balug?

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Michael T. Halligan (michael at halligan.org):

> Does anybody know what happened to the balug webserver & mailing list? 
> It seems to have fallen off the edge of the Internet.

Everyone, sing along:  "Yes, we have no nameservice.  We have no
nameservice, today."

rick at alfredo:~$ whois balug.org | more

Domain ID:D494587-LROR
Domain Name:BALUG.ORG
Created On:23-Sep-1997 04:00:00 UTC
Last Updated On:22-Oct-2004 19:56:08 UTC
Expiration Date:22-Sep-2005 04:00:00 UTC

[...]

Name Server:NS2.TDL.COM
Name Server:NS.BADGERRACING.COM

rick at alfredo:~$ dig www.balug.org @ns2.tdl.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> www.balug.org @ns2.tdl.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 16400
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.balug.org.                 IN      A

;; Query time: 77 msec
;; SERVER: 206.180.224.8#53(ns2.tdl.com)
;; WHEN: Mon Feb  7 11:37:21 2005
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 31

rick at alfredo:~$ dig www.balug.org @ns.badgerracing.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> www.balug.org @ns.badgerracing.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 34915
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.balug.org.                 IN      A

;; Query time: 52 msec
;; SERVER: 206.180.232.132#53(ns.badgerracing.com)
;; WHEN: Mon Feb  7 11:37:41 2005
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 31

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make cups of tea, floss the cat, fluff the geraniums, open the kitchen window 
and scream out it with operatic force, volume, and decorum, and then return to 
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