Turns out republishing scraped news and weblog content with iframed txtshout boxes (which some bored joker recently spammed to oblivion) hasn't been his only big business venture. At various times in the past his entrepreneurial activities have included:

- Mailing your letters for free.

- Walking around taking cameraphone pictures of himself with a screenshot of your website.

- Solving crime and answering unanswered questions by inviting the world to email him so he can paste the content into his Web 2.0 "Bullshiz."

- Angling for venture capital on Omidyar Netowrk for his new world-changing startup.

- Emailing and calling the founders of Google to buy his domain name. Key quote: "I personally talked to
Sergey Brin's (Co-Founder) of Google, secretary."

Well, good thing nobody's helping his PageRank, then.

The guy must be desperate to "make it big" and live the American dream instead of having to find a job after graduation. It's a damn shame that he's neither talented nor willing to work hard for it.

stilicho - rel="nofollow" ;)

Also, Network, not Netowrk.

Oh my god that google groups 'letter' is terrible. I feel like I just got mugged. Fuck, where's my wallet?

Fuck Hartwell Trae Kennedy McNeely III a.k.a. Trae McNeely. I heard a rumor that Hartwell Trae Kennedy McNeely III a.k.a. Trae McNeely likes barnyard animals. Hartwell Trae Kennedy McNeely III a.k.a. Trae McNeely is made of cheese. If Hartwell Trae Kennedy McNeely III a.k.a. Trae McNeely begins to smoke or sputter, run away and seek shelter. Hartwell Trae Kennedy McNeely III a.k.a. Trae McNeely may not be compatible with any or all systems - namely reality itself.

So many fuckwits, so few bullets.

Four: Just like the name Google, Dilby has a vowel in it and people are accustom to typing vowels that's why major companies like www.ebay.com, www.amazon.com, www.apple.com, www.dolby.com, and www.cisco.com have vowels in their corporate names, it's all marketing...I'm serious. I've taken marketing and management classes and I've learned this over the past year.

OMG!!! I've got THREE vowels in my domain name! AND a NUMBER!!! I'm gonna be RICH!!11!!!!1!

Wow, a year of marketing and management classes to learn the value of vowels. This guy is smart.

Trae IM'd me to let you all know that the email to Google wasn't him, the press releases were jokey school project announcements, and that he's sorry to Metafilter for what he's done.

wow this mr dilby guy (AIM: ACDBurner) is a total wanker

Now I know why I never made any money on ZyxyPkl,com. Thanks Dilby Guy!