Courtesy of Slashdot:

“Chris Coyer at css-tricks.com has had his domain transferred from GoDaddy.com to a registrar in Australia where it’s being held for ransom. Several other domains have experienced the same theft by what seems to be the same person, and the registrars seem helpless to do anything about it.”

(in case their almost-pornographic ad campaign wasn’t enough reason for you not to do business with them).