He's speaking like an Australian, he mentions Sydney in one of his posts, he's on a domain that is now using name servers registered to an Australian company (as aaronbrethorst pointed out). I don't think this guy is trying to be _why or actually is _why, unless _why suddenly came back from out of nowhere with a new fetish for all things Australian. As an Australian, I'd like to think this is a possibility, but I have a feeling I would be disappointed.
I suspect the "if you’re reading this blog, there’s a pretty good chance that we know each other already" bit is intended to be interpreted as him not thinking that anyone other than those already acquainted with him would care or know about his blog. Self-deprecation is a fairly typical Australian trait, by the way.
Most likely possbilities in my mind: this is all simply a bizarre coincidence, as has already been suggested. Or... well, he is starting a software company apparently, so assumedly he's in our industry, that makes it somewhat more likely that he knows the history of the domain. Maybe he has unwisely decided to try and grab some free attention by taking this domain name knowing full well its history. I hope it's not the latter.
I suspect the "if you’re reading this blog, there’s a pretty good chance that we know each other already" bit is intended to be interpreted as him not thinking that anyone other than those already acquainted with him would care or know about his blog. Self-deprecation is a fairly typical Australian trait, by the way.
Most likely possbilities in my mind: this is all simply a bizarre coincidence, as has already been suggested. Or... well, he is starting a software company apparently, so assumedly he's in our industry, that makes it somewhat more likely that he knows the history of the domain. Maybe he has unwisely decided to try and grab some free attention by taking this domain name knowing full well its history. I hope it's not the latter.