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ernie, 3 days ago to random

Just updated https://dumbdomain.store to do two important things:

• Add more pricing transparency
• Added more domains (and cheaper ones from a renewal standpoint)

I left in .christmas because that’s funny but took out .baby, because holy crap that’s expensive.

You too can take frisky sausages to the cloud

ernie, 3 days ago to random

Dick Van Dyke out here winning Daytime Emmys at 98

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/dick-van-dyke-daytime-emmys-winner-days-of-our-lives-1236029346/

ernie, 4 days ago to random

I want to see more small sites on the internet. Let’s make it a better place without giant monolithic tools that eventually screw us over.

https://tedium.co/2024/06/07/small-website-tools-importance/

new @tedium

ernie, 5 days ago to random

I am now in the Dumb Domain business. Buy a Dumb Domain from my store.

It will generate new domains every time you reload the page. See what you get. And tell a friend.

https://dumbdomain.store

ernie, 5 days ago to random

Never upscale videotape.
https://mastodon.social/@ironicsans/112577067405373796

ernie, 5 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

Quoted: What I started with
Screenshotted: Where it’s at

I’m launching it tomorrow. To dumb domains!

https://writing.exchange/@ernie/112570893985031054

ernie, 5 days ago to random

This presentation by Antenna Man, targeted at an audience of technical folks in the television industry, plows through literally a thousand topics in half an hour.

It's great. One gets a feeling he knows more than the techs.

https://youtu.be/DkfXLX7J4Qw?si=eWzKCediMXefqyBO

ernie, 6 days ago to random

I am going to make stupid small websites that people use.

ernie, 6 days ago to random

If you hate Substack, good news: A new (ish) competitor is entering the ring. https://kit.com

This is good news for the newsletter ecosystem. (via @jr)

ernie, 6 days ago to random

So the interesting thing about udm14.com is that I figured out a way to consistently get 2,000+ visits per day directly from Google search results, by making Google easier to use.

People are going to Google, searching for &udm=14, finding my site and using it.

Imagine if Google just worked and people didn’t need to search for &udm=14 to make Google work better.

ernie, 7 days ago to random

Apparently an artist focused platform that has promised not to do generative AI just saw massive sudden growth this week.

https://cara.app/post/074bcb9e-690e-4237-901f-6b6bc3538d77

ernie, 7 days ago to random

How to get attention:

• Say something stupid and controverisal
• Double down
• Profit

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/mom-sparks-debate-returning-shopping-cart-grocery-store/story?id=110840621

ernie, 7 days ago to random

Trying something. https://tedium.co/2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/

ernie, 7 days ago to random

I know that Linux users like this exist but it still surprises me every time I see them.

https://youtu.be/tcQRVOMGXrk?si=k5Dlzv_xiEJlWddt

ernie, 7 days ago to random

Intrigued by the fact that the Verge story announcing Palmer Luckey’s new Game Boy clone reads very different from the original version, in part because the comments are literally flooded with people attacking the author for giving the console coverage at all.

Props to the commenters for keeping The Verge honest, for sure.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24170572/modretro-chromatic-game-boy-color-palmer-luckey-price-release-date

ernie, 10 days ago to random

I waded through garbage to tell you a story and what do you mean you haven't read it yet

https://tedium.co/2024/06/01/daabin-bin-store-retail-ecommerce-returns/

ernie, 9 days ago to random

Question: Anyone here ever built DIY speakers? (Possibly of the bookshelf variety?)

Is it worth it? Or if I went down that road, would I just be cursing myself for not buying another set of Edifiers?

ernie, 3 days ago to random

Re: The Dumb Domain Store, I just found out that someone had the same idea as I did a decade ago. They even called it Dumb.Domains. Totally unintentional! I’m actually kind of surprised that someone else came up with this!

https://laughingsquid.com/dumb-domains-an-amusing-website-that-randomly-generates-web-domain-ideas/

ernie, 3 days ago to random

I was knee-deep in dumb domains the past couple of days, so today’s @tedium is a refresh of our piece on the Brannock Device, that tool people use to measure feet.

I was inspired to write about it by walking through a soon-to-close Sears location.

https://tedium.co/2024/06/09/brannock-device-history-foot-measurement/

ernie, 3 days ago to random

Tell me, SEO guy, how I could have exploited the people who used udm14.

https://startupspells.com/p/disenshittification-of-google

ernie, 4 days ago to random

The look of a kid thinking: “Eight months ago I was a kid playing Tetris in my bedroom. Now I'm about to destroy a human meme. LOL I have no idea how I got here”