Namechk

If you're like me, and you sign up for untold numbers of online services, you could definitely use a tool like Namechk.

In classic Web 2.0 fashion, it's dropped a couple of letters from its name, but it does exactly what you think it does.

Just type in your preferred username, and it checks 84 different online services, sites, and communities to see if that name is available.


It works well as far as I'm concerned, although I don't remember signing up for Squidoo. Is it possible there is another myklbee out there?

Credit to WebWare, which is apparently now a CNET property. Who knew?

Google Voice/GrandCentral

So when Grand Central first hit, of course I signed up for an invite. I got it, and never logged in. As we all know, Google bought it, and who knew. Was it gonna go the way of Dodgeball (Rest in Peace, yo), or would it get the Writely treatment?

Well, let me tell you. Google has now reopened it as Google Voice. I immediately went into the ol' email archives and dusted off that invite. It still worked, so signed up I did. Now, for the last two or three weeks, I've been logging in each day to this:


I'm not patient person...