Surprised how 3 days after the fact this (these?) hornet stings are really swollen.
Three racks of St. Louis ribs on the Big Green Egg.
Smoke.
Sauce.
Surly Sÿx! Thanks Kurt!
Ribs done. Delicious.
Now that is a Big Green Egg!
Wow. Apple’s web site to schedule a Genius Bar appointment doesn’t work right in Safari 6? Can’t move to future days. Works in Chrome. 😕
Okay, the Apple Genius bar website does work on Safari 6. They bug it with an Omniture tag and Ghostery was blocking Omniture.
Came across this snake while hiking on Rock Island this weekend. Anyone know what kind of snake it is?
Played a quick game of Kubb yesterday in Sister Bay, WI waiting for our boat ride.
Bummed that I was out of town for Luke Francl last Minnedemo (for a while at least).
I win!
Upgrading my Macs at home to Mountain Lion an hour before leaving town for a few days. I lose all sensibility when new bits arrive.
Americoob Attempting to Siphon Traffic from USA Kubb
I recently went to usakubb.com forgetting to use .org to go to usakubb.org, the website for the US National Kubb Championship. USA Kubb got this site registered and setup this winter. The domain information shows it was registered on Feb. 26, 2012.
Domain ID:D164823449-LROR
Domain Name:USAKUBB.ORG
Created On:26-Feb-2012 01:23:56 UTC
Last Updated On:26-Apr-2012 03:50:06 UTC
Expiration Date:26-Feb-2014 01:23:56 UTC
When I put in usakubb.com though I was surprised that I got redirected to Americoob!
% curl --head http://usakubb.com/
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:11:49 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.21 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/0.9.7a mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 mod_fcgid/2.3.5
Location: http://www.americoob.com
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
The same happens for usakubb.net.
% curl --head usakubb.net
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:12:18 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.21 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.21 OpenSSL/0.9.7a mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 mod_fcgid/2.3.5
Location: www.americoob.com
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
That seemed super lame. I knew USA Kubb wasn’t sending traffic to Americoob. So I looked up the registration information for usakubb.com:
Domain Name: USAKUBB.COM
Registrar: GODADDY.COM, LLC
Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
Referral URL: registrar.godaddy.com
Updated Date: 31-mar-2012
Creation Date: 31-mar-2012
Expiration Date: 31-mar-2014
…and usakubb.net:
Domain Name: USAKUBB.NET
Registrar: GODADDY.COM, LLC
Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
Referral URL: registrar.godaddy.com
Updated Date: 31-mar-2012
Creation Date: 31-mar-2012
Expiration Date: 31-mar-2013
Americoob registered these domains about a month after USA Kubb registered the proper .org domain name. So Americoob bought these two domains that are completely unrelated to them so that they could siphon traffic away from people who think they are going to the USA Kubb website. Now people that forget to type the domain all the way will be sent to Americoob, the manufacturer of a plastic game similar to Kubb, but isn’t even Kubb! 5 batons and 4 baseline Kubbs? Made of plastic?
This is incredibly lame on Americoob’s part. I think people should clearly communicate to Americoob that they should hand these domains over to USA Kubb as soon as possible. Americoob is owned by Short Productions and can be reached at (215) 699-2328 and you can email them at info@americoob.com.
To make it easier, here is an email you can copy and paste to them:
Americoob,
Your organization recently registered the domains usakubb.com and usakubb.net and are redirecting visitors to those domains to your website at www.americoob.com. I would like to request that you turn these domains over to USA Kubb, the owners of usakubb.org and the organization behind the US National Kubb Championship.
Your attempt to siphon visitors to USA Kubb that do not put in the full domain is bad for the very sport that you are attempting to be part of and profit in. Please do the right thing and turn the usakubb.com and usakubb.net domains over to USA Kubb.
Thank you,
[name]
Please note, I’m purposefully not adding any hyperlinks to Americoob so I don’t send any traffic to them.
Near perfect espresso this morning. ☕️
Photos from 2012 US National Kubb Championship
This last weekend the Kubbchucks, our Kubb team, traveled to Eau Claire for the US National Kubb Championship. It was an awesome time. Here are some pictures I took from the weekend.
I’ve been reunited with my Kensington Expert Mouse Trackball and it’s so great.
Terms of Service Screens
Got this a while back on my iPhone.
That gave this.
You got that right? Good.
Reference Macchiato
When I go to a good coffee shop I almost always order a macchiato. I enjoy them, but far too many places make them poorly. If you order one, and it doesn’t look like these, pour it out.
Macchiato from Urban Bean Lyndale.
Macchiato from Johnson Public House in Madison, Wisconsin.
Macchiato from Urban Bean Lyndale.
Macchiato from Bradbury’s Coffee in Madison, Wisconsin.
Tofu joins the Jalapeños. Big Green Egg.
Looking forward to popping some of these in my mouth! Big Green Egg.
Coffee ice brewing. Check back in 8 hours.
First drip of coffee arrives 48 mins later. all good here!
Website for my Photography
I’ve got a new website where I am highlighting my photography, Thingelstad Photography!
My photography hobby has grown over time and I wanted a place where I could share some of my favorite shots. I found that my main blog was a place for writing mostly and didn’t highlight images really well. My new photography site is also built with WordPress but uses the excellent AutoFocus 2.0 Pro theme by Allan Cole. I really like how this theme puts the image front and center.
My plan with this site is to post an image a week, or more. The photos are not always current, I go back in my Lightroom archive as I wish for images. Sometimes revisiting a shot from a few years ago with fresh eyes is even more rewarding for me.
I invite you to check it out and feel free to leave some comments if the image moves you.