February 12th, 2005

Finally lazygeek.com

Bought lazygeek.com, finally, I mean finally, after a long long wait. Intially when I was looking for a domain two years back, lazygeek.com was booked by someone so I had to settle down with lazygeek.net. Then the domain got released but was locked by the registrar. I had to talk with the registrar and bought it for an inflated price. Thanks to enom for that.

If only IE never had a control+enter shortcut key for .com domains, .com would never be felt as the lovable single child of internet domains. Other domains are now made to look as orphans. I am prey to that shortcut key.

For time being, I’m planning to re-direct lazygeek.com to the current site [lazygeek.net] itself. You don’t have change bookmarks from your blog at all. To do a permanent switch, I am searching for tools that can change the links on this blog and repoint appropriately to lazygeek.com. Do let me know if you are aware of such tools.

18 Responses to “Finally lazygeek.com”


  1. Let me be the first one to congratulate you on getting the .com extension.

    I always wondered why chose .net over .com. didn’t know that it was registered.

    hopefully, you get lucky and someone will be willing to pay you a hefty amount to get this cool address.

    Posted by: hellboy a.k.a spidey | February 12th, 2005 - 8:49 am

  2. Hi LG,

    What a miracle, just two days before i wrote a review on your blog in a site called mouthshut.com. Do you what was the name given to your blog by me, it is lazygeek.com even before you changed it. Check out the review here

    http://www.mouthshut.com/review/LazyGeek.com-69755-1.html

    Smile
    Sureshkumar

    Posted by: Sureshkumar | February 12th, 2005 - 9:05 am

  3. Hey Spidey, Didn’t knew you were the one hiding behind hellyboy nick. Anyway thanks for that. I am not sure even if they pay me a fortune, I would go away with this address. Afterall didn’t I wait years before I got hold of it ;-)

    Suresh, Thanks a ton for the review. I didn’t know about that until now. Sometimes mistakes are right, only to do good. Am I sounding like lord krishna. Forgive me for that philosophy.

    Posted by: Lazy Geek | February 12th, 2005 - 9:16 am

  4. Congrats!!!!!!!

    Evlo dabbu selavu aachu appadinu public aa solla mudiyuma? Ilaati me mail you and ask :-)

    Posted by: F e r r a r i | February 12th, 2005 - 11:45 am

  5. Cheers.
    Why dont your write a perl script to do the job.

    Posted by: sat | February 12th, 2005 - 12:20 pm

  6. LG
    I think firefox gives u shift + enter for .net and and ctrl-shift-enter for .org

    maybe u knew this already :D

    Posted by: Anush | February 12th, 2005 - 12:42 pm

  7. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm……

    Just park your domain over ur present domain. So tht both domains will point to same files. No changes will be made. Also ask whether ur hosting service provider gives u this option !

    For example :

    Check : http://www.go4i.net
    Check : http://www.technologistcommuntiy.com

    Both are different domains but point to same server and same files, no re-dierctions. Its called domain parking and ur hosting should support that !

    Vinay

    Posted by: Vinay | February 12th, 2005 - 5:20 pm

  8. Ooops !

    http://www.go4i.net
    http://www.technologistcommunity.com

    Its Technologist Community ! Keep the spelling correct. Do mail me if u need more help !

    Posted by: Vinay | February 12th, 2005 - 5:25 pm

  9. Hi Guru, been trying to fish your mobile number but in vain. Wanted to personally invite you for the cocktail do. Can you mail me your contact number. Have sent you the invite to your gmail.
    Cheers!

    Posted by: Kiruba Shankar | February 12th, 2005 - 7:05 pm

  10. here you go guru,
    the CBS 60 minutes segment on IIT.

    http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~sramakri/iit.wmv
    via sulekha
    (video quality is average though)

    Posted by: hellboy a.k.a spidey | February 12th, 2005 - 10:55 pm

  11. Ferrari, Not a huge amount.

    Sat, Not so good in Perl. We learn so many languges for projects in just days. Perl might just take 10 days. Doesn’t matter. Will try.

    Anush, Thanks. I did know that already. However .com has stays with people than .net. Agree ?

    Vinay, Thanks a ton. Perfect example. I think my host doesn’s support domain parking. Let me check this option also. As you said will email you for details, if needed.

    Posted by: Lazy Geek | February 12th, 2005 - 11:34 pm

  12. Kiruba, Have replied to your email. Do check.

    Spidey, Thanks for that. Will try to download. I say try because I’m not sure if the connection would withstand the download ;-)

    Posted by: Lazy Geek | February 12th, 2005 - 11:35 pm

  13. Ur welcome dude ! But ask ur hosting service provider about this. he has to help u in some way !

    Posted by: Vinay | February 13th, 2005 - 12:28 am

  14. Hi LG,

    Congrats! I saw the post on the mouthshut site. hmm.. LG you are been said as role model for blogging. Going somewhere heights!!Gr8 keep going.

    Posted by: narasi | February 13th, 2005 - 11:28 am

  15. i was the one ( :( ) who pointed out that the site is http://www.lazygeek.net and not http://www.lazygeek.com..

    and bang u come up with http://www.lazygeek.com! (semantically doesnt com mean commercial??)

    now i can blissfully press ctrl-enter!!(considering the number of times i visit this site per day!)

    Posted by: Srihari | February 14th, 2005 - 10:39 am

  16. the prev one is an incomplete comment… and bound to be confusing..

    i was the one ( :( ) who pointed out that the site is http://www.lazygeek.net and not http://www.lazygeek.com in the comments section of suresh’s review at mouthshut..

    and bang u come up with http://www.lazygeek.com! (semantically doesnt com mean commercial??)

    now i can blissfully press ctrl-enter!!(considering the number of times i visit this site per day!)

    Posted by: Srihari | February 14th, 2005 - 1:23 pm

  17. Srihari, I did read those comments and what wondering it was someone from MS. Thankfully I knew him. Thanks.

    Posted by: Lazy Geek | February 14th, 2005 - 2:10 pm

  18. ojmifh erdfcv http://tyghbnaodvqb.com/

    Posted by: Magdalen | June 29th, 2005 - 3:22 am

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