Domains
blogThe other day, during the purchasing of hosting for a client, I was offered a free .com domain name. Nothing much sprang to mind and the phrases that did spring to mind, like theendoftheworldasweknowit.com were already taken. Fact is, I don’t really know what I would do with another website, so it was almost as if I were getting the domain to define what I was going to do with it. I thought about having something with the word design in it, but all the good ones are taken.
I eventually plumped for the shortest, most inspiring domain name I could think of: f91w.com. The Casio F-91W is famed as the best watch ever made — it is a classic of functional design and it is difficult to imagine how it will ever be surpassed. It is also known as the watch which helped keep Muslims in Guantanamo. Apparently, merely having an F-91W is enough to keep you locked up. So buying the domain allows me to associate with functional design and terrorism, two of my favourite things. I’m not sure what this will translate as in terms of actual content, but I am still quite enthused.
My immediate reaction was to have a blog of design excess — or ugly design — but I’m already beginning to tire of that genre. So what should I put on there? Any ideas? The more ludicrous the better.