48 replies

1. Bob Monsour Mastodon 8 min later

   @zachleat Wowza!

   1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 33 min later

      @bobmonsour look, the first step is admitting I have a problem

      1. genehack Mastodon 4 hr later

         @zachleat @bobmonsour it’s not a problem, it’s a _collection_

2. Jim Nielsen Bluesky 8 min later

   Great post!

   Gotta say, missed opportunity tho to title the post “ICANN stop buying domains…” lol

   1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 18 min later

      you’re the best in the business and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise

   2. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 45 min later

      fix deploying now! (with attribution of course)

      1. Jim Nielsen Bluesky 2 hr later

         lol :chefskiss:

         Buying domains:
         ICANN
         YOUCANN
         WEALLCANN

3. Mike Aparicio Bluesky 22 min later

   I used to work with a guy from Philly who used to talk about “water ice” all the time and all of us Chicagoans were like, “do you mean Italian ice?” So I registered whatthefuckiswatericedoyoumeanitalianice.com and gave everyone emails there that were their full first, middle, and last names.

   1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 32 min later

      ha! Beautiful. I love super long domain names

      1. Ky Bluesky 35 min later

         the longest domain I own is also one of my favorites: americamyfaceissayingeverythingthatyouneedtoknow.com

         1. Mike Aparicio Bluesky 3 hr later

            😂

         2. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 3 hr later

            *incredible*

4. Christopher Kirk-Nielsen Mastodon 22 min later

   @zachleat Super cool! Was Time Machinery a movie blog about dissecting all cinematographic depictions of time travel? 👀

   1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 36 min later

      @chriskirknielsen yeah! I mostly just wanted to log movies with time travel mechanics but I didn’t get very far 😅

      1. Christopher Kirk-Nielsen Mastodon 47 min later

         @zachleat Well this is proof that you have good ideas, even if the domain is abandoned! (This reminds me I still haven't seen Primer, and all I hear are good things…)

         Would have been cool to have a random-ish form — you pick a type and get a suggestion: "I'm in the mood for a [TIME LOOP] movie" and blam, Groundhog Day!

         1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 3 hr later

            @chriskirknielsen yeah! I think Letterboxd has replaced a lot of this for me, but you can see I went just about as far with my Letterboxd list as I did with that blog https://letterboxd.com/zachleat/list/time-machinery/ 😅

            1. Christopher Kirk-Nielsen Mastodon 6 hr later

               @zachleat Maybe past-Zach figured future-Zach would handle it. A time loop in itself, all very fitting!

5. Eric Bailey Bluesky 40 min later

   I would do this, but then I'd be forced to confront it 🙈

   1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 49 min later

      it’s okay, Eric. we’re in this together

      1. Eric Bailey Bluesky 56 min later

         sadhighfive.com

6. Michael Bluesky 1 hr later

   You could run a support group for the rest of us

   1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 3 hr later

      should I buy a domain for it or

7. Private reply Bluesky 1 hr later
   1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 3 hr later

      ooh, this is a very good domain

8. Martin Bluesky 1 hr later

   I think I still oen unbenannt.ai, which was the default German file name for adobe illustrator files

9. Todd Lambert Bluesky 4 hr later

   Oh man, this is brave... to put one's graveyard of domains out there like that 😁

   I'm not sure I could be brave enough to put all the domains and failed ideas and projects that I've owned. 😬😂

   1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later

      how many are we talking? 😅

      I’ve retired about 1 domain per career year, which seems like too many tbh

      1. Todd Lambert Bluesky 1 day later

         I had 80 names at one point, several years ago.

         I too, have been letting them go as they expire. I’m currently down to about 20. 🥹😁

         1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 2 days later

            80 simultaneously active names, wow!

            1. Todd Lambert Bluesky 2 days later

               lol yeah it’s a sickness 🤣

10. Richard MacManus Mastodon 4 hr later

    @zachleat Who among us has not at one time bought a domain with the last vowel chopped off. competr.com is good, though :)

    1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 1 day later

       @ricmac hah, a blast from the past for sure 😅

11. Christian Alder Bluesky 6 hr later

    With all that domain experience, do you have a favourite registrar?

    1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later

       I would’ve said google domains, now not really 😱

       I do have the ones I’ve used on www.zachleat.com/uses/ though

       1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later

          one piece of advice that I would give is to separate your registrar from your hosting provider, if at all possible

          1. Christian Alder Bluesky 2 days later

             That's some solid advice, thanks!

             I'm currently with Porkbun and have used them for a few domains now - never really felt the need to shop around (yet), but it's cool to know what other folks like :)

    2. Michael Bluesky 1 day later

       I’ve used Hover since I separated registration from hosting. They won me over with their Buckaroo Banzai hold music.

12. Cory LaViska Bluesky 6 hr later

    would you mind buying some domains for me I’ll DM you a list thanks

    1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later

       cory you should talk to someone about this

       1. Cory LaViska Bluesky 1 day later

          this is me reaching out

          1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later

             I’ll try to find some therapists that specialize in domain names for you

13. Miska Knapek Bluesky 21 hr later

    Used to own sacrebl.eu, gave it to a UK comedy club.

    1. Miska Knapek Bluesky 21 hr later

       I once registered englessspam.org/com just to have for every time I needed to register somewhere.

       Alas, no mail sent to that domain ever made it there for some obscure reason.

14. nat alison Bluesky 1 day later

    Now how much does that cost per year, Zach

    1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later

       …oh no

       well, wait it’s probably about ~$100 per year

15. Grant Hutchinson Mastodon 5 days later

    @zachleat @AnthonyBaker This is an amazing idea. I plan to follow suit and blatantly steal this idea for my own domain name “backstory”.

    1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 6 days later

       @splorp @AnthonyBaker yeah! do it!

       1. Grant Hutchinson Mastodon 7 days later

          @zachleat @AnthonyBaker If nothing else, it’d be a wonderful brain stretch to see if I can recall all of the historical details.