Aunt Becky Goes Christmas Shopping

About a year ago, I stumbled onto an article similar to this one and forwarded it to my not-very-techie pregnant sister. She scoffed at the idea of googling a baby name as part of the selection process. (I wonder if she did it anyway). Since then, I've been thinking I should buy domain names for my 3-year-old niece and my 10-month-old nephew and have been wondering what to choose.

There's a lot to think about:

1. My not-so-techie sister is very nervous about revealing too much about baby. Fortunately, my other sister (niece's mom) is less nervous about this. Maybe I'll use my nephew's initials?
2. I'd like to choose something they'll be happy to have - even as adults. Initials won't work because my niece's last name might change.
3. The domain name has to be manageable as an email address. I should have done a better job on this for myself. I'm forever using the phonetic alphabet over the phone. People probably think I spent time in the military.
   
4. Now, I read this from Alan Levine!

It's not just the selection pressure. My sisters can't/won't maintain the websites which probably means I'm signing up for webmaster duties until the kids are old enough - or interested enough - to do this for themselves. Maybe the dads will do this? Or, I can set up a Blogger account that publishes to their new sites. Everyone can handle that! It's worth a try. Off to Go Daddy to find out what's available.