Choosing a domain name (UPDATE: Neck and Neck!)
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:laugh: Very true, we are all organisations. As soon as individual cells within my body get web-access (can't be long now what with PDAs shrinking all the time) I'll register the PaulWatson.org domain :-D So when I send an email to IanDarling.org, which cell eventually gets it? regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
Paul Watson wrote: So when I send an email to IanDarling.org, which cell eventually gets it? None of my cells, as my .org isn't iandarling.org, it's pure-virtual.org :-) The answer in that case would probably the optic cones in my eyes that have that job for that moment - it's a photonic clustered system ;P
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I prefer short, easy to type domain names. FYI, www.w.com is still available.:-D "My kid was Inmate of the Month at Adobe Mountain Juvenile Corrections Center" - Bumper Sticker in Bullhead City
Roger Wright wrote: www.w.com is still available Wow this is interesting! I thought why not go and register this one then? :) But when I saw that other one letter domains are also free... anyway I still went to the registrar's site and tried that. And voila - invalid domain. Same for two letter domains (I tried zz.com, although zz.top would be probably even better :) ) But then, how come that x.com is registered (it will redirect you to the PayPal.com) and x.org too? Hmmm... Rado
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[Update: Wow! It is neck and neck at the moment. Not just Paul-Watson vying with PaulMWatson but PMWatson (which was in the lead for awhile). You guys always surprise me.] I am getting fed up with having multiple domains for email and websites etc. I want to choose something professional but also personal that I can use for a website and for email. That rules out clever and fun domains which quickly pale. The domain needs to be something that ten years from now I can still use and not feel the need to have something different. It would be easy if PaulWatson.com was not taken, but it is and that blasted Scandinavian is very reliable in re-registering it each year. So how do you choose a personal domain name? What elements and situations do you think of when deciding? Along those lines, if you don't mind: Vote. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
I'd go for www.watson.com. And the email address would be paul@watson.com :) But I think it is already taken :( Regards, Alexandru Savescu
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I'd go for www.watson.com. And the email address would be paul@watson.com :) But I think it is already taken :( Regards, Alexandru Savescu
Yeah, that was my top, top choice. Could also then hand out emails for my family (and kids, one day.) I am keeping an eye on the domain, maybe I will get it some day. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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>But it always bugs me when I see freeware or open source projects with dot COM domains, or commercial projects with dot ORG. Me too. Use the right domain, folks. PaulMWatson.com will be right for me as it is professional use. .name and .info are too personal for now. As time moves on though I would like to get other domains, pointing to different parts of a central website. And if there is ever a Paul Watson organisation... ;) .co.za (South African comercial domain) is on the cards, but I am a global person and might move to other countries in my life. I wouldn't want to be tied to a .co.za. .com is global, it isn't US in my mind. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
Paul Watson wrote: And if there is ever a Paul Watson organisation... :) I have read the rules and guidelines for the ORG TLD and it said it was fine to use it for personal purposes. :) It was the last one on my list, I'd prefer info, but this is still better than nothing. Paul Watson wrote: .co.za (South African comercial domain) is on the cards, but I am a global person and might move to other countries in my life. I wouldn't want to be tied to a .co.za. .com is global, it isn't US in my mind. Oh yes, that's why I don't have bielik.sk. Another problem is that it would cost me at least twice as much as any other global domain, and it would be too much hassle to set up, thanks to our national TLD keeper. X| With a COM/NET/ORG domain, I can just grab my credit card and register it online in a few moments. Rado
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[Update: Wow! It is neck and neck at the moment. Not just Paul-Watson vying with PaulMWatson but PMWatson (which was in the lead for awhile). You guys always surprise me.] I am getting fed up with having multiple domains for email and websites etc. I want to choose something professional but also personal that I can use for a website and for email. That rules out clever and fun domains which quickly pale. The domain needs to be something that ten years from now I can still use and not feel the need to have something different. It would be easy if PaulWatson.com was not taken, but it is and that blasted Scandinavian is very reliable in re-registering it each year. So how do you choose a personal domain name? What elements and situations do you think of when deciding? Along those lines, if you don't mind: Vote. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
Paul I haven't read alll of the posts in this thread (no time) but www.paul-watson.com is available.... I personally find hyphenated names easier to look at... Shaun ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaun Austin: .NET Specialist. Spreading the word of .NET to the world... well the UK... well my tiny corner of it!! :-D
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[Update: Wow! It is neck and neck at the moment. Not just Paul-Watson vying with PaulMWatson but PMWatson (which was in the lead for awhile). You guys always surprise me.] I am getting fed up with having multiple domains for email and websites etc. I want to choose something professional but also personal that I can use for a website and for email. That rules out clever and fun domains which quickly pale. The domain needs to be something that ten years from now I can still use and not feel the need to have something different. It would be easy if PaulWatson.com was not taken, but it is and that blasted Scandinavian is very reliable in re-registering it each year. So how do you choose a personal domain name? What elements and situations do you think of when deciding? Along those lines, if you don't mind: Vote. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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Yeah, that was my top, top choice. Could also then hand out emails for my family (and kids, one day.) I am keeping an eye on the domain, maybe I will get it some day. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
I did brummerfamily.com for that reason.
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[Update: Wow! It is neck and neck at the moment. Not just Paul-Watson vying with PaulMWatson but PMWatson (which was in the lead for awhile). You guys always surprise me.] I am getting fed up with having multiple domains for email and websites etc. I want to choose something professional but also personal that I can use for a website and for email. That rules out clever and fun domains which quickly pale. The domain needs to be something that ten years from now I can still use and not feel the need to have something different. It would be easy if PaulWatson.com was not taken, but it is and that blasted Scandinavian is very reliable in re-registering it each year. So how do you choose a personal domain name? What elements and situations do you think of when deciding? Along those lines, if you don't mind: Vote. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
Another vote for PMWatson. Have you decided yet ? "One of the Georges," said Psmith, "I forget which, once said that a certain number of hours' sleep a day--I cannot recall for the moment how many--made a man something, which for the time being has slipped my memory."
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Today I do not get the graphic key to vote displayed. So no voting. I think you left one option out. PMichealWatson.com. A really nice middle name! :-O I do not mind getting old. It beats all the other options that can think of.
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[Update: Wow! It is neck and neck at the moment. Not just Paul-Watson vying with PaulMWatson but PMWatson (which was in the lead for awhile). You guys always surprise me.] I am getting fed up with having multiple domains for email and websites etc. I want to choose something professional but also personal that I can use for a website and for email. That rules out clever and fun domains which quickly pale. The domain needs to be something that ten years from now I can still use and not feel the need to have something different. It would be easy if PaulWatson.com was not taken, but it is and that blasted Scandinavian is very reliable in re-registering it each year. So how do you choose a personal domain name? What elements and situations do you think of when deciding? Along those lines, if you don't mind: Vote. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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we are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is Vonnegut jr.
sighist || Agile Programming | doxygenIt is fun but not terribly professional. Wouldn't want a client recieving an email from Paul@Crikey.com with a subject of "Proposal we talked about". Also I imagine as I grow older that it's humour will wane to me :) Hopefully my name will only get funnier with age. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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[Update: Wow! It is neck and neck at the moment. Not just Paul-Watson vying with PaulMWatson but PMWatson (which was in the lead for awhile). You guys always surprise me.] I am getting fed up with having multiple domains for email and websites etc. I want to choose something professional but also personal that I can use for a website and for email. That rules out clever and fun domains which quickly pale. The domain needs to be something that ten years from now I can still use and not feel the need to have something different. It would be easy if PaulWatson.com was not taken, but it is and that blasted Scandinavian is very reliable in re-registering it each year. So how do you choose a personal domain name? What elements and situations do you think of when deciding? Along those lines, if you don't mind: Vote. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
For decades to come.. well the PMWatson.com might be good if you're planning on becoming a Prime Minister :o) If there's one thing I've learned, it's that life is one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead. - Homer Simpson
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Thanks Stephane. Though I live in South Africa so .us is inapropriate. What is .ws? .info is useful but sometime in the future maybe and then it would point to a sub-page rather than be the central point. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
Paul Watson wrote: What is .ws? WebSite. AFAIK, it has no restrictions on its use.
Ryan
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[Update: Wow! It is neck and neck at the moment. Not just Paul-Watson vying with PaulMWatson but PMWatson (which was in the lead for awhile). You guys always surprise me.] I am getting fed up with having multiple domains for email and websites etc. I want to choose something professional but also personal that I can use for a website and for email. That rules out clever and fun domains which quickly pale. The domain needs to be something that ten years from now I can still use and not feel the need to have something different. It would be easy if PaulWatson.com was not taken, but it is and that blasted Scandinavian is very reliable in re-registering it each year. So how do you choose a personal domain name? What elements and situations do you think of when deciding? Along those lines, if you don't mind: Vote. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
ElementeryMyDear.com Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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ElementeryMyDear.com Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So i had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004