7:00 A.M. Woke up 8:00 A.M. Left for the event 8:45 A.M Got in line 11:00 A.M. Still in line and kicked out because Pennsylvania Avenue stands between me and the security gate. Then president elect's motorcade was coming through so if you weren't in you weren't getting in. 11:30 A.M Back at small rented [...]

I've been in the Internet business for a while. In my time I've met some shady people. To tell you the truth, I've spent a LOT of time with some of these people. Buying and selling domains and websites in mass puts you in a lot of businesses after all. At one point I actually [...]

I've often been quoted saying that what I do for a living is answer emails. It's really all I do during the day and somehow, through this process, multiple companies are run. In fact, I have little time for anything else. I answer emails at traffic lights, at 2 a.m. in the morning and often, [...]

You know your kids go to a good school when a U.S. Senator donates tickets to the presidential inauguration ceremony. I just won the tickets at a charity auction. That, however, was the easy part. The hard part is going to be finding somewhere to stay. I'd really rather not stay outside of Washington D.C. [...]

Peter Steiner created this famous cartoon on July 5th, 1993 for an issue of The New Yorker. Considering that the first graphical web browser (Mosaic) was launched on April 22nd, 1993, it's really quite amazing how quickly Mr Steiner "got it". It's not that nobody knows you're are a dog. It's actually obvious to everyone [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Rick Latona Auctions Partners with Domain Capital. Atlanta, Georgia USA – September 10, 2008 – Today, Rick Latona Auctions, LLC and RickLatona.com, LLC announced a partnership with Domain Capital to finance domain name purchases. Typically, Domain Capital finances up to 60% of the purchase price, requiring a 40% down payment by the [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: RICK LATONA AUCTIONS TO FEATURE AT TRAFFIC DOWN UNDER DOMAIN CONFERENCE Atlanta, Georgia, USA (September 8, 2008) – Rick Latona Auctions will be holding an auction at the TRAFFIC Down Under conference on the Gold Coast, Australia. The show is scheduled to take place November 18th through the 20th. Please see the [...]

When I was selling cars, back in the day, a bird flew by and took a dump right in the very center of the tie I was wearing. My sales manager walked by, pointed at it and told me, "Son, you are going to sell more cars today than anyone!". This weekend I had a similar [...]

Like most large domainers I have accounts at all of the major registrars. Fabulous.com is without a doubt my favorite. There are a number of reasons for this. My favorite thing about them is their permission based login system. I love the fact that I can have employees login to my account and register names [...]

Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization by Richard Miles - A book review Carthage was where modern day Tunisia is now. The story of Carthage spans 800 years from around 950 B.C. to 146 B.C. when during the Third Punic War and the Battle of Carthage, the city was destroyed [...]