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I should have said thanks in the last post to the guy who owned this blogspot URL in the first place.  I wanted the blog URL to somewhat match the .com I had already bought, he wasn't using the blog so kindly let me have it.  I'm fairly new to blogging but I've found out since that I could have just hosted it on the .com I have... oops all that hassle for nothing.

Part of the reason nyomnyom is called nyomnyom is because of a load of other (not so nonsensical) .com domains are taken.  It's fair enough if someone got there first to do their project, but one thing I really hate is sitting sites.  People who buy a bunch of .com domain names just so they can sell them on for a profit.  I think it's why a lot of sites have quirky names (like maybe why flickr doesn't have an e).  A friend of mine wanted to use a .com domain name for his charity-based business, he came up with perfect name but the .com was taken and the owner (who didn't use it) wouldn't sell for anything less than $20,000.

Part of the reason that the Internet is so full of innovation, information and diverse ideas is the low-barrier of entry, sitting sites just inflate the price and don't add anything useful.  Same goes for people who make money off of misspellings of popular sites (I wonder how many people goggle or googgle and don't realise the difference).

I keep putting off doing work for nyomnyom (by incoherently ranting) - so I'm just as guilty at the moment.  That reminds me of another thing I hate: hypocrites!

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