7 years ago I’d probably have gotten funding.

dmd: oh DAMN, my domain idea is taken
dmd: i had the most awesome idea. i was going to make a fake front page for “squandr.com”, kind of like isolatr.com, only this would be a Web 2.0 social-venture-capital thing where people could see things like
dmd: “The two million dollars you dropped last week on that promising startup has now been spent on twizzlers.”
[Shoegazer]: haha
[Shoegazer]: shitty that it is taken
dmd: and “Product has been in beta for 4 years. Do you wish to short / sell / buy … ”
[Shoegazer]: ahaha
dmd: “This San Francisco based firm’s product is still secret, but they’ve spent $1.7 million on launch parties. Must be good. Time to buy.”