Bob Parsons, CEO of Godaddy, has posted again about the .EU sunrise fiasco with an analysis of the "phantom registrars" It seems that my suspicions about Delaware LLCs were well founded.. So, the question now is will someone do anything about this? Is it acceptable that london.eu and dublin.eu are ceded to opportunistic cybersquatters? Will the EU take action or will our … [Read more...] about Parsons on Eurid – part two
Archives for April 2006
EU Aftermarket
No matter who you ask the number of speculative registrations during both sunrise and landrush for .eu was obviously high. Eurid has stuck its head in the sand and is claiming that the trademark laws were at fault not them. No matter what went on in the lead up to landrush one thing is sure - the domain aftermarket is booming. Sedo, which is one of the largest domain brokers, … [Read more...] about EU Aftermarket
Landrush Fiasco
EU landrush is a fiasco. Why? Eurid and the EU dropped the ball completely. While you may have been lucky enough to get the domains you wanted under landrush (or one of the sunrises) a lot of people are going to be very upset due to the tactics employed by several hundred registrars who abused the system to their own end. The courts are going to be kept busy for the next couple … [Read more...] about Landrush Fiasco
WordPress Theme Issues with Php5
Since I upgraded php to php5 the other day I've been having some very interesting issues with Wordpress themes. Basically the only theme that will display correctly is k2. The others all give a blank screen and don't throw any errors in my logs. Is there something in k2 that the other themes don't have or vice-versa that makes it compatible with php5? I'll be doing some more … [Read more...] about WordPress Theme Issues with Php5
Ireland From A Polish Perspective
My housemate has been blogging since he arrived in Ireland, however he does so in Polish, not English. If you want to see some fantastic shots of Ireland his blog is well worth checking out. So how many other non-Irish nationals are blogging about and from Ireland in languages other than English? I've come across a few on some of the aggregators in the past, but it would be … [Read more...] about Ireland From A Polish Perspective