I got an internet handle

A while back, I migrated to a different PDS:

I migrated to a new PDS Host - Jay's Pub

And all I got was this great username

When I migrated PDS, I went:

@jaydgruber.bsky.social -> @jay.myatproto.social.

Today I got domain, so I went:

@jay.myatproto.social -> @jays.name

I have such a similar name to Jay Graber (@jay.bsky.team), and I think @jay.bsky.social is reserved to deter copycats.

But here I am, with this uncommonly short name! Recently I ordered some food at the food court in the Armory in Seattle Center. The cashier that took my order asked for a name and then said, "oh, my husband's name is Jay! Well, Jason, but he goes by Jay."

Many imitators.

So today I read https://internethandle.org/ and it inspired me to go domain shopping. I picked up jays.name on porkbun.com .

I found some directions to update my handle to the new domain. https://bsky.social/about/blog/4-28-2023-domain-handle-tutorial . But wait, I'm on the myatproto.social PDS, what if these docs are quietly Bluesky-centric? [Praise] to @genxjamerican.com for some good taking-notes-in-public that set my mind at ease.

Back in the App View, I was able to verify the new record.

When I hit "update", however, I got an error. I assumed this had something to do with DNS cache/TTL, so I took a look at the TTL for the new record in porkbun (600), set a timer and came back 10m later. I tried "update" again and it worked. Heck yeah.

I was almost named Jay Gatsby Gruber before my mother pulled a last minute veto on the middle name.

.gg is a TLD so after all this I checked https://jay.gg out of curiosity, which turns out to be a blog with one post about Mao.

That was fun.

Bonus photo from the ferry ride this morning. First day that felt warm, sunny, springtime this year really. The mountain was out