Joe Moody’s Web Adventures

That’s right, 50 big ones. But to accept the money would be to admit my blog is frivolous, which I refuse to do (even if it is). Here’s the letter that started it all:

Dear Joe, I’m one of those “other” Joe Moody’s who’s tired of seeing your blog appear at the top of Google searches for my name. I realize you’ve been a webmaster for ever and registered JoeMoody.com way back when and bla bla bla. I don’t care. Your blog has no central theme or purpose and you take your power for granted. Therefore I’m offering a $50,000 one-time bulk payment to acquire the JoeMoody.com domain name and blog. I plan on replacing the content with excerpts from William Shatner’s autobiography (this is non-negotiable). Please reply at your earliest convenience so we may save the world from anymore of your meaningless blog entries, like this last one about whether it’s possible to end a sentence with the word “The.” I just did, so yes it’s possible!

signed,
an anonymous Joe Moody out there

Ok, Joe. Yeah, I’ll get right on that. Lemme guess, the money will be wired to me from your deceased uncle’s Nigerian bank account…

Point is Joe, if I accept your cash payment, I’d be admitting forever that my blog is truly drivel, and I’m not quite prepared to do that, even for the big payout.

Now go have a beer or something, Joe, and ponder the many ways I will entertain you over the next 50 years on this site — it’s my domain name and I’m not selling! (evil laugh echoes)

A nice example of when the question answers itself…

Check out the original question on yahoo answers

If you have been thinking about getting your own domain name (a domain is that name that starts with www, like www.google.com) then be sure to shop around before making the purchase.

You first want a company who has been in business for awhile. You also want to get a good deal, as domains are cheap and good companies know that if they give you a good deal on a domain, you’ll turn to them for website hosting, email, forum, etc.

Best deal out there I’ve found, who also offers 24/7 support,  is Publish247.com. For $7.99 a year you can have your own place on the Internet, and they also give you a free web hosting starter page.

I’ve used them for years for most of my domains. Great service.

PS: Don’t wait too long to get your domain as thousands are registered everyday. You can search for your domain name here.

America eats to get full, Asian countries eat for health … here’s a westerner tapping into the real potential of food: check out his blog entry

You know we’re early in the online evolution if this is the first time Twitter’s been offered half a million to run an ad. Will Twitter start advertising more, like YouTube before it, as it seeks to create a sustainable business model? Full story:

Twitter offered $500,000 to run advert