I’m one of those people that read a blog or web site with a lot of readers and ask myself, “I wonder who their hosting provider is?” I also do this for sites that are really slow, or seem to be down often.

I just don’t think there is any better recommendation for a hosting provider than a fast loading, responsive site that is always available.

Now, I can occupy myself for hours looking up the hosting providers for my favorite sites with “Who is Hosting this?”.

The site is really straightforward, you enter the domain name that you want to learn about, and click on “tell me”. The site comes back with the hosting provider, conveniently linked so you can check them out.

Unlike some other web based tools out there, Who is hosting this isn’t covered in ads. There are some ads, but I’ve seen some web tools that have so many ads, sometimes I have trouble finding the tool.

No need to look Port 16 up, I use Bluehost.com, and love it.

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You must have thought about it, just as everyone back in the days of the gold boom thought about packing their bags and mining the mountains, hoping to strike it rich. We think about doing something on the Internet to make millions of dollars. It must have crossed your mind at one point or another, either in passing, or as an obsession that keeps you up at night, and I mean late at night / early morning. So late that the dog looks ticked off because you woke him up.

So late that the only thing on TV is infomercials about making infomercials. So late that one channel has Billy Mays asleep. So late that when you get on the internet, the only page you can get up has bars of different colors, and says that the internet has reached the end of its broadcast day. Anyway…

Joel Comm and Eric Holmlund have created a web only show called “The Next Internet Millionaire”. The show is a “reality TV meets the Internet” contest. 12 contestants will be competing to win a joint venture with Joel Comm. The details are a little sketchy, but the contestants will be learning from the “masters of marketing”.

I’m pretty anxious to see what the show is going to be like. The site is pretty heavy with advertisements and sponsors, but hey, they have to make a buck, right? As I mentioned, there are 12 contestants, and the last time I could see the list, they were split down the middle between men and women.

The first episode airs August 15th, and although I haven’t been able to get myself to watch a TV show on my computer, except when I’m traveling, I’m going to try to watch this show.

It seems that filming has already finished, and they must be working on the editing now.

Hopefully this will be successful, and maybe broadcast television will market some shows to us geeks, besides “who wants to be a superhero”. Something like “Network Protocol Jeopardy”, or how about celebrity squares, but with Internet and computer industry celebrities. They could put Bill Gates and Larry Ellison on opposite sides of the board, or Jason Calacanis and Jimmy Wales would be on opposite sides too, just in case.

More Reading:

The Next Internet Millionaire – Biz-Blogger.net

internet millionaire – Secret Marketing Links

Reality TV Comes to the Internet – Cool Tube TV

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I posted yesterday about Bust a Name, and as I mentioned, I hadn’t heard of Bust a Name when I decided on my domain name. So, I have a little confession to make.

Truth is, I used the Web 2.0 Domain Name Generator. I was hesitant to to admit this, because I don’t want anyone to think that I am a Web 2.0 kind of guy. I mean really, Web 2.0 was sooo last week.

Truth be told, I noticed that they mixed up words and numbers, and I started thinking about the port numbers. So technically, the generator didn’t give me my domain name, it just started me down the path.

That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.

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I mentioned in the very first post on this blog that I had a lot of trouble finding a good domain name. Now, not even one month later, I find out about Bust a Name. I sure wish I had known about them way back when!

Thanks to Wil Harris for pointing it out. I know Wil, Kevin Rose posted about it first, but you didn’t include a link to his post, and anyway, I don’t read Kevin’s Blog. I have enough trouble keeping up with my current feeds.

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I have heard of cell phones with GPS built in, but I found a company that can track any GSM phone. Works pretty well, pretty amazing stuff.

SunSat Satellite Solutions Co’s Mobile Phone Tracking Technology

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