Time is on our side, yes it is.

By now you’re probably familiar with the new time-waster, among the likes of twitter, facebook, tumblr and other platforms of so-called “social interaction” online.

It’s ChatRoulette.com and it should come with adult content warning.

Perhaps the 17 year old Russian who created the web site in order to randomly pair video conferencing individuals around the world, could not have predicted it’d take off so quickly – at least, among the ever expanding community of video exhibitionists.

But even if an exhibitionist attempts to violate the visuals of a stranger, hidden behind the anonymity offered by the lack of any login credentials, the ChatRoulette culture has apparently become the elite gathering point of masturbating males.

After loading up the web page and setting up your camera to send and receive video and audio, chances are that 24 times out of 25 you will be connecting with a guy; or more accurately, with a naked, jerking off guy in half of these instances – who displays no regard as to who will be on the other end of the connection.

You’ve been warned.

So be prepared to see a lot of cock, dick and willy, all while waiting to either curiously surf into the endless stream of individuals around the globe or while searching for a woman, for whatever reason.

Women are a rarity on ChatRoulette and when they do appear, they don’t manically masturbate or show their boobs, as some would hope. Often, they are in the company of others, men or women and they have zero tolerance for bullshit.

People tend to assume a persona online, especially when they expose their faces to strangers. To cover this facial “nudity” they wear some or all of the following items: hats, caps, hoods, glasses, bandanas, ninja scarfs, masks of the opposite sex etc.

The perception seems to be that by covering your face you magically become invisible all while being fully exposed.

Some of the fine species one will meet on ChatRoulette are:

Jerk-offs that expose themselves and masturbate

People that use camera software to cartoonize themselves

Kids that somehow were left unattended

Really old people – somehow septuagenarians were told it’s cool to be on cam

Teenagers making out

People that smoke bongs, cigarettes, cigars, weed. Nasty!

Drunks with several bottles of alcohol on their desk and on the floor

Chart holders asking for “Boobs” or keeping track of how many dicks they’ve seen

We saw a fat naked guy humping a raccoon stuffed animal!

Projected pornography videos or chick cams

A rare sighting of a real woman bored to the point of showing her boobs

Exhibitionism is deep-rooted in the primate species.

There are several websites already that simply post captures of faces of people that connect on ChatRoulette – so be warned that if you use it, your face – or your other body parts – will be on public display somewhere else, permanently.

What about all these masturbating monkeys?

CockSniffer (seriously now) is an interesting mac OS X application that upon connection can track the IP and geolocation of your “partner” and post it on the ChatRoulette Cock Map web site.

Just what we needed to know.

As the sun rises and the time zone activity shifts, you will notice Asians, Middle Eastern, Turks mixing with Europeans – Germans, Brits, French and Swedish. The US East and West coasts are present along with the sleepy midwest; often “hanging out” in this dudefest that – again – contains a lot of dick that one cannot avoid seeing in this random pairing.

After spending three hours aimlessly surfing the sea of people with the F9 key as our only compass, we felt fed up with the lack of any purpose in this random gambling of faces.

At least, a roulette has only 38 numbers – unless you are in France.

In its current form, ChatRoulette appears to be an addictive time-waster that serves little purpose other than to satisfy the voyeuristic and exhibitionist needs of people around the world and to offer a glimpse into the beginning of the Internet, when things were raw and seemingly unregulated.

But how many still remember Cu-SeeMe?

By the way, don’t miss out on the steamy sale of Risque.org!

Who is the secret winner of the retweet.com auction?

A solid domain & underlying technology sale has been reported on Mashable and announced by DNN; the sale occurred on Flippa – a selling platform that mainly caters to developed web sites.

The apparent sale – which still needs to be confirmed – was for a staggering $250,000 dollars. A bidder took advantage of the BIN (buy it now) price and thus leapfrogged the previous offer of $202,000.

What makes this case really interesting, is the existence of not one but two pending trademark applications for “retweet” for several months now.

Let’s look at them in more detail.

retweet: Trademark Application 1 – Filed on August 14, 2009 by Twitter Inc.

IC 038. US 100 101 104. G & S: transmission of messages; electronic message sending, receiving and forwarding; telecommunications services, namely, providing online and telecommunication facilities for real-time interaction between and among users of computers, mobile and handheld computers …

The current status as of March 1, 2010 indicates that “an office action suspending further action on the application has been mailed.” What that means is, that there is no final decision. Instead, the letter says:

Since applicant’s effective filing date is subsequent to the effective filing date of the above-identified application(s), the latter, if and when it registers, may be cited against this application in a refusal to register under Section 2(d) of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).

In other words, the letter describes other pending trademark / service mark applications that are related to that by Twitter. These applications ARE NOT for “retweet” but instead for:

tweetlaw

tweetdealz

tweetTV

cotweet

tweetnetworking

tweetworking

tweetdeck

tweetphoto

tweetmarks

As you can see, that’s quite a handful of pending applications that contain “tweet” which are considered clashing as they are in overlapping product or service classes. Looks like a clusterf@ck from here.

retweet: Trademark Application 2 – Filed on August 18, 2009 by Mesiab Labs, LLC

IC 025. US 022 039. G & S: Clothing, namely, shirts, hats, sweat shirts, jackets, pullovers, shorts
IC 041. US 100 101 107. G & S: Providing current event news and information

The current status of September 18, 2009 indicates that “A non-final action has been mailed. This is a letter from the examining attorney requesting additional information and/or making an initial refusal. However, no final determination as to the registrability of the mark has been made.”

The letter itself indicates – as with Twitter’s application – that there are other pending applications and that confusion would be caused if the applicant retained the overlapping classes, in this case IC 041.

Our guess is that, given the proximity of the status update of the tm application by Twitter (March 1, 2010) the bidder of the $250,000 amount for Retweet.com is Twitter Inc. By obtaining a high-traffic domain and service closely related to their services and pending trademark application, they are adding weight to their pending “retweet” application against the second applicant. Double whammy!

By the way, follow us on http://twitter.com/domaingang for daily updates and news.

Lots of money for the sensible domainers.

It doesn’t happen every day that a domain sells for a whopping $2.7 million dollars, in a market that is hit by a hefty dip in the global economy.

Against all odds, ************.*** made it. The niche market of ******* has been doing rather well in the past fourteen months, giving the domain’s owner, *** *********, a great advantage in negotiating with the buyers.

“I was able to foresee the market conditions a while back and project what would be the worth of my domain, ************.***”, said ***. “I was never sold on the idea of new TLDs and have always invested in the good old original ones. I’m excited that so much money will now be put into my current projects and a trust fund for my daughters. I also plan to buy a new house as well”, said a beaming ***.

Many domain owners invest in useless new TLDs not realizing that the real money remains with com/net/org domains. Instead of flushing money down the toilet, they are advised to follow the paradigm.

In a shocking admission, ICANN spokesperson Betty Sukrum stated that ICANN is opening the market to hundreds of new gTLDs but is not willing to hold the hand of those who intend to invest in this business.

“We offer them the opportunity, not the business plan to seize it”, said Sukrum.

The summary of it is at the end of page 2 and one needs to read between the lines of the report to obtain it; a difficult task, as it’s laden with photographs of happy faces.

A strange mix of emotions is obtained after seeing the faces from the early domain conference years; several of which are recognizable from recent events as frequent – or serial – participants.

The truth is that no matter how one would like to polish the participation and other financial figures and remain optimistic about the future outlook of the domain industry’s social gatherings, the current situation is critical.

It’s simply impossible to sustain a healthy momentum when the number of domainer conferences each year almost matches the number of months!

The original mystique, authenticity and expectation of a handful of events is watered down once the number of events becomes uncomfortably high; right now we are heading beyond the edge.

As a social gathering opportunity, each domain conference must offer something distinctively different to its participants, advertisers and sponsors in order to be considered successful. The tight schedule in-between conferences makes it difficult for willing participants to select several in advance; on the other hand, for financial reasons and for practical reasons, event planners cannot provide these schedules well in advance.

An obvious and dangerous Catch-22.

For the past several months, the state of “bad economy” has created a stronghold around the neck of every industry, including domaining.

While there is a need for entrepreneurs to converge and join forces, creating multiple and similar meeting venues without a solid plan is clearly becoming a non-practical approach; no matter how nostalgic one wants to remain about the early days of domain conferencing.

The bottom line is that the domain industry must rediscover its methods, structure and objectives and be very selective of the personas it lends an open microphone to, as authority spokespersons.

Otherwise, there will be blood.

Missing domainer, Boris, sent this image via satellite. He's currently in the Himalayas!

The Kilimanjaro expedition of domainers has returned to base, according to DNJournal.

With 26 climbers out of 27 making it to the Kilimanjaro summit, one is gone missing.

Various sources cite that Boris Doofus of Ukraine, a domainer with extensive climbing background, was not among those that are currently warming up their legs, arms and other body parts around a camp fire by the shadow of mount Kilimanjaro.

The latest GPS report shows Boris in the Himalayas region, somewhere very close to the top of K2 at an elevation of 28,251 feet (8,611 m).

This is the second highest peak in the world and apparently Boris is on his way to conquer it, having misunderstood the name of the peak that the group of domainers was set to climb.

“I feel sorry for Boris as we have some really great fire and we are roasting wild goats that can be found only on mount Kilimanjaro!”, said Rick Latona, frantically warming up his hands. “The local potatoes are also amazing, best food I’ve had since I left Atlanta, for sure!”, he added with a smile.

The recent trip of Rick Latona via bicycle to Vancouver, Canada in order to deliver the Olympic torch for the Vancouver Winter Games of 2010 was a great warm-up for the Kilimanjaro expedition.

It remains to be seen how well Boris will do with the ascent of K2 – something that has never been achieved before this early in the year. Most climbers attempt to conquer K2 in June.

Risque had some amazing female assets on display.

It was yet another slow-moving Friday night, the online crowd filled with newly-found energy reserved for the end of the week.

On the domain forums, lame domains for sale everywhere; twitter was crammed with the usual RT’s from boring, self-entertained individuals. Why did I bother to follow them in the first place, I wasn’t sure.

Outside, the night carried a hint of humid blossoms, a touch of vanilla, droplets of euphoria in nature’s own way.

Like the smell of a woman after sex.

She was messaging me, her voluptuous picture sharing a big smile with the rest of the world in every tweet. I only knew her stage name.

We agreed to meet at the club she worked at as an entertainer.

Ahhh. Risque.

Just a hint over five feet; but once in her six-inch heels she’d comfortably come closer to my scruffy, unshaven face.

I had to be careful, another dame with a license to kill. With her eyelids and overflowing cleavage, towering over me as I sat with a bottle of Jack Daniels and a pack of half-empty smokes for company, in that dark, noisy club.

“My name is Risque, sugar. I aim to please.”

Indeed she did.

Her hands wandered expertly around the line of my shirt, down my waist and towards the front of my pants. Without losing eye contact, she brushed, ever so-slightly her delicate hand against me; it turned into a firm, reassuring grip.

As she touched me, I felt her breasts swell even more, her nipples erect as if it were the coldest day of December; my face swimming in her soft-smelling hair. I was on my way to heaven with a one-way ticket.

Risque.

Here I was – already in love with a Vegas stripper whom I had never met before, who touched my manhood as if to promise a night of mystery and passionate love. My heart was racing from my own denial of truth: she’d done the same routine with hundreds of others, men and women who paid for her time and services.

Was I mad, or simply in a lustful stupor that her name – Risque – was only encouraging to erupt?

The cigarette was burning my throat; I undid my tie and called her name.

“Risque, come sit with me. Let me buy you a drink.”

She sat next to me, comfortably so; touching my arm with her hand. I could not take my eyes off her; not her female assets but her eyes and eyelashes that seemed to control the beating of my heart.

I took a sip from my glass and simply spoke the words out; without thinking or processing what would happen next.

“Risque, as crazy as it might sound, I’m falling in love with you. We need to do something about this; twitter and emails are getting so frustrating.”

Risque smiled, in a way that confused me for several moments; I wasn’t sure if she were surprised or simply being understanding. She came closer, kissed me on the lips, then spoke these words that I’d never forget in my life.

“Sugar, I’m a Vegas stripper and many people don’t approve of what I do. But I have a little boy to support and he’s the love of my life. Many guys say they fell in love with me, many have; some know what they want and some want what they see. When I go home at the end of my shift, I am no longer Risque. I become a mother, a housekeeper – a woman that you might never love in real life. So think about what you’re getting into.”

I smiled. She smiled back. We finished our drinks and went back to the private lounge for the only night of physical engagement we’d have in our common lives.

The tip I left that night was astronomical, but Risque was worth the financial risk.

As I exited into the cold Vegas night, I knew I had to find a woman just like her.

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Domains are dropping like popcorn popping, yo!

Let’s face it: domains drop daily and there are tools to find them.

If you want the best results, you gotta use the best tools.

So here I am, on a fine Sunday morning, ready to give it to you raw - the method to success, that is. Greetings to y’all, domainers and domainerettes. Can you feel me?

Let’s talk tools, I gots a big one for ya.

For starters, I use DomainWanker – it’s a brand new tool that sticks together on a long-ass list all the domains dropping. Using a proprietary method that its owner cannot disclose, DomainWanker gets the cream of the crop of the best useless and long-tail domains dropping and displays them to you, after they keep the best names to themselves. It’s only fair, no?

The service costs $49 /month and it’s well worth it.

The same genius guy brought you Ass Development, the top adult web design studio in the industry for domainers on a shoe-string budget. Be sure to check them out.

Then, I use lists from my buddies, Jerry and Corey. They are top notch domainers, they have been domaining since at least 2008 and although they don’t have many sales under their belt, they recently sold a couple of LLLL .com’s on NamePros. Sweet stuff, if you ask me, come hang out with them at domainer conferences.

Where was I? Sometimes I get carried away by my main business, which is party decorations, balloons and stuff. But I am a domainer basically.

So which domains aren’t dropping today?

CNN.com – I know it’s not dropping fo’sho

Sex.com – Dis biatch will be auctioned soon

ChefPatrick.com – The Chef had a $75k offer to sell though after a night of heavy drinking

DNForum.com – Hell will freeze over first

Penis.org – MrsJello LLC just bought it, dawg!

Fabulous.com – It ain’t dropping cause it kicks ass

See you tomorrow with more domains not dropping!

Hey cabron! I am proud that .pr domains cost a thousand bucks a year.

Puerto Rico might be a US “unincorporated territory” without a state status, but it has several benefits that stem from this unique relationship:

No federal income tax. Puerto Rican residents don’t pay Uncle Sam a penny.

Nice women. If curvy Latinas with at-ti-tu-de is your thing.

Nice beaches.

Great food.

Recently we took a look at the pricing of .pr – the ccTLD regulated by the Puerto Rican Domain Registry.

While one can register .com.pr, .net.pr and .org.pr domains for $100 bucks plus $50 per year thereafter, we chocked at the sighting of the registration and renewal fees for .pr domains.

Oh Dios mio! $1,000 bucks a year.

Looks like an insane price to pay for all these benefits listed above. Those ingenious Puerto Ricans sell their virtual land with a hefty price tag.

Potential .pr investors should either stick to .com or start looking for a Puerto Rican girlfriend! – they are as expensive to maintain as a .pr !

Recently, we announced how Chef Patrick is launching DNCruise – a floating domainer conference.

It seems that financing hit a couple of icebergs and certain adjustments needed to be made, to allow for the cruise’s success. Some of the potential changes are displayed below.

Queen of the Bayou. The unsinkable ship of the conference.

Roasted chicken sammich with pickles and onions - it's what's for dinner.

Entertainment aboard the DNCruise domain conference will have a local Central American color.

Nelson Brady - Event speaker on DNCruise. He's very affordable.

Are you 100% sure your domains are safe?

When Ismail Kurcu goes online, it’s always someone else’s expense.

The 22 year old student from Ankara, Turkey uses a credit card generator as the means for paying for a brand new Internet connection every month.

It takes 45 days for the Internet provider to shut down his connection; by then, he has moved onto a new one.

Every afternoon, Ismail has coffee with his friends, Sadik and Usman, both students at the same Ankara University.

Sipping coffee from small cups, they tap on their laptops, connected through a wireless network of a nearby construction company. They hacked into the router using their own homegrown brute-force password cracker.

Life is good.

Ismail and his friends frequent domain forums and attempt to peddle their wares to people they call “stupid Americans”. Using hacked Paypal accounts, they quickly transfer money through debit cards and into cash.

Computer security in Turkey is lax at best; most often, large networks are compromised by their own administrators who resell user accounts for $10 a pop.

We got on AIM knowing we might get an odd taste of the East. Turkey’s small footprint on the European continent gives it a right in a future application for EU membership; still, most of the country occupies Anatolia and population lives in rather poor conditions.

The main Internet hubs run in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir; most people living in these large metropolitan areas are driven by a motive to make money by any means possible, including fraudulent ones.

“Hello, is this Ismail? Tell us a bit about what you do.”

“Yes, this is me. I happy to talk here LOL. I know work good to get domains from stupid Americans hahaha!”

“Hmm, ok, but how do you do that? Can you share your secrets?”

“Well…not the secrets no but I tell you that easy to social engineer people. I tell them my wife have baby and need money by Friday, then ask for Paypal money. Of course account paypal hacked, so….”

“And what about registrars, don’t they give the domains back?”

“Ha! Not easy. But I jump domains from many registrar and use Chinese or Russian registrar to push domain. Until stupid owner find out, bye-bye domain.”

“Most people don’t trust offers that are too good to be true. Why did you offer links to Google PR10 sites when there’s no such thing?”

“People are stupid they believe what want believe, you know? I sell them my sister if they want LOL I take their money then send picture haha! I once sold domain not registered to a stupid buyer, he paid paypal cash!”

“Aren’t you afraid you will be caught? Isn’t Turkey supposed to be a lawful country that observes international law?”

“Ha! Stupid peoples from America think that we care. But I go to school and have work to do and who pays? Americans and others. That’s how I make money, from people’s stupid.”

“But surely that’s not the methods of an honest person. Aren’t you afraid you will go to hell? The Qur’an says a thief is punished by losing his own hand.”

“No, no, no. Don’t say such. It say, you can not steal from the faithful. So no cheating Turkiye peoples, only stupid Americans, and it’s good.”

“I see. Well good luck Ismail and hopefully one of these days you will see that what you do is wrong and will stop doing it.”

“Ha! Stupid American! I spit on you!”

And here ends our conversation with Ismail and his educational insight of what constitutes right and wrong. He is one of many young ones that share the same approach to life, often caused by lack of paternal love and by not receiving any maternal milk at a young age.

Many of them turn into real life criminals, murderers, arsonists, rapists and politicians.

But that’s a whole different story, to be told another time.

The .tel TLD sports a kewl logo.

There are so many reasons why .tel – which was launched by the TelNIC registry a year ago – is the next .com and we had a hard time to trim them down to ten.

1. Ummm…
2. It’s different
3. You can have your own .tel
4. Cool purple logo!
5. TelNIC says it’s great
6. It’s shorter than .mobi
7. Yeah…
8. You can add AdSense text ads (soon)
9. You can click on text links on a .tel
10. It’s available to register now!

But we thought that’s not really the full list and we’d like to hear from you.