If you find something you like, are moved in some way, then this has been worth my time. Of course, there's no reason a country shouldn't sell off names within its own top-level domain. This has led to some interesting developments, since it's mainly very small countries that do this. Coming around to the .nu thing, Niue is an independent country consisting of a single island about 11 miles across, and they've set up a company in Boston that sells off domain names. What you're looking at is a near total re-design of Blackbird's Domain.
Every page now uses the new layout design, and some whole new pages have been added.
One can never be too sure.