Twitter, twitter

Posted by Travis Smith on 12/07 at 02:52 PM •

Looking for a fun widget to add to your site? I like the new site called “Twitter.”

On Twitter, you quickly share just a little one liner about what you’re currently up to.  Then it notifies your close friends about what you’re up to.  It’s a nice way to feel connected to someone without feeling like you’re intruding.

Susie has added a Twitter badge to this blog, but your twitter status also gets sent via AIM or GTalk, or can be see on twitter itself.

It’s quick to sign up and fun.  Let me know if you join!

 
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Has GoDaddy Started Hiding Whois Contact Information?

Posted by Travis Smith on 12/04 at 10:44 AM •

I was checking information about a domain today, and noticed that GoDaddy seems to have changed their response to send people to their Web site.  No longer can I get the information I need through a simple unix command, in text format with no advertising:

[Travis-Smith-Computer:~] nep% whois spacesindoorsandout.com

Whois Server Version 2.0

  Domain Name: SPACESINDOORSANDOUT.COM
  Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC.
  Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
  Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com
  Name Server: DNS50-2.NEXCESS.NET
  Name Server: DNS50-1.NEXCESS.NET
  Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
  EPP Status: clientDeleteProhibited
  EPP Status: clientRenewProhibited
  EPP Status: clientTransferProhibited
  EPP Status: clientUpdateProhibited
  Updated Date: 30-Nov-2006
  Creation Date: 28-Jan-2004
  Expiration Date: 28-Jan-2007

>>> Last update of whois database: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:43:00 EST <<

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Registrant:
Spaces Indoors & Out

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (

http://www.godaddy.com)
  Domain Name: SPACESINDOORSANDOUT.COM

  Domain servers in listed order:
    DNS50-1.NEXCESS.NET
    DNS50-2.NEXCESS.NET

  For complete domain details go to:
  http://who.godaddy.com/whoischeck.aspx?Domain=SPACESINDOORSANDOUT.COM

It’s only when I go to their Web site that I can get the contact information for Registrant, Administrative, Billing and Technical Contact.

While I’m sure they did this to “cut down on spam” or something like that, I find it an unacceptable tradeoff that makes it harder for me to administer domains.  And I think it might be a violation of their duties as a domain registrar.

 
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