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trying out Alex King’s twittertools on seanoelkers.com

I’ve been planning to flesh out one of my niche sites since this weekend, but my real job keeps wearing me out! I get home after a long day, and the last thing I want to do is sit down and do the fairly mundane task of setting up BANS menu categories. By the time I’ve played with my son and spent some time with my wife and finally feel refreshed enough to hit the bricks, it’s getting to be the time where my more creative mind really gets going, and I find myself in wild idea land.

So, I come to the only conclusion remaining: I’ve got to quit my job.

Well, maybe not quite yet. A bit more real current-wage-level-replacing IM income would probably be a good idea first!

But I can dream a little, can’t I?

As if Network Solutions’ ridiculously overpriced domain registration fee and painful transfer process weren’t enough, now they’ve taken to kidnapping your domains if you happen to search for a domain via their site. I’ve hated NetSol ever since they essentially forced me to re-register my first ever domain by stalling me long enough in verifying an email that I was unable to transfer it away to someone with reasonable fees.

But this is beyond pale. All you have to do is use their interface to check on domain availability, and NetSol takes it upon themselves to grab up the page and essentially forces you to buy it through them, at their usurious price. That, or wait 4 days for them to drop it and hope you beat the tasters, who now have no problem seeing exactly what was searched for now that NetSol has handily exposed this info to the world.

Screw you too Network Solutions!

Elsewhere:

• Domain Registrar Network Solutions Front Running On Whois Searches [DomainNameNews]
• NSI Registers Every Domain Checked [SlashDot]
• Network Solutions steals domain ideas; Confirmed! [DomainTools]