Category: Meta

The “.is” (dot is) is the top-level domain for Iceland but it’s commonly used for domain name hacking. So many words, phrases, and names can end in “is” or be used in a sentence with since “is” is a verb. For example, I could create a page for “chuck.is/educated”, “chuck.is/experienced”, or simply “chuck.is/AnAsshat” – take your pick.

I am many things and my website serves as a public face of me – my work, my hobbies, and some of my ideas. “My piece of the internet” as they said in the early 2000’s. That said, I’ve migrated this website entirely over to my domain chuck.is and my old domain name chuckcarroll.co will redirect here. I still own the domain and my contact information will remain the same. RIP SEO.

I recently decided to consolidate my two websites. My site chuckcarroll.co has leaned more toward a professional resume-type of site in the past, but I recently decided to make the shift for it be of a more per personal “about me” site while still emphasizing some professional experience. My site chuckcarroll.xyz is solely a personal blog where I write about technology, open source software, and sometimes get philosophical.

As of today, I’ve officially moved my blog over to the .co domain (which is this domain I’m writing this from) and merged my professional, academic, and volunteer experiences onto a single page. The .xyz will start forwarding .co domain in the near future.

Due to my own vanity, I also own chuck.is which redirects to chuckcarroll.co. Managing a TLD like .is is more complicated to work with since it’s managed by the Icelandic government. At some point I’d like to start having URLs like chuck.is/blog or chuck.is/resume… These kind of URLs just look neat to me.