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@TommySez: I kind of agree, but ya know love makes even the most good people do nutty things. Read more

Google's always said they're not in the content business, yet with Google Base, and now this, they're getting there. Yes, it's "user-generated content," and they swear there will be no human editors at Google determining authority (the gods forbid!), but this is a huge move towards content hosting and publication. Read more

@Andy S.: Thanks! I'm so glad to hear that! The XBMC is definitely the best tech thing I did this year, I'm really glad I could write it up here. I'm only sorry I didn't get up the courage to do it a lot sooner! Read more

@JohnW: Ouch! We can agree to disagree, can't we? Like I said, the Office improvements take time to grow on you. Read more

Agh, you are correct! Updating the post now, thanks! Read more

@greenbot: I slowly transferred all my domains from [Register.com] to GoDaddy in the past year or so, mostly because there was a huge price difference (GoDaddy was cheaper, but of course [Register.com] broke out the deals and discounts when they realized they were losing me. Too late!) Read more

@BackDoorAngel: Yes indeed, I did mention it above! Except you do have to pay to get domain mapping at Wordpress.com. Read more

@MeEducated: Well, you could use IMAP or POP to download all your mail from your original Gmail account. Or, you could use Gmail's internal POP fetcher on the GApps account to grab your old mail. Someone in an earlier thread said it takes some time, but that Gmail will get all of it eventually. Read more

Awesome comments here, thanks to all who took time to offer detailed explanations for the stuff I glossed over. Read more

@Scapegoat: Can I just set up google apps on my domain and end up using that gmail interface for my mail, without the google name getting thrown all over everything? (my domain and previous and future pages all stay the same) Read more

@Totorototoro: If Google isn't hosting my domain, is Google just pointing your domain to their servers? Or is that my job, to notify my current host that Google is handling it? Read more