Dan Rubin’s SuperfluousBanter

Verisign = Veri-stupid
I’m really fucking tired of Verisign’s antics — they are blocking me from transferring my quartet’s domain (autographquartet.com) to GoDaddy, telling me that the domain is past its expiration date (listed in the email as 11.04.2001), when Verisign/NetSol’s WHOIS lists the correct date: 11.04.2002.
They are such a pain in the ass.
I’ve submitted a Horror Story to VerisignOff.org detailing […]

Today’s Featured Article on VerisignOff.org was submitted by yours truly. It’s not really an “article”, just a short review of GoDaddy.com’s domain registration services, and how wonderful we’ve found them to be.
Check it out.

I knew it would happen at some point: Zeldman has revealed his secret to staying in business during these tough times.
Actually, he’s just shared the perfect way to convince clients (and the boss, co-workers, pandas, etc.) that web standards are the way to go.
I love Zeldman (just don’t tell my girlfriend ;-)

The relationship between client and service provider can be a rocky one, to say the least. It is typically of the love-hate variety, and that’s on a good day.
Today I read over the survey responses from a new prospect, and was almost giddy: these people (actually, one person in the organization) really have their act together. […]

I’ve got 2 big internal projects to complete this week at work, in addition to a handful of proposals, on top of a bunch of music to review for the chorus and the quartet, which amounts to a whole lotta time spent doing things that don’t really amount to fun and relaxation.
Due to this unfortunate situation, […]