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Cool Domain Names: Fan.gs And More

So, as you well know by now, I’m a proponent of non-standard domain names. I registered my domain with 101Domain and it was super-easy. I just today was browsing around to see what new domains are coming out (.xxx! Really!) and I found the .gs domain from South Georgia… it provides excellent possibility! See for yourself:

(I’ve checked, and these domains are available as of 3:30pm PST 2/11/2011)

  • ban.gs
  • fan.gs
  • bootle.gs
  • plasticba.gs
  • 3kin.gs
  • angelwin.gs
  • flyingpi.gs
  • thon.gs & g-strin.gs

Cool, right? That was a rhetorical question. I can’t even hear you when you respond to those questions, silly goose!

Full disclosure, I’m an affiliate for 101Domain, so if you buy any domain names from them, I get a small amount.

BTW – I had originally bought this domain with the hope of ranking for my name, which turns out to be really difficult. However, today, I just found out that if you Google for “alex weber is awesome”, this site is the first hit! Sweet!

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Reblogs for 20110124

  • BodyShock Winner Profile: Portion Control

    Thrive PortionWare from IFTF on Vimeo.

     

    Here is the final of the winning presentations from the BodyShock the Future contest for ideas to improve global health that was held last summer.

    One of the top 5 winners of the contest was Thrive Portion Ware, a cup and set of plates designed by Sally Ng at the California College of Art to help reduce food intake by 20%. Her presentation is above, and her entry into the contest describes her innovative idea:

    “Thrive portion control ware’s cups and plates help steer people to eat 20% less per meal. It works subtly and subconsciously to enable people to eat and drink less. Plate will tip if user places food in the red zone. Control words are on back of plate so users will see “restraint” or “will power” every time they pick one up from a dish rack or cupboard. Cup is quartered off as well, so users drink 20% less no matter what the beverage is. People can consciously consume less. Thrive Portion Ware enables people to do just that.”

    Today, Sally sent us an update on her progress in the past couple of months:

    “I just finished my last semester a month ago. So I'm working on various projects including Thrive. I made a mock website for it since then, here it is: http://pomo.cca.edu/~sng2/ThriveFinal/. I'm trying to code the Shop section to work correctly, where it will tally up the amount of people who do want to buy it in order to gather some statistics. After I work out that bug, I will be touching it up, move it to a new server instead of my school's so it won't crash from traffic spikes. I’m also finishing up writing the patent to submit.”

    We wish Sally all the best as she moves forward with her idea to make portion control easy and beautiful. Stay tuned for more updates on each winner throughout the year as they make progress.

    IFTF's current contest, accepting entries until January 31, is the California Dreams Contest. We're asking people, "What is Your Dream for the Future of California?" The winner will receive the $3,000 Roy Amara Prize for Participatory Foresight. Enter your dream today!

     

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Being Unfriendly on Facebook

Who Will You Unfriend Today?

Disclaimer: I take no responsibility for the actions that you take after reading this post. In fact, even landing on this page without reading this disclaimer absolves Alex Weber of any and all responsibility for your actions, past and future. Furthermore, this page is mainly a #rant and not meant to be seen as advice.

Here are my qualifications for when to…

  1. Remove someone from my Facebook news feed
  2. Un-friend them on Facebook completely
  3. Hang out less in person with someone

The first part is easy.

If you write predominantly negative updates on Facebook or Twitter, I don’t want to see it.

Everyone has ups and downs, and I understand that. However, the fact that we had two classes together in High School does not mean that I want to hear that your “boo” is cheating on you, or that you got fired, or that the weather is bad.

Here’s my point: If you predominantly post negativity, I will filter it so it doesn’t infect my brain.

It’s been shown that Happiness is Contagious and I’m pretty sure negativity works that way too.

You may think “Alex, you’re a ig ol’ stick in the mud! We just wanna vent sometimes!”

I understand venting as a short-term thing. I’m talking about repeated negativity, weighted with how well I know someone (how much we actually interact, message, talk, see each other IRL etc.)

My criteria for IRL friends:

This is not a hard list, but more of a set of criteria that I feel is important with my IRL friendships. Continue reading “Being Unfriendly on Facebook”