The state of the domain name universe

Dennis Forbes wrote up some interesting Facts About Domain Names, which included a few semi-useless four letter names that were still available, like agjv.com. Sure enough, that one was registered on the day the article was posted. eiyk.com, however, seems to still be available.

I managed to resist the urge to pick up any of the other low hanging names mentioned in the post, but it still inspired me to doodle around at Whois.net. I ended up picking up fartle.com, because I thought it was a funny name. It wasn’t until after that I looked it up and discovered the semi-official definitions. Right now I’m thinking it’d make a good name for an e-card site. Any other ideas?

(via Seth)