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Our lives are more on the go than ever and keeping our cell phones, music players, cameras, computers and tablets charged is a top priority. We all know how inconvenient it is to forget or lose our chargers and it is something that does happen more often than we’d like to admit. Luckily XD Design, a company based in the Netherlands, has a solution to that: a solar powered charger.
It’s Friday and while most of us just want to be outside or hanging with friends, we have jobs so we understand that’s unrealistic. Here’s the next best thing: a list of ten incredibly important and useful facts that are guaranteed to make people think you are smarter than you actually are.
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You’ve probably seen those steezy frozen shot glasses or mugs at friendly gatherings, but unfortunately science makes their use short-lived.
Frozen H2O is fun though; isn’t there a better way to incorporate ice into our evenings?
From the department of chill accessories comes the older and more sophisticated cousin to the frozen shot glass, the Ice Jacket.
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As you may or may not have heard, the world’s “number one domain registrar” and one of the Alexa top 100 websites in the world, Godaddy.com, has been down for several hours. Not only that, most of the 35 million websites and e-mail accounts hosted with GoDaddy have been inaccessible as well.
It’s been speculated that the takedown occurred at the hands of a hacker or group of hackers, potentially associated with the infamous Anonymous group. This individual or group unleashed what’s called a DDOS or distributed denial of service attack on GoDaddy. The debacle begs the question: what exactly is a DDOS attack and how does it happen?
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It was an incredibly busy month in the domain name aftermarket. The last third of August alone yielded seventy sales in the five figure and above range.
Here’s a few that stood out from the crowd.
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It’s always cool to keep up with futuristic forms of green transportation and the pedal-less bike is a newcomer with swagger.
Combining the world’s oldest form of exercise with one of man’s greatest inventions, the pedal-less bike could help turn triathlons into biathlons.
We’ve gotten to the point where the internet is almost everywhere. At work, at home or in public, the air is teeming with internet connections. There’s so many choices, yet only one lucky connection can be utilized at once: that is until now.
A Kickstarter creation allowing the average Joe to combine the awesome power of multiple internet connections has met it’s goal, and is under development as we speak. Connectify Dispatch aims to speed up our computers forever by intertwining technology available to us today.
From the department of “why didn’t I think of that” comes the pedal powered washer and dryer. The aptly named GiraDora (spinner in Spanish) works without electricity, is affordable at $40, and gives you a nice calf workout to boot!
The sun is scheduled to burn out approximately 5 billion years from today. Until that tragic day occurs, we’re going to be able to harvest solar energy. Most of the current solar cell technology is strikingly inefficient, but a group of researchers at the University of California Los Angeles is making huge strides in where and how we can harvest the power of our 10,000 °F friend.
August 23rd, 7PM @ The Chloe Mezze Lounge: 1445 Market St. Downtown Denver, 80202
The 2012 Rocky Mountain Domainer Meet-Up is being hosted by myself and industry veteran Michael Law this week in beautiful downtown Denver. Law is the founder of the critically acclaimed domain name news source NameTalent.com. Law owns and operates a number of other internet properties including 3-0-3.com, DomainParagon.com and the Premium Offerings domain brokerage. I’ve been speculating on domains since early 2011, and traveled to South Florida earlier this year to network with some of the most successful domainers in the world.
Law hosted the first ever Rocky Mountain Domain Conference in 2011 and had a sensational turnout, attracting some of the top names in the industry to give their perspective on the state of the domain union. Esteemed editor of DNJournal.com, Ron Jackson covered the event. This year, Law opted to instead hold two shorter domainer meet-ups versus an all-day conference. It’s sure to be a fantastic time.