Thank you Drupal

I'm writing this blog post to mark the occasion of acquiring the domain name http://agaric.com. It was a slow and expensive process and something I didn't think we'd ever do, mostly because of not wanting to give in to the evil practice of domain squatting hoarding that's going on out there.

My fine colleagues here at agaric convinced me otherwise, and that it was worth it, so I went ahead and put that ball in motion, made the squatter hoarder an offer, they accepted, escrow.com handled the money, and it took about 9 days (a few nailing-biting days, because escrow only gives you 2 days to verify the order).

Finally today, I was informed by our domain registrar that we are now the proud new owners of agaric.com. I thought about smashing a bottle of champagne on something, but on what I thought? then I wondered why people did that, while having a shot of tequila, Chinaco anejo...

Anyway... we've been growing as individuals and as an organization. A lot has happened since we started Agaric, I used to think it was amazing that we were supporting ourselves by making Drupal sites. That we found a way to do what we wanted, to live the way we wanted, to control our own destinies, I still think it's amazing. Now that's overshadowed by the idea that Agaric can grow and help others get there too, starting with the talented and intelligent individuals who've recently decided to band together with us.

So, thank you Drupal, for making this all possible.

I talk a lot about the mystical nature of the web (http://agaricdesign.com/agaric) the internet, or whatever it is, about how it's part of the evolution of Gaia and all that stuff. It's not a coincidence to me that our acquisition of agaric.com happened on noruz, the vernal equinox, the beginning of spring and a phase of growth and new life. Mother nature believes in what we're doing, open source free software like Drupal is important to humanity. It helps us harness and build on this crazy thing that we have the privilege to be a part of.

because we still think that the real potential of the internet still remains untapped...

we still think we can help it fruit, and do it, the agaric way...