There's been a generous dollop of media coverage recently about people who bought up domain names early in the Internet revolution, and then sold them to corporate entities for gazillions of dollars. Owning a clever and easy-to-remember domain name suggests that one was clued into the Web long before the sweaty masses plugged in their Gateways. A few months ago, I mentioned owning deadlysins.com to a fellow digerato, and got an admiring glance. "You must have gotten in early," she said. Domain name fever has sent many would-be online millionaires into a buying frenzy, as they snap up any potentially lucrative names in hopes that a corporate sugar daddy will buy them out for ridiculous sums of dough. Most folks assume that all the really good domains are gone, but this isn't true. I would like to point out some domain names that, astonishingly, are still available to anyone with big dreams and the $70 registration costs. I only ask that when you sell them for umpteen millions, I get a small finder's fee.

Some of these available names suggest interesting niche sites. They're utterly undeveloped plots far out on the virtual frontier. You could be the settler that turns one of them into an online empire.

dumpstydumpster.com intestinalflu.com seethroughwalls.com dropthegirl.com ijustgottabeme.com (also ijustgottobeme.com) sinkingsensation.com spittingmad.com eatworms.com heartbreakofpsoriasis.com hideyourmoney.com (this one will go fast) glibmachine.com fundmylifestyle.com e-widget.com 1-900-cashcow.com adult sites mintyfreshbreasts.com humpinworld.com nakedgrandmas.com whips-n-chains.com pervertedhumiliation.com blowhound.com danglingtesticles.com pseudoteens.com washedupstrippers.com fake-orgasm.com getyourswerveon.com ho-rama.com

Remember, you owe me one. When you're all rich and snobby, throw me a bone and let me steer your yacht for a little while.