You have my blessing, and my amusement at the idea that anyone else might want to use that name. 
But maybe I should make you promise not to advertise in the DC area. grin
My “if I haven’t done anything with the domain in a year” comment meant if I hadn’t made any advances in doing freelance work at all: at this point I’m pretty certain that I won’t change names.
…hmm, “Blue Techne Services”… 
Of course, I agree not to advertise in the DC area (on purpose) heh.
Actually, so far I’ve only considered working for those I know, and thought I might branch out a little in a year or two. I doubt a college kid from Ohio is much competition for you “big-city DC folk.” - also, I hate driving in the DC area, so trips up there to meet with customers is a no-no. You have to allow me Philadelphia, though, as I am up there somewhat often…
Brendon
Maybe in a year or two we can compete for Philly.
I see my services as things that can all be done online, so (hopefully) my clients’ physical location won’t matter. That said, I can’t imagine aggressively marketing myself outside of DC/Northern Virginia: any work I get outside this area would probably come through word-of-mouth, especially at the start.
That seems definitely true. The only reason I have a shot at anything in Philly is because of family connections there. My aunt, cousins, and their kids all live around the city somewhere, each with a job at a company that is ripe with contacts (specifically, my cousin works for a place that has been looking into website design. She’s already mentioned it to a boss, since it’s a small company, and they are going to wait until I get the last project up and running just to make things easier for me. I told them I didn’t mind, but any delay won’t hurt me any.)
The sad thing is, I told Mrs. Small the name. She hated it. Well, she said…“it’s okay, I guess” which means pretty much that I shouldn’t use it. Since she is going to be involved a good bit (we’d like to do it full-time for both of us while she’s finishing school - about 4 more years - then she can work at a college while I work from home, since she’ll have a Ph.D. and all). Looks like I still need one. Too bad, the two I liked are unusable. Well, one is unusable, the other is disliked by my better half…heh…
Back to the ol’ drawing board.
Brendon Small
That was pretty much my SO’s reaction to that name, too. 
Darn SO’s. They just don’t get that it is clever, in an “it’s ok” sort of way…
I figure that no matter what, I will pick a name someday…
Brendon