Registeration for New Domain ".Tel" Starts Today

Starting today, companies and organizations can register with the new domain ".tel" which is being likened to an online phone book. People can browse to a person's or company's ".tel" website, and find a slew of information waiting for them such as contact information, phone numbers, fax numbers, email addresses, Social Site links, Instant Messaging links, and even links to virtual profiles like Second Life.

Another great aspect of this is that people can tell their Address Books to gather its information from the individual's/business's .tel domain. Then, when that individual/domain has to change their information (for whatever reason), they simply have to update their .tel website, and everyone who has directed their Address Books to that site will update automatically. No more sending out several hundred emails with updated information, knowing half your emails will be discarded or go unread.

Here's an example of the usefulness of .tel's:

Let's say you're working for the New York Times, and it's your job to handle any problems that your biggest customers have (whether it's regarding online services, distribution, or payments). Now let's say that for some reason or another, you are forced to change your phone number & email in the same day. You send out an email to your 100+ clients with your new info, but odds are it'll be at least a few days before everyone can update their Address Books.

However, if your clients had been directed to set their Address Books using your .tel site, all of their 100+ Address Books would update instantly!

Initially, registrars will charge ~ $400. Considering some of the major ".com" sites can be in the $10,000's, this seems like an extremely fair price. It's even rumored that smaller businesses can rent a .tel domain singularly (without any other domains like .com, .org, etc). These small businesses can even give a list of Keywords that search engines use when following users search requests. This allows for a cheap, low-maintenance website that still utilizes major search engines.

So basically, if time is money, linking all of your information to a single source (.tel) has the potential to save major dollars.

You can find more information at nytimes and wikipedia.

Top 50 Funny Road Signs

Alright, Alright- Your voices have been heard. I've had several requests to do another entry on funny street signs, so here you are. But this time, I've decided to make it bigger and better: 50 pics bigger and better, to be precise.
Enjoy.

50 Funny Road Signs

1. Chaos

2. Hand-holding: $500 fine

3. Please Slow- Cheap Laughs

4. Tree "NOM NOM NOM"

5. Seriously- Don't Trespass

6. Standard Issue Sign in Jamaican

7. Watch for Giant Mice

8. Mulan Crossing


9. Crazy Lady's Sign


10. No Hover Cars


11. God's REAL 1st Commandment


12. Run Run Run

13. Sit... and Wait...

14. Illegal Immigrant Crossing


15. Really Really Secret Bunker Here

16. Nothing

17. And You Will Die

18. Sorry! No Water

19. Hmm...


20. Liars


21. Simplicity


22. Keep Our Children Radiation Free

23. Limb Safety 101


24. Mr. Clinton


25. Never Ever Ever...


26. Friendly Directions


27. Bark. Woof. Grrr.


28. Thank You, Dantak


29. Be Sure to Look Both Ways

30. Indecision

31. Well, Which is it?


32. They're Ok Elsewhere


33. Hooker... Loitering?


34. Laughs Ahead


35. None of those Evil Knievel Shenanigans


36. Broken Hips Ahead


37. Don't Honk!


38. Dang 404 Errors

39. Watch Out!


40. Kidnapped Crossing?


41. But Who Could Be Sure, Right? Go for it.


42. If You Hit This Sign


43. No Fart-Sparks


44. Sling Shot


45. No Idea


46. Before/After


47. Right HERE!


48. Go On. Test it.



49. AND Children


50. Sharp Sign Alert!


And that's it! Hope you enjoyed the list. Be sure to comment about what you did or didn't like!

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