mmcghan/django-mmcghan — pull request #2 by hostilefork (2014-10-14 02:46:26+00:00)
Title: Do not reply to this message. 

These "Changes for Django 1.6 and WSGI over mod_python" are probably of no interest or use to you directly. But they were required when I migrated from one server to another and updated the Django version. I kept your site working as I was keeping my own sites working. But I am closing all my accounts.

I purchased meredithmcghan.com to hold it for you (after you let it lapse) in case time and reflection led you to want to keep it up. When I noticed the expiration, I paid to stop it the creation going to random domain squatters...in case you might change your mind and want to return to the project in some shape or form.

But I only paid for one year (last Christmas) as a whim of an idea of a gift. I initiated an account transfer to send it to you which received no response the first time around. I've re-initiated that transfer again, which AFAIK all you have to do is log in to GoDaddy and it will put the domain under your control:

![meredithmcghan com-domain-transfer](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/20440/4623280/9976b6ec-534a-11e4-929b-1593372c56a8.png)

But the expiration deadline is closer now. November 2nd. So if you accept the transfer it will very shortly be up to you to decide if you find it interesting to do anything with the domain name or not, or let it be what it becomes. If you want to keep it you will have to pay a bit of a toll to that particular troll.

I will cease hosting your resources--which means you can pretty much just direct the page to whatever you want on Godaddy (a blog, a Facebook page, or do some footwork on finding a new Django host).

Of course, [there is an interesting article series](http://blog.meredithmcghan.com/post/35670573645/domains-part-ii-future-proofing-your-links-by-owning) you might look into. It explains some of the DNS system's workings. Though the Internet Domain Name system might be treated with skepticism and understanding for what it is. So not necessarily worth maintaining or validating; the domain name is just a bargaining chip. Like any other resource it has a period of relevance and then irrelevance as we change, outgrow, transcend, or wither away.