Hot Domain, Drew

Here is a list of the domain names that I own:

Some of these I obviously hold for other people (and some of those perhaps a bit awkwardly). A few of them represent personal projects or sites for friends that never came to fruition. I spend approximately $150 per year on these "properties," plus another few hundred in site hosting costs. And I receive approximately zero (0) return on investment.

Regardless, I cannot stop myself from registering a new domain name when I have a new idea. I think a strong component of this compulsion is my perception of the scarcity of good domain names. I contributed a whiz-bang 2.0ish domain name to my work the other week, and was a bit miffed that I hadn't conceived of it myself.

My newest acquisition is hotbombdotcom.com. See, some of the Claremont Ultimate kids took to congratulating successful hucks or exciting throws by saying, "Hot bomb dot com slash Gordy slash Jughead slash SWEET." Or something like that, I don't really remember. hotbomb.com has never been available but I think this domain is the next best option. .net is for suckers, and doesn't work with the rhyme.

So, now, what I want to build is a little hotbomb application that automatically parses the URL to show photographs and text. Think hotbombdotcom.com/krump/lull/PFL: the script finds a photograph tagged with 'krump' and another with 'lull' and then displays crazy, colored text of any other URL component strings for which no photographs are tagged. Awesome.

Do you have thoughts on what I should do with any of my other domains? And when am I planning to change 2008 from the year of conception to the year of execution? We shall see.

6 Comments

  1. From brookr

    Commented May 10th, 2008 6:54 pm

    I hear you. I couldn't help but register "livingthememe.com" a few days ago... But I really don't know what I would do with it...

    Your hot bomb app sounds cool, but doesn't solve your highlighted issue of lack of income from these properties. But really $200/year sound like a very reasonable amount to spend on a hobby.

    Hot domains indeed...

  2. From drew

    Commented May 10th, 2008 8:06 pm

    Oh man, livingthememe is hilarious. Strong work.

  3. From Shy

    Commented May 11th, 2008 9:13 pm

    http://www.hotbombdotcom.com/shy_jughead, pictures of Jay skying people or videos of Jughead taking to the skies off of my throws. Or /rook_anyone Visionary.

  4. From brook r

    Commented May 12th, 2008 10:59 pm

    drew, this should totally be your first Rails app.

  5. From Jay

    Commented May 15th, 2008 2:26 pm

    ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh boy

  6. From Whit

    Commented May 25th, 2008 9:13 am

    I have a few things to say about this.

    1) Thanks for all your work, I love all of your sites, and it's uncanny how much better they are getting over time.

    2)I don't get hotbombdotcom.com but you're upstairs and when you come down I'll have you explain it.

    3)I agree with Brooke on the $200 isn't much for a hobby, we spend $A few Thousand a year on Ultimate, but it's the time it takes that ups that cost. I feel the pain with video editing. I'd be more then happy to pay you to do maintain my site. Some sort of artistic trade could work too.

    4) I don't think artistictrade.com is taken.

    5) http://youtube.com/watch?v=_q3wT8LohBE
    note this line, "An idea is worth nothing, because an idea is a liability, if you can not connect it with it's execution."

    6)With that said, i'm impressed with what you've done over the years, I think you have a lot to show for it. Just keep up the power hours of coding cause you know how it feels when you finish a project.

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