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Well I'm not the type of person that just goes out and buys domain names willy-nilly in hopes of selling them to someone with an interest in the name. I only buy a name if I intend to use it.

Pantoozle.com was a project I started with a friend in 2006. It was originally supposed to be a site where people could post classified-type ads (mostly for free). We also built in a database which would allow users to rate and review local businesses.

Initially, the website was a big hit. We had lots of hits in the early days. Unfortunately, very soon after we opened our site, Craigslist.org opened a sub-site for our specific metro area. Craigslist already had a huge following and more or less killed the traffic to our site. Don't get me wrong, I love craigslist and use it myself, it just happened to nullify our little project.

So anyway, I've been holding on to this website for a while, but with no activity in the past year and half, I've decided to bring it down. I removed all the content and I am putting the domain name, Pantoozle.com up for sale.

So if anyone is interested in a kooky domain name that could be used for nearly any type of web site, contact me here: BreitTechnologies.com

Make an offer!

I was recently in Las Vegas for a business trip, and in the evenings, my wife and I would spend time on the strip seeing the sights of Las Vegas. However, on Thursday, 10/16/2008, an incident occurred that I would like to bring up.

Just outside of the MGM Grand hotel, in front of the MGM lion statue, a couple asked if I would take their picture for them. The man started to show me how to use his camera when I noticed it was the exact same model that I had. I took their picture facing the New York New York hotel, with the Statue of Liberty in the background. I returned the camera and left.

Later at dinner, I noticed that my camera had the lens cap on. I thought I had put the lens cap in my pocket so I reached in there to see and I found another lens cap. Apparently, when I used the other guy's camera, I accidentally stole his lens cap! I must have mistakenly put it back on my camera.

I know it's a pretty cheap little piece of plastic, but I felt pretty bad about it. This couple, who seemed really nice, asks me to take their picture and I end up stealing their lens cap. Of course, we didn't see them the rest of our trip since there are literally thousands of people milling around there.

Anyway, I had no way to get it back to them, so I still have it. I thought I'd mention it here. It's kind of funny if you think about it, although I still feel bad about accidentally stealing it.

If you happen to know someone that was recently in Las Vegas and had their lens cap stolen, please forward them a link to this post. This also seems unlikely, but you never know.