Danny Novo
Pay attention, I need your help picking a domain name
Okay, my Internet Service Provider, [Globat](http://www.globat.com) is having one of their periodic, “75% off everything!” sales. I have seen several of those go by, and haven’t pulled the trigger, but I think I am ready to do so this time. The price is low, and we’re several months from the annual due date of the service on my current domain (dannytiffanyandfamily.com), so the bills won’t be right on top of each other.
So, I think I am ready to get another domain name. This one would be for this web site, my personal blog, projects, etc. I have but one problem, really. I don’t know what I want to register. Here are the ideas I have had, and the reasons I haven’t rushed them into service.
> **www.dannylastname.com** Yeah. I have a pretty hard and fast rule about putting surnames on the web. I try not to. I’ve seen blogs where people refer to themselves as “BloggerOne” and their children as “Monkey, Pillowhead, and The Nibbler”… and I’ve seen blogs where people are free and clear with all their names, mailing addresses, clothing sizes… I prefer to run a line in the middle. Which means I don’t have to worry about what to do with e-mail: danny {at} dannylastname(.)com? me {at} dannylastname(.)com? mailbox {at} dannylastname(.)com? Actually that last one works pretty well…
> **www.mingofaust.com** This has been my default handle for quite a while now. Allegedly, I was nearly named after an Argentine historical figure, one [Domingo Faustino Sarmiento](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=domingo+faustino+sarmiento&btnG=Search “Google search”). But it is a bit unwieldy. It doesn’t roll off the tongue. It has to be explained. But at least it means something. Unlike…
> **www.fiddicult.com** Totally random, meaningless word that is a fever-dream jumble of the word “difficult.” Nothing much to recommend it, except that it is fun to say.
> **www.parentheticalremark.com** I can’t believe that this one is available. OMG. Should I snap it up? Does it sound good with subdomains? photos.parentheticalremark.com? memory.parentheticalremark.com? The plural, parentheticalremarks is also out there to be claimed. Oh, crap, there’s a [Blogger site](http://parentheticalremarks.blogspot.com/) using this name (if not this domain). Can I run him out of town? Maybe he’d pay me for the domain name? Is this where I point out that **www.snideaside.com**, is also available?
So, you can tell I need help. Suggestions? Ideas? Thoughts?
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I still like Clinkenblog even if it is less applicable to you. I’ll think some more…
I’m in the “anything goes” camp, obviously.
Of your choices, I think snideaside and mingofaust are the best. parentheticalremark is pretty good as well, but if you get that one, I would definitely avoid subdomains.
Personally, I like second-level domains of five or fewer syllables, but I think parentheticalremark is memorable enough to escape that rule.
snideaside is a little cutesy; would you tire of it in the long term? It looks like snidecomment is available too, which is more straightforward. Just to add to the mix: archedeyebrows is free too. So is cockeyedpessimist. also cockeyedoptimist, which is a nice domain name for personal stuff, though less “clever”. Also the hyphenated variations of the last two.
If you wanted to really mess with your hosting company, you could register glob.at, which appears to be available at the moment. the .at TLD is really expensive though (79.95 at godaddy.com).
Forgot to say: I was going to register samizd.at, until I saw the price.