[TheMosco]

So I need to move off .mac because its a rip-off. I would have done it last year but I didn't have the time to transfer all my email to a new account. I really have no idea what to get. This is way to hard.

This is going to probably be a movable type based site. Most of the updates will be pictures and stuff. I also be running gallery.

I wanted mackworth.com but that was taken. Do people look at nicknames, etc?

[ManOfSteal]

http://www.mackworth.net

[TheMosco]

Originally Posted by ManOfSteal

http://www.mackworth.net

Yeah, thats probably my top choice. No one better take it unless your nickname also happens to be mackworth...

[JoshuaZ]

You know the fashionable and classy thing is to buy your name. I mean, where would I be without http://www.joshuazimmerman.com? Its easy to remember, and it'll never go out of fashion. Clearly, a wise investment. (Unlike that stupid son of a **** who owns joshzimmerman.com! One day I will have his domain for my own!)

[Ghoser777]

Yes, I love www.fahrenbacher.com!

[storer]

I'm going to buy them all now and sell them for 2x price

[GSixZero]

I like this site for domain names....

http://www.splorp.com/domain/

[osxpinot]

Just make sure it has a .cx ending.

[rozwado1]

why not www.themosco.com?

[TheMosco]

Originally Posted by rozwado1

why not www.themosco.com?

mosco is a nickname that died long ago which sucks because I liked it. But I am not the one that controls what people call me. I also always hated the "the" before mosco. But most places "mosco" was taken like .mac and aim so i used "themosco" everywhere to be consistent.

[Ozmodiar]

http://www.chrislow.org (broken in Mac IE but I don't care)

Yeah, go with your name. But, I also register funny things I hear (like when a friend of mine described the members of his parish as "quixotically banal," I went and registered quixotically-banal.com and I use it as a client staging server now).

[TheMosco]

Originally Posted by Ozmodiar

http://www.chrislow.org (broken in Mac IE but I don't care)

Yeah, go with your name. But, I also register funny things I hear (like when a friend of mine described the members of his parish as "quixotically banal," I went and registered quixotically-banal.com and I use it as a client staging server now).

Yeah, I would but my full name is 17 letters long and my last name isn't very easy for people to spell. I guess I could go with something like mikem.com or something.

[Mithras]

Originally Posted by Ozmodiar

http://www.chrislow.org (broken in Mac IE but I don't care)

Yeah, go with your name. But, I also register funny things I hear (like when a friend of mine described the members of his parish as "quixotically banal," I went and registered quixotically-banal.com and I use it as a client staging server now).

eh, seems to be broken in Safari 2.0 as well, or at least the links don't do anything. Pretty though!

[Ozmodiar]

Originally Posted by TheMosco

Yeah, I would but my full name is 17 letters long and my last name isn't very easy for people to spell. I guess I could go with something like mikem.com or something.

Looks like someone is squatting on mikem.com, but my advice would be to go for something along those lines. Good luck!

Originally Posted by Mithras

eh, seems to be broken in Safari 2.0 as well, or at least the links don't do anything. Pretty though!

Thanks! The entire thing is a css experiment from a couple months ago. No content any more, but I'm working on it.

[TheMosco]

damn, I was using Network Utility to check to see if names were taken. So I checked mikem.org and said "No results found ..." so I go to register it only to discover its taken by some guy in Germany.

[Demonhood]

just use whois in terminal. if a man was paranoid, he might believe that many of the registration sites record what you're searching for in a nefarious attempt to get the good ones and charge you outrageous prices when you eventually decide that's the right one for you. or that they sell the list it to domain harvesters.

whois is usually super fast anyhow. been using it a lot lately.

if your domain isn't taken, you'll see something like this:

Code:
whois rubberduckyindahizous.com

Whois Server Version 1.3

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

No match for "RUBBERDUCKYINDAHIZOUS.COM".

[Krusty]

Hey, the terminal query is nice and quick ... just be sure the read the disclosure at the bottom of the terminal window when you run it:

NOTE: THE WHOIS DATABASE IS A CONTACT DATABASE ONLY. LACK OF A DOMAIN
RECORD DOES NOT SIGNIFY DOMAIN AVAILABILITY.

[TheMosco]

I sent the guy from mikem.org an email inquiring about it. He isn't using it. I guess I will see what he says and go from there. I could do mike-m.org or something too, maybe.

[ManOfSteal]

Originally Posted by Demonhood

Code:
whois rubberduckyindahizous.com

Whois Server Version 1.3

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

No match for "RUBBERDUCKYINDAHIZOUS.COM".

Awesome, that domain has huge potential.