I just got a renewal reminder for my domain fluf.fr and it made me wonder what other funny domains are floating around the web, either unused or unknown.
Back in the early 2000's, I was planning a trip through the mid-east and trying to get my visas sorted out.
That's when I discovered that syrianembassy.com was available.
I had nine dollars in my pocket at the time, but somehow it seemed like something that would eventually cause me more than nine dollars worth of hassle, were I to pick it up and put something inappropriate there.
Looking now, it seems that somebody is squatting it. Still, I'm glad that somebody is not me.
Up until 2 months ago, it was DownrightSimple.com. But I'm now using that for my iOS Development Company. The other one I really like is KeystrokeOfGenius.com, which I haven't found a use for yet. There's also CSLounge.com, which was going to be some sort of Computer Science social network that I never got around to working on.
I've been trying to come up with a use for Cramhole.com for twelve years now.
Still no luck.
For a while, I was hoping to use it for a data storage algorithm, protocol, wrapper or container of some sort. Just so that in the future some poor souls would be sitting around a conference table and somebody would chime in "Couldn't we use a Cramhole for this?"
Love it. I have two of the EFF's "Come Back With A Warrant" stickers on this laptop (a large-ish one on the top and a smaller one just to the left of the touchpad).
That's when I discovered that syrianembassy.com was available.
I had nine dollars in my pocket at the time, but somehow it seemed like something that would eventually cause me more than nine dollars worth of hassle, were I to pick it up and put something inappropriate there.
Looking now, it seems that somebody is squatting it. Still, I'm glad that somebody is not me.