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

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Post by adrianwaj »

petercooper wrote: post #163
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…

Big thumbs up to the starter of this thread, by the way. I've already given away three domains in the last two hours..

Will they get used though? You'd hope so.

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

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Post by Keyframe »

petercooper wrote: post #155
Keyframe wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

space pit sounds like a name for a pinball table, I like it :)

I bought it to set up a PopUrls/Alltop style site for space/astronomy related news. Actually, I might well end up doing that, especially since I could now throw Twitter feeds on to it too..

you do that, I will be first one to subscribe!

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

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Post by mdolon »

forgotmypasswd wrote: post #146
mdolon wrote: post #122

aggregatedesign.com buyjives.com campusai.com djangobits.com everyday(desi|arab|latino).com gamefav.com gradschoolrejects.com instantgolfclap.com joblike.com linktard.com nfektus.com ngamr.com sofound.com startmyself.com startupyours.com Believe it or not, I had ideas for all of these domains. May resurrect a couple when I get some free time..

instantgolfclap! do it now! then when you are done, go here http://instantgolfclap.com

I wanted to but I couldn't find a decent golf clap audio clip and was too lazy to record one myself. http://sadtrombone.com/

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

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Post by petercooper »

adrianwaj wrote: post #171
petercooper wrote: post #163

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Big thumbs up to the starter of this thread, by the way. I've already given away three domains in the last two hours..

Will they get used though? You'd hope so.

I've adopted a sort of honor-driven set of conditions with the people I've given them to - a "domain traders' code," if you will:

1) If you don't use the domain, I get first refusal to have it back. 2) If you do use the domain, and if I request, you'll give me a link on the site someplace. (More a speculative thing than anything..) 3) If you go on to sell the domain/site for big bucks, you'll remember me and get me something from my Amazon wishlist ;-)

It's all honor-bound and ridiculously hard to enforce, but I'm a big believer in honor, so who knows.. :)

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

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Post by davidw »

I have jeejah.net, and would love to develop it into some kind of site for advanced mobile phone stuff. You'd have had to have read Neil Stephenson's Anathem to get the reference though.

Speaking of something that would be anathema to many here, if web sites are going to be 'properties', then why don't they have property taxes based on the last sale value? That might keep people from squatting - they'd be "forced" to either develop the site into something that generates revenue, or sell it. In theory at least... I don't really think it is a good idea, but it's something to consider.

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

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Post by RandomPersona »

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…

superyay.com is possibly the most amazing domain I've ever seen. I can't even look at it without chuckling.
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