MOTM

In a message dated 6/3/00 3:47:47 AM, djthomaswhite@... writes:

<< Anybody pop over to "www.synthesizers.com" yet? >>

And I thought I've seen every synth site out there!  So the actual company 
name is Synthesizers.com; do I smell an IPO?  Someone spent a bit of time on 
the site (although they haven't figured out how to properly link an Excel 
file for download).  I especially like the hilarious "about us" page; lots of 
bad photo manipulation showing multiple (one) items in production.  Really 
sloppy prototyping (one of those difficult reverb modules!) and test bench.  
And why do they have a server farm in the web server photo?

Here's the info on who owns the website:

Registrant:
                            Arrick Robotics (SYNTHESIZERS-DOM)
                               2107 W. Euless Blvd.
                               Euless, TX 76020
                               US

                               Domain Name: synthesizers.com

                               Administrative Contact, Billing Contact:
                                  Arrick, Roger  (RA136)  roger@...
                                  Arrick Publishing
                                  PO Box 912
                                  Hurst, TX 76053
                                  (817) 571-0595
                               Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
                                  Rainwater, R Steven  (SR71)  
srainwater@...
                                  Network Cybernetics Corporation
                                  5353 Alpha Road, Suite 205
                                  Dallas, TX 75240-4357
                                  972-404-0248 (FAX) 972-404-0269

                               Record last updated on 22-Jan-1997.
                               Record expires on 24-Jan-2001.
                               Record created on 22-Jan-1997.
                               Database last updated on 2-Jun-2000 13:41:57 
EDT.

                               Domain servers in listed order:

                               NIMON.NCC.COM                204.0.191.2
                               NS.ONRAMP.NET                199.1.11.2

Going to the administrative owner, Arrick.com, shows the same P.O. Box and 
FAX number for Arrick Robotics (you can call and talk to someone at the 
robotics place, but not the synthesizer company).  Is this the same guy who 
sells the plasma gun kits?

The "future product" listing sounds amazingly like some discussions on this 
listserver.  Interestingly when you go to the "About Roger Arrick" page there 
isn't anything about synthesizers or even a link to the www.synthesizers.com 
company.  However, there is a clue that helps to unravel this whole mystery.  
He's a drummer.

He is also quite the busy guy.  Synthesizers.com, Arrick Robotics, Arrick 
Publishing.   He's Mr. Robotics, they have a metal shop, and he's also bought 
up loads of domain names.  Check out the list at:

http://precisionresistors.com/forsale.html

One interesting link from this (although I haven't read it fully; it might be 
garbage):

http://tilt.largo.fl.us/faq/synthfull.html

A "synthesizer tutorial".

Well, that was fun and interesting!

Ivan