Portfolio Landing Page

Brand new NFT Marketplace!

Thanks to the group at Dexkit that made this tool available, I have created my own marketplace for selling NFTs.  And as a bonus, I'm able to run it from one of my own domains.

https://nft.durbnpoisn.com/

If you're wondering how this is different from any other marketplace like OpenSea, well, it's not.  Except that I own this one.  There is no middleman.

The site allows you to browse and purchase from my collections, as well as a couple of others that I just happen to have a bunch of.  There is also a swap feature, so you can easily swap crypto without having to deal with high fees or exchanges.

If this thing does well enough I will expand to include more stuff.  For now, let's just see how it does.

The midterms are over. But 2024 is a thing.

I finally got the widget version of this thing running

I'm pretty happy with the result of that.  Now I just need to finalize a page on the main site so that people can use it on their sites.

New version of my blog

I have more or less sunsetted my old COVID-19 blog.  It didn't seem appropriate to keep posting there because nothing I have to say is really related to that anymore.  It's not really a thing anymore.

So I made a new version of my personal blog, and put it on the old OLD domain that I really only use as a landing page now.

It's now a subsection of the original durbnpoisn.com.  That is https://durbnpoisn.com/blog/.

On a side note, it still uses the same software as the original blog.  This version is updated with some cool new features.

List of Domain Names for Sale

For various reasons I end up holding on to domain names that I would really rather not keep any more.  Those are ones that I am putting up for sale.  Since I have a few now, I thought a subdomain landing page would be a good place to list them. If you are looking for a domain that has an established value, or you would like a site that comes fully complete and functional, one of these may be a good fit for you.

Click here for list of domains for sale.

We made a Discord Bot

A few weeks ago we announced the release of our Discord server.  This week, we have something new to tell of.  The Discord Bot.

I created a new page under the NFT section specifically for Discord, and the Bot link can be found there.  Or, click on this link...

 The Big Red Button

If you don't run a Discord server yourself, that link will mean nothing to you. More than anything the Bot is an experimnent in seeing different sorts of responses based on user commands.  This is how bots on Discord work.  And since I'm pretty familiar with Python, it didn't take me very long to figure it all out.

Wertle Word Game

I'm sure by now you heard of the Wordle game from the New York Times.

The story about that game, as I understand it, is that some random guy wrote that game, and the NYT bought it from him for some large 7-figure sum of money.

Make no mistake about it, that actually makes me angry.  And the reason for that is that I could have written that game.  I just didn't think of it.  I didn't think the NYT would buy it even if I did think of it.  I've been doing this stuff for decades, and I really have no idea how this person pulled that off.

As a challenge to myself, I wanted to see if I could write a playable version of the game.  So I did.  Also, I wanted a version that I could play whenever I wanted rather than just once a day.  So, here is my version.

I know it is not a perfect clone.  It's not like I'm trying to sell this thing to the NYT or anything.  But it is certainly a passable version of the game.

We made a Discord Server

After a few months bouncing around on Discord, I finally determined that the time is right to make my OWN Discord server.

For a couple of years now, I've been trying to determine what is the best Social Media to add to my common links you see all over the site.  This is the one that I have finally decided on.  So you will see this icon all over the site.  Except for the places where I forget to update the links...

 
https://discord.gg/bjc3DpKaWG

I am not at all trying to compete with all these other servers with the drops and the faucets and the fun bots and stuff. The server is really more for my own promotion. 
So, here is the invite. Don't expect a lot of traffic. The things is still fresh, shiny, and new. So don't sign up and immediately leave because it is not the biggest and bestest server. It's not what it is intended to be.