Comments on: benedictXVI.com

benedictXVI.com

riffola — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:24:32 -0800

BenedictXVI.com registered a few weeks ago by our very own rcade. He hedged his bets by registering six domains in all, and now is being called out for popesquatting.

By: BoringPostcards

BoringPostcards — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:30:27 -0800

Heh, that's awesome. And I just learned more than I ever knew about popes in my life by reading his front page. Well done, rcade, and cool post, riffola.

By: fungible

fungible — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:31:52 -0800

I so had my money on Cletus. (shakes fist at heavens) RATZINGER!!!

By: AlexReynolds

AlexReynolds — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:33:06 -0800

Still available.

By: newfers

newfers — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:33:37 -0800

Popes don't squat, they lift their legs.

By: uncanny hengeman

uncanny hengeman — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:33:48 -0800

Very clevah, rcade. I dips me lid to you.

By: clevershark

clevershark — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:34:22 -0800

"Popesquatting"... that term has to be the most loathsome thing to have come out of this whole Conclave.

By: NickDouglas

NickDouglas — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:47:04 -0800

Can you trademark your pope name?

By: filchyboy

filchyboy — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:55:13 -0800

Someone needs to build a "Which Pope are you" app on the internets. It'll be the bomb.

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:02:19 -0800

The Washington Post: Fla. Man Secured BenedictXVI.com Weeks Ago

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:05:48 -0800

Also in Wired, Picking the Pope's Domain Name [via SportsFilter]

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:07:39 -0800

Interesting story, kirkaracha, thanks for the link. So, rcade, what are you going to do?? I think you're a better person than I- I would definitely sell to the highest bidder.

By: snakey

snakey — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:17:11 -0800

... and donate the proceeds to tsunami victims, natch.

By: Potsy

Potsy — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:18:47 -0800

popesquatting.com has also been taken.

By: tsarfan

tsarfan — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:29:44 -0800

as has nazipope.com

By: buzzman

buzzman — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:49:49 -0800

Oh no, somebody making money by religion? I am so very, very shocked.

By: gyc

gyc — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:59:15 -0800

what's with all the Korean in the comments?

By: planetkyoto

planetkyoto — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 23:10:40 -0800

Bennydouble8.com is still available if you want to make a rappin' Pope Flash game.

By: unsupervised

unsupervised — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 23:16:35 -0800

You could also use PopinItUpBigWillyStyle.com for the same purpose.

By: hattifattener

hattifattener — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 23:22:21 -0800

C'mon, the Pope has his own ccTLD, you think he needs your lousy dot-com?

By: clevershark

clevershark — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 23:29:17 -0800

Funny comment: "Well I think that you should see how Benedict XVI performs, and how this web site performs, and then decide. Benedict XV was an underestimated man, and he made me, Joan of Arc a Saint!" Signed, "Jeanne D'Arc", of course.

By: Ryvar

Ryvar — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:08:45 -0800

http://va redirects to va.gov (as it should). Nice to see some infallibility on the part of the Vatican's admins, at least.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:13:40 -0800

I love that Rogers worked his MT book into the articles on Pope domains. My hat's off to a better author and entrepreneur than I.

By: Oriole Adams

Oriole Adams — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:26:07 -0800

It was Benedict XV that cost me first prize in the "Find the Pope in the Pizza" contest.

By: spilon

spilon — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:45:29 -0800

Damn... and here I am, the owner of popeatussin.org and it looks like I have no hope of making a fuckin' dime off of this shit at all..... just damn.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:47:29 -0800

Bravissimo! And you handle the press like a ringer, too. :)

By: salmacis

salmacis — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:53:04 -0800

[applause] Nice one, rcade.

By: Jairus

Jairus — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:00:49 -0800

Good job, rcade. I wish I had thought of it. If you work it right, you could get the domain to buy you a new house.

By: Plutor

Plutor — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 02:55:07 -0800

Ryvar: "http://va redirects to va.gov (as it should)." No, it doesn't. That's Firefox's "pseudo-keyword" feature using the first result of a Google Search for "va". Just a TLD isn't supposed to resolve to an address. Now http://www.va/, on the other hand, is a different story.

By: TheDonF

TheDonF — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 03:04:13 -0800

Now also picked up on Threadwatch

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 03:23:43 -0800

That's what you get when you choose a candy-ass name. Didn't it dawn on anyone that there have already been fifteen of them!? Why not go for something a little more original? Just open up the big book and point. Pope Matthew. Pope David. Pope Luke. Pope Simon. Pope etc. REAP THE WHIRLWIND, SUCKA'!

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 03:56:29 -0800

Eh, his website needs work. The text overflows the white box and he must've used the nowrap attribute as there is a hideous amount of rightwards scrolling. pls fix ur website b4 u sho it to teh whirled, pls ok tks.

By: iconomy

iconomy — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:04:31 -0800

The horizontal scrolling is because someone left a comment that included a reeeeeaaaallllyyy long string of underscores.

By: Tommy Gnosis

Tommy Gnosis — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:23:10 -0800

I guess there was no hope for Pope Hubbins (named for the patron saint of quality footwear).

By: Slothrop

Slothrop — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:36:15 -0800

I like the reference to his grandmother as 'papal advisor' in the Wired article...

By: bwg

bwg — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:39:51 -0800

Five Other Names Considered By The Pope

By: iconomy

iconomy — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:52:39 -0800

bwg, thanks for that link...I'm laughing out loud over here. Pope Salad Annie...haha.

By: exlotuseater

exlotuseater — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:54:27 -0800

Damn. Why don't I think of these things? /grudging admiration for rcade's cleverness.

By: iconomy

iconomy — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 05:10:58 -0800

From here: Cadenhead said he doesn't necessarily have a similar plan in mind for Benedict XVI.com. "I've had some strangers contact me via e-mail with concern for my immortal soul," Cadenhead said. He added that if the Vatican called and asked for the name it would be "hard to say 'No.'" "I guess I should call my grandmother," he said. Aw, that Rogers is such a nice boy.

By: runkelfinker

runkelfinker — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 05:29:25 -0800

Eideteker, I don't think this thread is about the quality of his HTML...

By: carter

carter — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 05:40:09 -0800

Classic.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 05:55:38 -0800

this is worth linking there, rcade, from fafblog:POPEQUEST: Giblets Triumphant! So, how does Giblets look? The skin doen't fit Giblets that well - it kind of droops, and I'm standing on top of two dwarves and a monkey just to reach the point where I can operate the head properly. Vatican tidbit: the sash Giblets is wearing allows me to travel into the ninth pit of hell unscathed to extract the pure essence of the Godbread from Lucifer's still-living brain, but only when dipped in pure childblood. Interesting stuff.

By: tpl1212

tpl1212 — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 06:25:57 -0800

Oh man, I love the register.com "suggested domains." Pope.com is, obviously, taken, so register.com suggests I look into purchasing: ratpope.com pokepope.com aqueouspope.com singingpope.com poperic.com naughtypope.com (no joke) fishpope.com swankpope.com timepope.com (great movie idea) kinkypope.com So...many...good...ideas...!

By: bwg

bwg — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 06:32:09 -0800

gumbyandpopey.com ?

By: Outlawyr

Outlawyr — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 06:42:04 -0800

Well done, rcade

By: a_day_late

a_day_late — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 06:50:00 -0800

I like this FPP but is this really the money maker that so many people seem to think it will be? I mean, is the pope/vat. really interested in this and if not, who is? Will the next great porn site want it? I remember when someone tried to sell JesusChrist.com on ebay for a gazillion $$$ a while back. I don't think there were any takers for that. Anyway, domain name squatting is so 20th century but, interesting web site, rcade.

By: rcade

rcade — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 07:09:01 -0800

I like this FPP but is this really the money maker that so many people seem to think it will be? $77.36 in Google AdSense revenue, even with 20,000 visitors from Fark. I spent $72 on six papal domains, and I'm working like Job to keep my server from crashing as the story circles the globe, so at this point benedictxvi.com is yet another money-losing dot-com. But I did get an offer of free dedicated hosting from someone affiliated with JibJab, and an offer of services from a fräulein in Germany that wasn't directly monetary but is flattering all the same.

By: a_day_late

a_day_late — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 07:20:03 -0800

rcade, Thanks for the info. I'm rooting for you. I hope you make a mint and treat us all to beer and pizza.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 07:23:29 -0800

Just hang onto it for a few more days and I bet you'll see the profit-loss ratio turn around. I see you have Google ads - have you considered Blogads? At any rate, good going, and best of luck with that immortal soul thing.

By: a3matrix

a3matrix — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:06:47 -0800

Whatever decision I make will be guided by the desire not to make 1.5 billion people mad at me...including my grandmother," he said. Hehehe, grandmothers do wield some mighty power. I agree with that for sure. ;-)

By: deborah

deborah — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:53:58 -0800

And it's now on CNN.

By: wendell

wendell — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:18:29 -0800

Okay, rcade, this juxtaposition just made me giggle: I'm working like Job... I did get an offer... from someone affiliated with JibJab... Here's your tagline. BenedictXVI.com: Working like JibJab Job. Personally, I'd suggest posting 16 recipes for Eggs Benedict. But that's just me.

By: naturesgreatestmiracle

naturesgreatestmiracle — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 04:39:42 -0800

Hey, rcade! Saw you on the Today show this morning. You'll be happy to know that perky Katie Couric tilted her head cutely while interviewing you.

By: steef

steef — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 05:11:27 -0800

That was the most amusing interview I've seen on Today in awhile. Nicely done, rcade. Hope you score that miter!

By: rcade

rcade — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 05:31:18 -0800

Thanks. Before the interview, I was certain I was going to vomit.

By: deborah

deborah — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 07:41:56 -0800

But, but, but ... not one mention of MetaFilter. *sniff*

By: krix

krix — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 07:47:30 -0800

I just wanted to say that I just saw the Today show segment and rcade is hilarious.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:46:30 -0800

Personally, I'd suggest posting 16 recipes for Eggs Benedict. But, but...every egg is sacred! ; >

By: deborah

deborah — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:01:28 -0800

I just wanted to say that I just saw the Today show segment and rcade is hilarious. Not to mention cute. amberglow: *thwack!*

By: amberglow

amberglow — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:15:22 -0800

III. Complete absolution, no questions asked, for the third week of March 1987. (from his site) Sit down my child..tell us more.

By: SpecialK

SpecialK — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:59:26 -0800

Does anyone have a video of the interview? Please?

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:35:44 -0800

See here for video and more rogering.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:36:36 -0800

Er, rogersing?

By: Doohickie

Doohickie — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:53:25 -0800

So MeFi scoops my local press by three days. The story of rcade's procurement of benedictxiv.com made the front page of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram this morning. (rcade- you never mentioned you used to work for them...!)

By: echolalia67

echolalia67 — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 22:54:37 -0800

Yes, deborah, rcade is definitely teh cute