, but if I were going to be poor, I’d take communal resource living on a tropical paradise over double shifts at the Whataburger any day of the week.
What makes Tokelau different, is their decision to open up this philosophy to the rest of the world. By setting aside a small subset of commercially valuable domains and some corporate trademark names, they’ve identified a way to finance this project, and perhaps actually bring in a little income while offering the majority of the domains for free. That’s brilliant. Heck, it may be the best dotcom business model I’ve seen so far.
LoveCat
Like many people, I found him through his work.
I was drawn in through his art.
I was moved by his story.
Like many people, I missed him when he was away, and hoped that he was finding the peace that he needed.
It was odd, seeing him linked on daypop, that name from the past. In fact, I have to admit a certain amount of fear when I saw it. Summer Monday Morningss are not the right time for bad news. Thankfully, the news was good. He was writing again. He seemed to have found that elusive happiness that a thousand weblog wellwishers had wished for him. Through the storm, he had found a safe harbor.
Welcome back, Noah.
Noah, for those of you who don’t know, does amazing things with digital photography. His black and white work reminds me of the silver photographs that you see in print galleries. I’d like to think that if I had a camera as nice as his, I could do something similar – but it’s not the camera.
It seems likely that the things which troubled Noah must have also forged his artistic heart, but however he got there, his photos are about much more than technique or tools – they are about art. Now that he is living in my area, I will keep my fingers crossed for a gallery show.
LoveCat
Have you seen the marketing for the new Mini Cooper?
“How is motoring different from driving? Physically, they’re the same process. You apply gas, let off the clutch, and steer by turning the wheel. The difference is in the mind of the operator. Just because you drive, doesn’t mean you motor. When you drive, you go from A to B. when you motor, you go from A to Z. It’s all about living. Nobody can tell you when you’re motoring. You just know.”
I love it. I know it’s advertising, and that they are selling a product by selling a lifestyle idea, but I don’t care. I want to Motor. I know the Mini is a tiny little car, and that for the same money I could a more practical vehicle, but the lifestyle is so appealing! I could paint a racing stripe down the middle of my mini and motor across the country – having adventures and living a colorful and fulfilling life. Who wouldn’t want that?