I'm glad I'm not the only one with a domain name hoarding problem. After being burnt in the early days by missing a nice domain name to someone who registered it an hour before, I resolved to always register a domain name as soon as an idea came to me, even if the possibility of me using it was very remote. In the past few years, I've been trying to shed them, although it pains me to see domain squatters snag them as soon as they are available and put up tacky sites.

A few domains that were never used, that are on my to-shed list:

- indoorcloud.com - tools for self-hosting cloud services on your own hardware at home, back before everyone else was doing that.

- captainfriday.com - if you like high adventure, come with me.

- artevar.com, artavar.com, artivar.com - third-party web widget for guiding users in the construction of a cartoon avatar.

- denvertechscene.com, denvertechscene.org, beavertonwiki.org, beavertonwiki.com, pdxwiki.org - local interest sites.

- ulati.com, wunni.com, zylli.com, xylli.com, ymile,com, ypoly.com, xorri.com, xorra.com, xonno.com, ycolo.com - short, abstract names that might be useful for arbitrary sites.

Domains I may stubbornly keep for a while longer:

- cipherpal.com, cypherpal.com - Resources/news/discussion for cryptography and privacy tools. (A play on cypherpunk.)

- webreadnews.com - explore ideas for next-generation online forum/messaging/discussion.

- polipal.com, politicrack.com, politacrack.com - Casual MMORPG game; compete against other players guiding your politician's rise to power from dog catcher to president.