Death Of Pattaya Rag?

I was browsing the Internet today and ended up at a website that credited Pattaya Rag for a photo shown on the site. That's not one of my photos thought I so I hit the pattayarag link it took me to a totally new pattayarag.xxx website.

After doing a bit of digging around on Whois it turns out that pattayarag.xxx was registered on 11 Nov 07 by Ultrapm Inc. I followed the trail of Whois referral URLs which just led to a dead end. I searched on Google for Ultrapm Inc and turned up a site which describes them as, "Ultrapm Inc - Web Leeches are the Scum-Sucking Maggots of the Internet Underworld!"

The only clue to who registered the pattayarag.xxx domain name is the original web site crediting pattayarag for the photo. A site I exchanged links with just a couple of weeks ago.

Why would they register pattayarag.xxx? They've done it to pick up on my traffic. Anybody searching for pattayrag will get get their site as well as mine. I guess it's a compliment of sorts but still sharp practice.

Why didn't I register pattayarag.xxx ? Well idiot springs to mind but there's more to it than that. I went to 123.reg to register the pattayarag domain name but it rejected my credit card cause it was new and for some reason 123.reg didn't like the fact the first charge transaction was with them. No sweat thought I, I'll try again when I've used the card somewhere else. I never did use it anywhere else. That said, idiot still springs to mind.....

What's next? My knee jerk reaction is to rebrand my site under a pre-registered domain. There's quite a bit of work involved but it will be worth it to beat the scum-sucking maggots at Ultrapm. More later when I've slept on it.

Note: If you ever end up on a pattayarag web site that doesn't have my distinctive banner at the top, then don't click on anything. You'll be making money for Ultrapm if you do.    

 

 

Sierra Tangos 

 

• Thai Anxiety have come up with yet another eye opening league table - this time it's a table of 'cheap go-go bar beer'. I'll drink to that. Nominees are:

  

  • Champion
  • Hot & Cold
  • Bue Lagoon 2
  • Kiss Kool Bar
  • Club Oasis
  • Far East Rock
  • Gorkle Club
  • Club Nevada
  • Paradise
  • We Are No 1

Only prices and glass sizes count towards the awards. Happy hours are ignored as they are often available only when the bar is starting up for the evening. Champion must get a special mention for being the cheapest on Walking Street with 40 Baht beer and a decent sized glass.

 

• Demonstrators try to set Democracy Monument on fire - Police apprehended two men with pamphlets opposing the election and the constitution as well as 6 gallons of thinner fluid, 2 gallons of gasoline, 50 square slices of tire rubber and 20 candles.

  Before the men could be arrested for attempted arson and destruction of public property, one of them tried to scale the Democracy Monument and made several statements in protest of the government and the upcoming election. [via BangkokRecorder]

   

• Drunken Russian pays 8,000Baht fine for touching a good girl inappropriately in front of Mixx Nightclub. [via Pattaya Daily News]

 

• The 2007 Phuket King's Cup Regatta from December 1 to 8, will be held to celebrate His Majesty the King of Thailand's 80th Birthday. Another exciting year of races is expected. Last year saw a record turnout of over 100 boats and around 200 international and domestic media. This year will see another record turnout of sailors with a strong showing of media in attendance - from Thailand and around the world.

 

• TopAsianModels.org brings us a list of Asian babes on Myspace ranked by the most friends added. This list will tells us who are the most internet-savvy Asian models. As we know modelwork is not always fashion, print or shows. Lots of these Asian babe models have a member’s website with calendars, photo sets, videos and other fan-related items. There are links to their model sites as well. No surprise to us who has the most friends. [via Asian Sirens] 

 

• Rip music from movies - I sometimes have the desire to rip music from movies to be able to listen to it as an audio file later on. It is great if you own a Live DVD from your favorite music band for instance or for creating audiobooks from movies.

  

Free DVD MP3 Ripper is a prime example of a software that I like. It is small and easy to use with only a few options to choose from. The music ripper supports vob, dat, mpeg-1 and mpeg-2 movie files which translates to DVDs, (S)VCDs and MPEG movie sources.

Users can preview the movie and the audio of the movie and select a range that should be ripped instead of ripping the full movie. The output settings and ID3 tags can be customized and edited as well. Everything is accessible in the main window which makes this an error proof software to use. The projected size of the audio file is displayed as well, nice if you want to keep the audio files below a certain size.

 

• There’s nothing like a barking dog to scare away would be intruders, but keeping a dog means you have to follow it around with a bag full of poop so here’s the gadget solution, the alarm security bar. Secure Your Home From Break-Ins. Add security instantly, without costly monitoring or installation. Our Security Bar has an alarm that sounds when the door knob is touched or door is pushed. Has a powerful siren or barking dog sounds. The alarm security bar costs £29.95 which is way cheaper than a real mutt.

 

 

• Cartoonman posted this today on Pattaya Secrets and it's his take on the recent death of a tourist through an unhealthy mix of sex and viagra:

 

 

• Bob is nearly 90 years old. He's played golf every day since his retirement 25 years ago. One day he arrives home looking downcast. "That's it", he tells his wife Anne. "I'm giving up golf. My eyesight has got so bad.... once I've hit the ball, I can't see where it went." Anne sympathises, and makes him a cuppa. As they sit down she says, "Why don't you take my brother with you, and give it one more try". "That's no good" sighs Bob. "Your brother's a hundred and three. He can't help". "He may be a hundred and three", says the wife, " but his eyesight is perfect". So the next day Bob heads off to the golf course with his brother-in-law. He tees up, takes an almighty swing and squints down the fairway. He turns to the brother-in-law. "Did you see the ball?" " Sure did !" "Where did it go then?" says Bob. "I can't remember".

 

 

 

 

 

 

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