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...or you have your domain registrar doing the redirection for you automatically when setting up the DNS for S3:

http://iwantmyname.com/services/developer/setup-custom-domai...

There are quite a few TLDs offering 2-letter domains. These are the ones that can be registered without any restrictions:

.AG .CX .GD .GS .GL .HT .LC .MS .MU .PE .TC .TL .VG

Also see http://iwantmyname.com/short-domain-search

Yep, we're working on it. Sorry for the problems.

Update

Site performance should be much better again. Now having an issue with our domain search due to too many connections.

Related article from a ccTLD perspective:

http://internetnz.net.nz/news/blog/2011/nz-right-choice-Kiwi...

LOL, that's awesome :)

The sad story of the unicode snowman:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2035926

Yep, looks like Tumblr has some issues at the moment.

Why the P2P DNS project will not work:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1972834

Living off iWantMyName (http://iwantmyname.com) – completely bootstrapped, enough to support 3 co-founders (including me) and we'll most likely start hiring next year. Fun times... :)

Next year, they will simply apply for .BIT – http://www.circleid.com/posts/reduce_the_risk_of_url_shorten...

I would recommend to separate:

1. Domains 2. Hosting 3. DNS 4. Email

Don't throw all eggs in one basket... ;)

We've started building a better experience for domain seekers at http://iwantmyname.com.

Just would like to add that we're completely self-funded and proud of it... :)

We'll have one soon at http://iwantmyname.com

The only reliable way for domain checks is to query the registry database directly through a registrar instead of going through whois / DNS.

The iWantMyName DomainApp for iPhone would be another good tool for your list: http://iwantmyname.com/iphone

I'd really like to use my Google Profile on my own domain name like profile.myname.com.

Two questions come into my mind after this article:

- Will we still use domain names in 25 years? - How will addressing "things" look like in the future?

Your thoughts?

What about running an URL shortener on your own domain? Here are 10 tools to do it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=752144

Also see 10 Tools to run an URL Shortener on your own Domain: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=752144

Agree to 2) - also see our recent blog article:

http://iwantmyname.com/blog/2009/06/i-want-my-name-or-how-yo...

It's better to use domain.com/blog for SEO reasons. You should also have a look at other hosted blog services. There are plenty of options around with TypePad, Blogger or even Tumblr. Squarespace is a good solution too because they let you import your data from Wordpress, Typepad etc.

Check out http://iwantmy.name/a for an overview of blog services that offer a custom domain option.

Yes, it's setting up the respective CNAMEs, A-records, MX etc. for these services.

Ever heard of .TEL domains? They're the perfect solution to this problem...