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Re: Ask HN: what unwanted domain names are you sitting on?

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Post by adrianwaj »

jpbutler wrote: post #56
adrianwaj wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What did you have in mind for serendipityrow.com? Good band name, after Led Zeppelin.

It was going to be an offshoot of my main product (Serendeputy, a personalized news application currently in private beta). Serendepity Row was going to be an extract of interesting, erudite articles that surfaced from the aggregate usage of the site. I'd put out two or three posts a day highlighting really interesting pieces. I was going to model it somewhat on Arts & Letters Daily -- http://www.aldaily.com/ Kill5Mi…

Spotplex when it was around tracked and displayed articles by popularity. Blogs and sites had a SP javascript code that sent back page views.

Re: Ask HN: what unwanted domain names are you sitting on?

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htsh wrote: post #68
ihartley wrote: post #57

animedubzone.com bitsboltsandvolts.com bitsboltsnvolts.com bitsboltsvolts.com cashnik.com deletetheinternet.com dunbarsdungeon.com finihd.com graphle.net graphle.org hotelfreehd.com maperate.com phinihd.com proclamate.com pussyandguns.com sandiegomarquee.com schrodingershotbox.com sdmarquee.com seekaview.com streamwhat.com

"pussyandguns.com" -- photos of cats and guns?

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Re: Ask HN: what unwanted domain names are you sitting on?

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Post by petercooper »

endlessvoid94 wrote: post #67
petercooper wrote: post #58

I'm sitting on tons, but I've given plenty away over the years too, so I don't think of myself as malicious. Nearly all are from project ideas I had but then never followed up on. ajaxday.com* amonad.com* cocoainside.com* detailedlook.com javascriptinside.com jotpack.com* jsinside.com pythonflow.com pythoninside.com railgrinder.com* railsteam.com (currently giving this away) railswebhosting.com rorhosting.com rubyonr…

i'd be interested in obtaining topichub from you...

It's yours. E-mail me at [my username]@[my username].co.uk and I'll sort out the auth code and unlock it for you.

Re: Ask HN: what unwanted domain names are you sitting on?

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Post by adrianwaj »

htsh wrote: post #65
oldgregg wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i would love to hear your monetization strategy. :)

mostly shits and giggles. the combinations of domains lawgician was going to be a digg/reddit type of thing for legal news -- i don't think its gonna happen soon as doing this right would involve more time than I can give right now. poofilter originally was intended to filter political news and somehow assess the bias level of the source from left to right, blue to red. someone else did this recently but I forget the…

You could have an automated site extracting whitehouse photos from here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse and allow users to customize.

edit: "The photograph may not be manipulated in any way or used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House."

maybe not.

Re: Ask HN: what unwanted domain names are you sitting on?

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Post by paulgb »

Great idea. I've had these since 2006 for some project ideas that quickly became obsolete. I didn't want to let them expire and fall into the hands of squatters, so I kept renewing them. I'm willing to give them up to a good home.

  gowiki.net
  swound.com
  thumbnote.com
  thumbwiki.com
(edit: one gone, removed. the four above are still up for grabs. Will trade for a donation to EFF or Wikipedia)
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