Things were going on really well over at ohnine.org..really, really well actually. I was getting steady, continually growing traffic with just a handful of articles and the Halcyon theme and then *poof*. Looking at the domain now, the content is obviously different. To make a really long story short, here's the just of what I've been told by the domain name registrar: Apparently "someone" "pre-bought" or "reserved", or whatever the hell you call, the domain after I renewed it last year. For reasons that totally boggle my mind, the registrar (a large, well-respected one) ran their credit card batch for renewals after 12am on June 12th so instead of renewing the domain for me, it released it and the squatter snapped it up. That may be total bullshit but that is what I was told by their support folks. Aggravating.
So what the hell happened? Plus.. My thoughts on migrating to Posterous.
I am really sad to see ohnine.org go, I had owned it for over 5 years and I had countless forums and other various accounts registered at addresses under the domain. One odd thing I did notice is that when I do a WHOIS on the domain, it still shows me (at an old address) as the registrant but the technical contact information has changed. At this point, I can't find a seemingly legitimate way to contact the new owner and I'm sure they either wouldn't sell the domain back to me or would want a ridiculous price if I did get in touch with them..so I'm over it. It's just a domain name, right? Lol.
So, in the meantime, I am in the process of moving most of my web operations, aside from FullMoonReviews, over to Posterous which is seeming ideal at this point. I've been toying with Posterous since earlier this year and must say it is a joy to use. I've spent the last several years customizing, tweaking and re-customizing and re-tweaking self-hosted Wordpress sites and Posterous is a walk-in-the-park by comparison. But that's not to say that Posterous lacks depth, on the contrary. It is chock full of features and options and is highly customizable. I'll even venture to say that it does some things better than platforms like Wordpress or Blogger.
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