So, a month or two ago, I got fed up of this and decided to use my programming skills to tackle this problem. Using drop lists, algorithms and quite a few metrics, I finally managed to produce something that gives interesting and available .com domain names as results!
The daily quantity of both suitable and available domain names varies, but I generally get 20-40 without a problem.
To give you an idea, here is the list I generated yesterday:
arcticpack.com basetable.com bashtracker.com bulletstocks.com campusrally.com carbongenie.com chilltree.com codesmell.com crowdcome.com earthunit.com extrasmiles.com fiberoasis.com filmshout.com foxyflyer.com gatorhire.com geekimpact.com goodprog.com mailshaker.com metafollow.com ownerfind.com phonemama.com calltap.com racerapp.com rubycoach.com snappyapp.com sourcefully.com stripspots.com targeteyes.com topicbased.com writerslate.com
Not the best I've seen (there are good and bad days!) but it sure beats looking at the 86000 domains expiring everyday, or even worse, trying your hand at coming up with something that isn't already taken. All of them where available yesterday and could still be right now... As a bonus, the names generally also give startup ideas! ;)
I'm imagining I was not alone having [domain] naming issues and am simply wondering if this is useful and/or interesting to anybody else. I can easily do it everyday if I get a good response. The important thing for me is to keep it in the startup/hacker community. I don't want the domainers/squatters on these too. I would also like ideas on how to potentially monetize this a bit if you have any. I was thinking of making a daily newsletter with the names and maybe sell 1-5 at a very reasonable price like 30-50$ or not selling names but charging a small yearly fee to get on the newsletter.
Anyhow, I'm waiting for your comments and ideas. Bonus points if you register a name from the list!