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Protecting My Domain and Moniker

I recently discovered that a blogger has taken to using the "Geek in Heels" moniker for her own site. (Thank you, Google Alerts, for giving me the heads-up!) The blog is relatively new and does not seem to have many readers. However, the writer is Asian like myself and our blogging topics are bound to overlap sooner or later. It is precisely for these reasons that I began to wonder if I should protect the "Geek in Heels" name by grabbing all the popular top-level domains (.com, .net, .org, etc). Currently, I only own geekinheels.com. I don't think my site is that popular, but it has been featured on popular sites such as BoingBoing and Neatorama. I hardly ever get...

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Win a DVD Player!

Alright, I know that DVDs are on their way out but I still cling onto my 500+ DVD collection because I love movies that much (I have no taste and will watch anything). Our old Toshiba DVD player was decent, but all that changed when we upgraded our television to a widescreen HDTV LCD. With no upscaling feature, my DVDs looked like crap on our 1080p screen. So last winter, I added the Sony DVP-NS710H/B 1080p Upscaling DVD Player to my Amazon wish list...

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