I don't know if I've mentioned before, but summer makes my brain turn to mush, so you'll have to excuse me if I am not making with the ha-ha as much as usual. If you're going to say something witty like "How did you grow up in Palm Desert/ live in Los Angeles if you hate heat so much?" Yes, yes, this is a good point, richly ironic, and many people who knew me in those contexts will attest to the fact that once the temperature starts to go up, my general level of humor is inversely proportional. I also have to avoid social media during this time, because I want to punch everyone who is like "Summer is finally here! Thank God for heat and sun!" We actually drove up to Maine last weekend to get some CHOWDAH and LOBSTAH, and I was relieved to find that it was much cooler and more delightful there. In fact, I liked it so much, I was compelled to wear a silly hat.
Still, I have been working on some cool stuff lately, so I thought I would take this opportunity to tell you about those things, which will hopefully convince you that I am doing something other than feeling grouchy, complaining about the heat, and wearing a lobster hat.
About a week ago, my "Premium Domain Finder" project finally launched– this is super cool because I have been trying to get this thing working for about a year and a half. Basically, it's a free software program that you sign up for, and it sends you daily emails of domains that have just expired (80,000 domains expire per day, did you know?), but have not yet been swooped up by the various registrars, which will absolutely sell them back to you at "Premium" prices if you give them one or two days. This is my anti-authoritarian bent coming out in software form, as I was repeatedly having to advise clients on whether to spend $2,000 of their precious startup money to buy an awesome domain, and that made me sad.. There are two ways to use the service– you can sign up for keyword-specific domains (totally useful if you own a private jet business or want to dominate a certaingeographic area or field), or you can just sign up with no keywords and be amused by the sometimes-crazy things the engine will find for you (it gives you 25 random expired but perfectly viable domains per day). One day I will give you the list of the more than 200 filter parameters that I wrote for the program, and that will give you a good laugh. For a slight chortle, you can imagine me with a notebook, going "Take out tits! Take out whores! Take out Facebook!"
The second recently-launched project is Lease Leash, another free and awesome service. The purpose of this is also absolutely intended to "stick it to the man," and if you have a leased car, there is no reason on earth why you should not sign up. Basically you tell it how many miles you have on your lease, and it will send you a monthly email telling you where you should be, mileage-wise, so you don't end up going over and having to pay the dreaded "miles overage" fee. At the end of your lease when you don't go over, you can be like "HA HA CAR DEALERSHIP," and think of me.
So, check out both of these services and let me know what you think. And, let me know if you have any creative solutionsto help me get through the summer. Clearly the lobster hat is working for me.
