Have you ever wondered why Donuts is called Donuts? Honestly, I hadn’t really thought about it all that much before, but I read an article about the company in The Seattle Times over the weekend, and the answer was given in the article.
When company co-founder and CEO Paul Stahura was asked why he chose the name Donuts for the brand instead of anything else, here’s what he had to say:
“Stahura decided the company name would start with “d” and its logo would be teal, a play off TLD. He looked through a dictionary and liked that Donuts has the letters “dns” (for “domain name system”) in it.”
A typical domain industry veteran may have chosen a brand name based on

One of my pet peeves is being nickel and dimed. Getting charged small fees here and there can add up, but these small fees tend to annoy me more than they impact my bottom line.
Radix
During this week’s election, there were four states in the US that had ballot questions asking voters whether or not to legalize recreational marijuana. Voters in California, Maine, and Massachusetts (my home state) approved their ballot measures. Voters in Arizona did not approve their ballot measure. Voters in Nevada approved a ballot question regarding medical marijuana.