Hey, hi, hello there! Does anyone else watch Ryan George? That intro is stuck in my head. This is my intro blog post for my personal domain. I’ve actually owned this domain for quite some time. Now I am curious, so I am going to look. [a few moments later] I bought this domain in 2015, so it has been 11 years! I believe the only time I truly used this domain was when I got laid off from Crystal Vaults in 2023 (at the same time I found out I had cancer, btw, but that is another post). During that awful time, I used this domain to house my resume as I started looking for a new job. I kept it up even after I found a new one and eventually put it back up to the standard placeholder “something will be here someday.” It looks like that day has finally arrived!
My Domain Graveyard
My domain graveyard is vast. I would not even be able to get a complete list unless I really went digging through all of the hosts I’ve had through the years. I used GoDaddy for a long time until I switched to Hostinger (which is part of my Good Products list, btw). I used to register my domains with the host until I realized NameCheap was much cheaper. I actually just tried to view past domains, and it looks like you can’t, and my memory is the worst. Off the top of my head, I’ve had domains for Mumford and Sons (a fansite I actually kept for many years), betta fish, labubus, true crime, crystal education, crystal astrology, creative writing, web design, and so many others I am simply forgetting.
What usually happens is I get hyperfocused on something and get really into it and researching. I enjoy writing, web design, graphic design, and helping people. So, I get really into making a website, all of the graphics, and then writing all of this content about all of the things I’ve learned. The betta website is a perfect example. I worked on it for a few months and then completely forgot about it or got into something else. I still loved bettas, but my hyperfocus just moved somewhere else. That can happen quickly or take months. It’s not a huge loss, as I already have a host and I am just losing money on the domain and, I suppose, time, but I enjoy the work. The main sadness for me is losing all of my writing and research. I had some great articles on happy and healthy betta keeping or web design tips and tricks, for example, that I would have liked to read again or even link people to, but alas, they have been sacrificed to the interwebs forever.
As of this writing, the labubu website is the only remaining hyperfocus website left. I actually put a lot into it, making a tracker for all of your labubus across all collections. It was a fun adventure in coding, albeit a bit frustrating; I was eventually able to make it work. I am currently on the fence as to whether I will renew the domain (I usually forget and miss the opportunity).
Why I Make So Many Websites
It took me many years and many domains to realize that I just enjoy the process of making and setting up a website. It was actually part of my profession for years. While I am in a different industry now, I still enjoy making websites as a hobby. Instead of making it for a hyperfocus that may fade in a few months, I’ve started to offer my services to local community members who cannot afford to hire web developers.
As for the writing, I am just going to dump everything here. Though most of my other websites were written with SEO in mind, I will be doing nothing of the sort here. I am tired of AI. I am tired of SEO phrasing. I’m tired, grandpa.
So, everything I write here will be honest, unsponsored, not “optimized”, and no generative AI is ever used, ever! I have a problem with doomscrolling social media and various outlets to read articles. I can tell instantly when something has been written with AI, and I hate it so much. Nothing sounds real anymore. Everything sounds the same. Everything also looks the same. But I digress; the gen AI rant will be another post.
Hello, is it Me You’re Looking For?
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