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Posted by ty97 Nov 17 '08, 11:49

it's come to this. I constantly get e-mails from my brother that open with "how is wherever you are that I can't remember". What would be involved with buying http://whereintheworldisty97.com or something silly like that and hosting a simply page, almost like isitchristmas.com that just says where I am? I don't wnat to be paying lots of hosting fees for something so trivial. thoughts?

Responses:

Twitter. -- nm - mara Nov 17, 12:01 6
- Twitter and facebook status are too transient for 2 or 3 week stays. Facebook apps might work, but..... - ty97 Nov 17, 12:04 5
  - twitters are logged. -- nm - loosilu Nov 17, 12:12
  - How is Twitter transient? They stay on the page forever. It'll scroll if you keep updating, but if you don't, it's pretty much permanent. -- nm - mara Nov 17, 12:10 2
    - how often to you go to a particular person's feed instead of just looking at your overall friends feed? -- nm - znufrii Nov 17, 12:11 1
      - What difference does it make for somebody who is (apparently) willing to visit whereisty97.com? -- nm - mara Nov 17, 12:13
  - You could register a new twitter just for this. twitter.com/whereistom -- nm - oblique Nov 17, 12:05
I just checked. TY97SWORLD.COM is availible -- nm - peglegpete Nov 17, 11:54 3
- Yeah, I think he'd use a name his family knows him by. -- nm - mara Nov 17, 11:59 2
  - whichcouchamIonnow.com -- nm - oblique Nov 17, 12:00 1
    - L5 -- nm - zork Nov 17, 12:02
Here. Travel Calendar Facebook application tells your friends where you are -- (link) - oblique Nov 17, 11:53 1
- There's actually a whole bunch of these kinds of apps -- nm - oblique Nov 17, 11:56
You can buy the domain at godaddy.com or register.com and they'll even host it for you for a nominal cost. - Mop Nov 17, 11:51 2
- *gag* dont' use godaddy if you're planning on using their hosting.. -- nm - colin Nov 17, 11:52 1
  - I ain't using godaddy until they put scantily clad himbos in their commercials -- nm - ty97 Nov 17, 11:53
$10-15/year. why not just get a blog instead? -- nm - colin Nov 17, 11:51
just do a blog -- nm - decline Nov 17, 11:51 6
- blogs are so 2005, though! -- nm - ty97 Nov 17, 11:52 5
  - blogging is time consuming. one word entries that give location is what he wants. -- nm - pilgrims and indians love mandy lane Nov 17, 12:04 3
    - twitter.com/whereistom -- nm - oblique Nov 17, 12:04 2
      - This seems like such a no-brainer to me. -- nm - mara Nov 17, 12:12 1
        
        yep, it's free and easy and he can do it from his phone. -- nm - loosilu Nov 17, 12:13
  - ... so you start a dot com? -- nm - con_carne Nov 17, 11:56
Can't you just start a blog? -- nm - con_carne Nov 17, 11:50
Isn't this what Facebook is for? -- nm - oblique Nov 17, 11:50
Maybe $10 a year? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 17, 11:50 1
- $1.99 website! -- (link) - Dr.Vermin Nov 17, 11:53

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