> [snip] > Oh, and, of course, some of the names aren't available as URLs. > [snip] This one seems to be a rather needless stumbling block. Is there any *real* reason to avoid, say, Walter, if www.walter.com is taken? Suppose you were really in love with the name Walter. Wouldn't something like www.walteros.com, www.walter-os.com, walteroperatingsystem.com, etc. be acceptable? I'm not so sure that folks expect to simply type in www.obviousguess.com anymore and get the site they want. In fact, I'd suggest that most folks would just go to google or yahoo and search for "Walter". (Hence the rationale for choosing an easily web-searchable yet unique name.)