AngerAs many of you probably know, I purchased a new domain name. Multiple people have exclaimed “Why? LessThanDan.com was so cool!” But nonetheless, I was kind of forced to. You see, my domain name evidently expired yesterday, and one way or another, some stupid domain parking company actually bought out my domain before I even noticed. I feel like I’ve been raped. So, two things: I could probably buy it back at some ridiculous price, or simply get a new one. Obviously, the disadvantages of getting a new domain are that people have no choice but to update all their links and bookmarks, as well as remember a brand new URL. In this case, I don’t want to buy it back for a jacked-up price.

However, there is a considerable upside to this. For one thing, my domain name is.. err… well, it’s my actual name. This means that (a) The address is actually easier to remember for many people, and (b) The chances of searching my name on google and having my site appear on the first page of results are significantly greater. So in a way, I’m kind of happy with the way things are (I don’t remember danhagen.com being available a year ago, when I first got into the world of paid hosting). Hurrah for convinience!

On a somewhat unrelated note (although it does have to do with me getting screwed), all of my personal files at school were deleted.

Yes; that’s right. Some sad, lonely person - who probably lives in a broken home with negligent parents - is hacking different students’ accounts on the school network and deleting everyone’s stuff. Except, I don’t think “hacking” is the correct term in this case. Rather, I think it’s called “Getting into the Windows command prompt and being a douche bag”. Regardless, I hope this kid gets what’s coming to him…

…because it’s really a kick in the crotch to have all of my precious hours of movie editing go down the drain.

Life sucks.