diff --git a/game.go b/game.go
index 740412e..09e9491 100644
--- a/game.go
+++ b/game.go
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
 	"time"
 )
 
 type Game struct {
-	id          Id
+	id          string
 	start       time.Time
 	end         time.Time
 	done        chan interface{}
@@ -30,9 +31,20 @@ func gamesTable() {
 	}
 }
 
+func init() { rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano()) }
+
+func newID() string {
+	chars := []rune("ABCDEEEEEEEEFGHJJJJJJJKMNPQQQQQQQRTUVWXXXXXYZZZZZ234677777789")
+	id := make([]rune, 0, 4)
+	for i := 0; i < cap(id); i++ {
+		id = append(id, chars[rand.Intn(len(chars))])
+	}
+	return string(id)
+}
+
 func NewGame() *Game {
 	game := &Game{
-		id:          NewId(),
+		id:          newID(),
 		start:       time.Now(),
 		done:        make(chan interface{}),
 		connections: make(map[*Connection]bool, 32),
@@ -61,7 +73,7 @@ func (g *Game) Create() error {
         (id, start)
         values
         (?, ?)
-    ;`, g.id.String(), g.start)
+    ;`, g.id, g.start)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error writing sqlite insert statement to create game: %v")
 	}
diff --git a/id.go b/id.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 24cf7ae..0000000
--- a/id.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"encoding/binary"
-	"fmt"
-	"sync/atomic"
-	"time"
-)
-
-// NewObjectId returns a new unique ObjectId.
-// This function causes a runtime error if it fails to get the hostname
-// of the current machine.
-func NewId() Id {
-	b := make([]byte, 12)
-	// Timestamp, 4 bytes, big endian
-	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(b, uint32(time.Now().Unix()))
-	b[4] = global.machineId[0]
-	b[5] = global.machineId[1]
-	b[6] = global.machineId[2]
-	// Pid, 2 bytes, specs don't specify endianness, but we use big endian.
-	b[7] = byte(global.pid >> 8)
-	b[8] = byte(global.pid)
-	// Increment, 3 bytes, big endian
-	i := atomic.AddUint32(&global.idCounter, 1)
-	b[9] = byte(i >> 16)
-	b[10] = byte(i >> 8)
-	b[11] = byte(i)
-	return Id(b)
-}
-
-// Id is used for tagging each incoming http request for logging
-// purposes.  The actual implementation is just the ObjectId implementation
-// found in launchpad.net/mgo/bson.  This will most likely change and evolve
-// into its own format.
-type Id string
-
-func (id Id) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", string(id))
-}
-
-// Time returns the timestamp part of the id.
-// It's a runtime error to call this method with an invalid id.
-func (id Id) Time() time.Time {
-	secs := int64(binary.BigEndian.Uint32(id.byteSlice(0, 4)))
-	return time.Unix(secs, 0)
-}
-
-// byteSlice returns byte slice of id from start to end.
-// Calling this function with an invalid id will cause a runtime panic.
-func (id Id) byteSlice(start, end int) []byte {
-	if len(id) != 12 {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid Id: %q", string(id)))
-	}
-	return []byte(string(id)[start:end])
-}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 447c56a..c9b6c6c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -88,10 +88,12 @@ func main() {
 	error_log = log.New(os.Stderr, "[ERROR] ", 0)
 
 	setupDb()
-	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":9220")
+	addr := ":9220"
+	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", addr)
 	if err != nil {
 		bail(E_No_Port, "unable to start server: %v", err)
 	}
+	log_info("listening on %s", addr)
 
 	go func() {
 		for {