# Where Oh Where did Lileks.com go? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 24, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-oh-where-did-lileks-com-go/170897 "2003-04-24T17:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-oh-where-did-lileks-com-go/170897/1 "2003-04-24T17:34:17Z")
I went to Lileks to see if I could get my morning dose of the Bleat when to my surprise there appeared a squatting web domain…has James lost control of his own name or is it a glitch on his server company…I don’t know what I would do without my favorite web site…anybody out there have the Straight Dope…anybody, Eve? Lileks? anybody… Suffering withdrawl in Saskatchewan: Keith ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-oh-where-did-lileks-com-go/170897/2 "2003-04-24T17:56:12Z")
Do you still have the problem? – cause I can see it now just fine. There was a mention yesterday about the domain renewal; perhaps that had something to do with it. He mentioned the fifth anniversary of the domain, and thanked a guy who’d called him to tell him his registration was about to expire. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-oh-where-did-lileks-com-go/170897/3 "2003-04-24T17:59:51Z")
Maybe you just misspelled it when you typed the URL? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-oh-where-did-lileks-com-go/170897/4 "2003-04-24T18:12:46Z")
Really? I read it this morning, no problem. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-oh-where-did-lileks-com-go/170897/5 "2003-04-24T18:50:52Z")
Ditto. I’m looking at it right now. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-oh-where-did-lileks-com-go/170897/6 "2003-04-24T18:55:46Z")
You guys sue you’re not looking at a cached copy of the page? I get a “Future Home of a Dotster Registered Domain” page when I go to [Lileks.com](http://Lileks.com) and try to refresh. OTOH, I can hit [this link](http://lileks.com/bleats/index.html) just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-oh-where-did-lileks-com-go/170897/7 "2003-04-24T19:19:46Z")
I think I’ve figured it out, if you go to [www.lileks.com](http://www.lileks.com) you get the home of a dotster etc…but if you go to [lileks.com](http://lileks.com) (no www.) then it points you to the correct page…so it’s almost like they forgot to set up an alias. Keith ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-oh-where-did-lileks-com-go/170897/8 "2003-04-24T19:41:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Odieman \* > \*\*I think I’ve figured it out, if you go to [www.lileks.com](http://www.lileks.com) you get the home of a dotster etc…but if you go to [lileks.com](http://lileks.com) (no www.) then it points you to the correct page…so it’s almost like they forgot to set up an alias. > > Keith \*\* I dunno – I get to it fine with www. Maybe it’s a Canadian problem? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-oh-where-did-lileks-com-go/170897/9 "2003-04-24T19:42:34Z")
Phew! I usually read the Bleat at lunch, and I was going to be miffed if I couldn’t get to it.