Non dot com Domain Names

In: , , , On: 2005 / 05 / 17 Short URL: http://ozh.in/6j

Year 2004 — at least for me :) — was the year when something interesting occurred in the internet : a website went insanely popular, and part of its success was probably its quite unique name and branding, getting rid of the traditionnal dot com, and instead using its top level domain to make a fun name. You got it, I’m talking about del.icio.us

Indeed, del.icio.us opened my eyes and I realized the top level domain (the last part of it, after the last dot) could be more than a meaningless extension. It can be used to give your domain more sense, and more fun. So I went with a fun little (well not so little) exercise : have an idea of a cool domain to register for every top level domain available. That’s right ladies and gentleman, here are 249 suggestions for your next site or weblog domain, from .ac to .zw (well, at least I tried with 249 domains, but some were really unusable :)

Suggestions for a new registration era (let's not be modest) : Non Dot Com Cool Domain Names

Mon copain Quakeur L*F, star mondiale du coaching a Quake3, a son blogue perso : C’est le début de la fin (1) «
Flickr’s Most Favorited Photo (the one that was most “bookmarked” by other Flickr users). Really nice. Noteworthy as well, the group Top-F gathers most favorited pictures from anyone who wants to share, and there are quite a few jawdropping shots. (1) «

When MSIE Wants to Download a WordPress Page …

In: , , On: 2005 / 05 / 16 Short URL: http://ozh.in/6g

There's a bugfeature in WordPress that can make MSIE sometimes willing to download a page instead of displaying it normally. Hopefully, this problem is simple to fix. Simply request the following page with your Internet Explorer :

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  1. <problem blog root>/wp-admin/upgrade.php

Unless you run this file, MSIE gets fooled with blank headers (there is indeed a content-type in a <meta/> tag within the <head> section, but the web server is not returning a matching header). The "cool" thing is that this file is accessible without your being logged in the admin area of the blog. The "less cool" thing is that it's always a bit disturbing to think that anyone can request an admin file, be it harmless or not.

My advice would be that you run this file on your own WordPress blog each time you upgrade (to a beta or to a stable, any upgrade should be concluded with an upgrade.php, then delete or rename it. If you happen to visit a site that has the same problem, request the upgrade.php page, then notice via email or comment its blog owner so that he can know about this "feature" (feel free to link to this post) and can also rename or delete the file.

To be honest I thought this problem was rather well known, but obviously it's not and this needs more exposure :)

Travail un Jour Férié ?

In: , , On: 2005 / 05 / 16 Short URL: http://ozh.in/6f

Lundi 16 mai 2005, jour férié, je suis au travail par solidarité (un peu forcé, mais par solidarité tout de même). J'hésite entre me dire que c'est bien d'être citoyen, et avoir mal aux fesses quand je m'assois.

Big Red Box

In: , , On: 2005 / 05 / 15 Short URL: http://ozh.in/6e

Big Red BoxCoool. I've just found a big box full of Big Red's, about one year after I bought them during a trip to the US. Poor gums, lost and alone somewhere on a shelf! Too bad a picture on a computer cannot bring the (completely chimical) cinnamon smell :)

plus, I wanted to try the "Blog this" feature on Flickr, but it sucks

Meet the World: country flags revisited. Nice and smart. I particularly love the US flag :) (0) «
Worst Logo Ever : designer with no clue, or with high sense of humor ? :) [via] (0) «
Everybody be cool it’s a robbery ! Plus, I have a Lego gun. (0) «

Blog avec Chat

In: , On: 2005 / 05 / 11 Short URL: http://ozh.in/6a

Vous avez sans doute remarqué, les deux tiers des blogs de l'internet servent à exposer des mièvres photos de chats, hou qu'il est mignon mon chaton. Je trouve ça assez pathétique, mais une si grande majorité le fait, qu'on peut quasiment dire qu'il est anormal de ne pas le faire. Mon dieu, serais-je anormal ? Il faut que je parle de chat ! Mais, de quel chat ? Je n'ai pas de chat !

Heureusement, des gentils voisins m'aident sur ce coup-là, en permettant à leur chat de défunter dans mon jardin alors que je passais la tondeuse. Je trouvais ça bizarre aussi un chat qui dormait sur la terrasse sans apparemment être effrayé par le bruit du moteur … Bon. Et maintenant ? On fait quoi avec des chats morts ? Ca se met à la poubelle ? :/

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