Unexpected vacancies
Saturday, May 3rd, 2003Further to Wednesday’s post, I was recently indulging in a bit of idle domain name checking that one does when one is supposed to be working, and discovered that the following domains are not even registered!
- www.hughlaurie.com - nuff said about him already
- www.rikmayall.com - another UK comedian/writer/performer, I believe with a substantial fan base… I find it really hard to believe that this domain is free. Here is the top Google match for him.
- www.simonpegg.com - Simon Pegg is a talented contemporary UK guy, co-writer/actor in the brilliant Spaced , and proof that it’s not just the older generation who are mysteriously absent from the list of eponymous celebrity websites. Here is the BBC’s tiny profile on him.
I believe there is some law, at least in the UK, that prevents squatting on people’s names, so I don’t believe they are in danger of having their names stolen from under them. Also the .co.uk versions of all these names are listed as not available, although none of them even maps to an IP, let alone a site. I just can’t believe that the respective bodies of work of such people wouldn’t justify a decent web site! What the hell are their agents thinking? What, is the internet just not worth bothering with now?
October 28th, 2005 at 1:47 am
I think Hugh Laurie is the bomb!!!! I wish I could eat hime up, I wonder if he likes red heads for I am one , My dying wish is to meet him and fuck the holy shit out of him including Johnny Depp
November 9th, 2005 at 10:00 am
Oh boy, that’s the best comment this blog has ever had.
November 10th, 2005 at 2:19 am
Oddly enough, I was going to post much the same thing that Delta posted…
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November 10th, 2005 at 12:46 pm
I was wondering when someone would respond to that :) I hope Hugh Laurie stumbles across this one day…
September 20th, 2006 at 12:58 am
hurry up can’t wait. Hugh Laurie Site
September 20th, 2006 at 10:19 am
The name is currently registered by an australian guy named Andrew Sampson, don’t know whether for shameless commercial reasons or maybe a future fan site. The former seems more likely.
August 23rd, 2007 at 12:14 pm
I can’t wait for tuesday night or whatever night. I hang on to every word. I am truly in love with him. keep up the great work.
August 23rd, 2007 at 12:54 pm
I think I have to get me some of whatever Hugh Laurie has.
August 24th, 2007 at 7:07 am
I just ordered his audiobook, The GunSeller from my local library. It’s free to borrow and read or listen. It’s his only book and I can’t wait. Anybody else read it? I have never written a fan letter before, 1 is on the way to him. I’m in love from a distance.
September 16th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
I can’t wait for the season premiere of House. I just want to see how house does on his own. I also miss his dislikable/likable sarcasim and attitude. Well I just wanted to tell you how much I like the show. Keep up the good work!!
September 16th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Personally I never much liked his whiny assistants, so it will be nice to see the script writers work with a greater variety of interaction.