And people wonder why Rails has a juvenile reputation. Sorry, but this is just inexcusable.

It sounds like it's the registrar's fault. But yeah, when it happened once, he definitely should have gotten the hell away from that registrar.

"@qmx Domain registrar fuckup. Domain is paid, but they still let it lapse with their reseller. My bad for not moving it last yr." http://twitter.com/qmx/status/12537976791

The most interesting part for me was the link to the stock photo of the girl on all the expired domains. I wonder if she knows that her photo is everywhere.

If this is true, then yes:

http://yousuckatwebsites.com/web-trends/the-most-infamous-gi...

That's a comment from the supposed photographer who claims the girl is his sister.

It seems to be. He has more photos of her on his blog, too: http://stellerphoto.com/blog/archives/207

And revenues of $200 million for the company who puts the pages up! http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/16/business/fi-demand16

As a University of Texas graduate, I always smile when I see the tower when I mistype a domain.