Way back when, we used to laugh at people who used their own names for domain names. Then it became the expected thing for artists. By then, [insert my name here].com had been taken up by a Chinese software company selling math related tools. (You'll see why I'm not using my name for the reference shortly.)
But after a few years, they went away and the website [insert my name here].com just had ads. So I carefully marked the domain expiration date on my calendar, and as the day approached, checked and double checked whois to see if they renewed.
Well, they didn't. So the fateful day arrived. I checked as midnight approached. Nope, not renewed. So immediately after midnight, I checked again, and aaaargh, it had been renewed. Bots!
So I didn't look there for a long time. And today, I looked. And oh, I really shouldn't have.
[Insert my name here].com had turned into a very naughty place. Although there are no photos, the links all supposedly point you to some rather 'interesting' places. (But all in Chinese.) Although, I certainly wouldn't click on any of them, no matter how interesting they sounded. I was reading the links off to The Good Prince, and he was going "whoa, too much information!"
Certainly if I were on a PC, clicking on any of those links would probably be an extremely bad idea. And on a mac, still not good.
So there you have it, do NOT go to [insert my name here].com. (But of course you will.)
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OK, a second round of exploration has found nothing worse than a few swimsuit models. So your good name isn't VERY sullied.
Maybe they are trying to motivate you to buy the url?
This is so funny! Isn't life just so delightcul?
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