Where does your username come from? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: JohnnyMalaria
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 04:01:53 pm
content: Usernames come in all kinds of interesting flavors. I often wonder if there are stories behind them.Years ago, my boss at the time and I started pronouncing stores in the US as if they were French. Wal-Mart = Walmair, Target = Targe-ay, Harris-Teeter = Arrees-Tittair and so on. And I started being called Zhonny Millair which soon morphed to JohnnyMalaria.What about yours?

author: metrologist
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 04:13:21 pm
content: I like measurements, the instruments, the results, the theory, in all fields.To measure is to know.-Lord Kelvin

author: BillB
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 04:21:02 pm
content: I'm unimaginative.

author: Avacee
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 04:23:46 pm
content: At uni I was introduced to a DikuMUD called apocmud.org (port 4000) .. Avacee was a Boss Mob of one of the zones.I started using character names, or variations thereof, from that MUD as my various usernames.And bl**dy hell, that MUD is still being played - I haven't logged in for 15+ years :pBet if you mentioned text-based MUD's to many youngsters they'd roll their eyes at the graphics and having to use pen+paper to map zones and solve puzzles.

author: rx8pilot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 04:25:26 pm
content: I was always a rotary engine enthusiast. My 1st and 2nd cars were RX7's. I also built a few race Mazda's.A very memorable moment in my life is when I sold my first business. I purchased one of the very first Mazda RX8's in the country and drove it directly to my first flight school lesson.rx8pilot took off and landed that day.PS: The RX8 was a 'meh' car....the 3rd gen RX7's were the last great rotary powered car.

author: Towger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 04:31:07 pm
content: Generated by line noise in the days of V22bis and BBSes.

author: Messtechniker
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 04:40:01 pm
content: Sort of pun across two languages:Messtechniker = technician messing around

author: Rolo
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 04:41:50 pm
content: It's a nickname for my first name : Roland.

author: 4cx10000
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 04:50:32 pm
content: 4CX10000 - which is a very powerful RF tetrode - is clearly pointing to my hobby HAM radio

author: floobydust
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 05:10:05 pm
content: From 1976 National Semiconductor Audio Handbook.Chapter 5 has Radio Shack Mach One 15" loudspeaker with LM386's, feel the power of the IC.Bob Pease coined the term:“Floobydust” is an old expression around our lab that means potpourri, catch-all, or miscellaneous.In this chapter, I’ll throw into the “Floobydust” category a collection of philosophical items, such as advice about planning your troubleshooting, and practical hints about computers and instruments."I miss breadboarding the LM379S...

author: Ampera
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 05:56:13 pm
content: Originally I had the name Ampera (not on this forum, but elsewhere).That was actually something I had come up with when I was younger, before I found out it was the name of a car. I still use it, and actively prefer it, but I don't use it here since I can't change names.TwoOfFive is an obvious reference to Star Trek's Borg race, which uses fractional names. I don't much like the name anymore, and the EEVBlog is the only place I use it afair. It's not that bad, so I'm not too upset.Funnily enough, the reason I use the flag of San Marino as my image is for two reasons, neither of them are because I am Sammarinese, which I am not. The first reason is I just happen to find the nation interesting. The second reason is at the time, it was my only picture available on my computer.

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 05:58:58 pm
content: I am, in three ways at least.(I probably enjoy that way too much, to be honest.)

author: Miyuki
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 06:42:21 pm
content: Just my middle name

author: pigtwo
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 06:46:03 pm
content: I have a healthy respect for pigs and I feel like they are unfairly maligned.I tried to sign up to a website as 'pig'.Error: Too short.'pig1'Error: Numbers not allowed.'pigone'Error: Already taken.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 06:56:08 pm
content: When I first started playing Final Fantasy 7 I chose the name Stone for Barret since I thought the name fit him. At the time I was trying to acquire a copy of Windows NT to play with and found a Warez IRC channel called WarezNT. And many people in that channel had a name with NT in caps after it, so I followed suit and became StoneNT, so yeah it's not Stone-ent. It's Stone N T. Get it right you gobshites!I used to always capitalize the NT part, but eventually stopped doing it after it lost its significance and I was big into Gentoo Linux for a few years.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 07:00:07 pm
content: One of the most interesting online names I think belongs to the Youtube channel UXWBill. His name is William, and it was a combination of an "unexpected bill" (as in paying bills) and a nickname he had "Wild Bill" So he put it together "UneXpected Wild Bill"

author: oldway
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 07:10:13 pm
content: For me, the golden era of electronics was the years 1970s and early 80s.We had good quality components and we did a lot with little ....Now we are living the golden age of computing.It does not surprise me that some believe that the Apollo 11 mission and the first step on the moon in 1969 were not possible without the current technology ....They do not know that we were replacing the lack of sophisticated technical resources with cunning and intelligence.With the "old way", we did a lot with almost nothing, with the new way we too often do very little with a lot of resources.I prefer the "old way"EDIT: Another small explanation: why did I not provide informations on my location?I spent half of my life in Europe and the other half in South America, I don't want to give more informations.

author: MosherIV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 07:25:34 pm
content: Mosher use to be the term for someone into heave metal (just like me).The urban dictionary defines it as someone who wants to be differenthttps://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mosher%20%28n%29Why "IV" ?Just because I like the look of the roman numerals.Why the icon of an angry cat?Well I like cats, and Im pretty angry some of the time.

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 08:54:27 pm
content: GreyWoolfe comes from 2 different things. First, being in my 60's, I have grey hair, I started going grey in my 20's. SWMBO says it's more white/silver than grey but I can't tell. Second, I have an affinity for wolves, have had for years. Wolfie is my nickname in the ham radio circle I am part of and it shows in my callsign NW0LF. I spelled it the way it is because I liked the spelling from 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe'. Below was my digital signature for quite a long time but I haven't used it for years.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 09:03:30 pm
content: An interest in Tesla coils, and a modest l337-speak corruption as was the style at the time. I've used this nick for many years, so long that l337-speak literacy has all but disappeared nowadays!Tim

author: jmsc_02
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 09:04:29 pm
content: My initials and the year when internet arrived to my home...

author: Synthtech
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 09:21:12 pm
content: I run a vintage synthesiser repair and restoration service centre.

author: HighVoltage
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 09:32:29 pm
content: I have done a lot of high voltage measurements in my life

author: InductorbackEMF
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 09:34:31 pm
content: Always liked Inductors and always hated killing meters with Back EMF spikes

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 09:46:49 pm
content: Derived from my company name which if I was ever gunna be an Ltd. was dreamed up 20+ years ago when I was choosing an email address. The company evolved many years later ~6 years back. Worked well to keep everything short and simple....even the company website URL.Late last year our bloody ISP* pulled all email supportand a mad panic ensued in order to at least retain tautech as the predominant part of my mail address and luckily only had to add .nz@....*Vodafone NZ......They've been given the bigVtwo fingered salute and are happily no longer part of our lives.

author: MLXXXp
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 10:23:00 pm
content: I needed a username for a certain audio/video forum. At the time I was setting up a home theater system. I then started using it for most other things that need a username.Hints: roman numerals. HDTV.

author: Andy Watson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 10:37:16 pm
content: When I had to choose a user name I was in correspondance with a friend called Andrew - hence Andy, and (still) sitting beside me at my bench is a salvaged/recycled Microsystem70 Watson microscope.Sorry, in real life I'm neither an Andy nor a Watson

author: Rutherfordium
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 10:37:31 pm
content: I'm an element!

author: SG-1
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 10:59:45 pm
content: It comes from the product that I make my living on, MVSwitchGear.

author: gnavigator1007
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 11:01:59 pm
content: Quote from: SG-1 on May 11, 2018, 10:59:45 pmI just assumed you were a fellow Stargate SG-1 fan.

author: georges80
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 11:02:47 pm
content: Hi, I'm george and this is my 80 series, hence georges80 - though one of my sons appears to think it is hischeers,george.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 11:19:42 pm
content: Quote from: Rutherfordium on May 11, 2018, 10:37:31 pmAnd named after a famous Kiwi !

author: RomDump
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 11:25:36 pm
content: Found my handle when I started a project to get the contents of a flash chip to a binary file without a commercial chip programmer. ROM Dumping I guess is the slang term. I abbreviated to Romdump to create my handle.

author: High_vacuum_house
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: May 11, 2018, 11:58:12 pm
content: High vacuum house.Due to the large number of valve based electronic equipment I have here that I enjoy tinkering with and restoring. From 1930's radios and 405 line television sets to valve oscilloscopes and weird ex government or forces test setswith the occasionalChristopher Capener

author: retrolefty
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2018, 12:14:25 am
content: Retrolefty = Old left handed pitcher. Use to throw a decent screwball in my younger days.

author: Alex Eisenhut
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2018, 01:25:45 am
content: My parents!Eisenhut, from the great House of Eisenhut in Bavaria. Just kidding, we're nobodies. But there is a Hotel Eisenhut in Bavaria. No relation AFAIK.Alex from a Russian friend of my parents at the time.

author: Fsck
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2018, 01:33:25 am
content: file system check, for linux.

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 12, 2018, 01:58:13 am
content: Completely made up and not related to anything else.

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2018, 02:10:22 am
content: The university I went to (Texas A&M) had a club called Cepheid Variable that's basically a hackerspace for software engineering, as in if you want to do hardware, you have to bring your own tools and supplies. (It's best described as sort of a study area that encourages conversation.)Anyways, because I'm Chinese, they always say "Ni Hao Mike" when I arrive (it just means "Hi Mike!"), and the nickname stuck.

author: geekGee
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 12, 2018, 04:30:10 am
content: I'm a geek of Portuguese ( 'Gee ), more specifically Azorean, ancestry.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 12, 2018, 05:15:25 am
content: Mine comes from the free roaming wild horses in Australia.... but I'm not free-roaming and quite the opposite of wild. Maybe that's part of the appeal...

author: Rerouter
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2018, 05:26:05 am
content: Was setting up a username for Whirlpool forums, banged the desk because my old one was already taken, and an old Dlink router fell off my shelf and hit me on the head.Funny how moving to an electronics forum made it even more relevent.

author: Nusa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2018, 05:42:10 am
content: I've run into people with the same first and last name that I have, and one of them is even in the same field that I am. I've even gotten email intended for him by mistake on my gmail account. I got there first, so I'm the one with the obvious first-initial-last name@gmail account. I'm glad my last name isn't something really common like Smith or Jones. Even my real off-line nicknames are too common for online continuity, although I did use one of them in the early days, before social media really took off.Nusa is the name of a character I played for a long time in an online game. I no longer play that game, but the name lives on.It was cleverly derived from an earlier character in the same game: Asun NydayAsun Nyday is from the phrase "A sunny day". Making up character names is a process, at least for me.For a four-letter word, Nusa is amazingly conflict free online, so I use it when I can. I have a longer variation for when it isn't available that hasn't failed me yet.

author: dexters_lab
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 12, 2018, 08:39:08 am
content: what a great list of stories!mine is just a reference to the cartoon Dexters Lab shown on the Cartoon Network, the theme music has also been my phone ringtone for what must be a decade or more!

author: Lord of nothing
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2018, 10:47:47 am
content: I was lazy and put some random words in.

author: capt bullshot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2018, 11:54:43 am
content: Inspired by the 1983 movie "Bullshot"

author: fourtytwo42
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2018, 01:06:27 pm
content: Easy, hitchhikers guide to the galaxyMost of my machines are/have been named after characters from there too.

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2018, 02:57:47 pm
content: Quote from: Halcyon on May 12, 2018, 01:58:13 amExcept that it is a word, and does have a meaning.So does 'halcyon days.'TerraHertz is meant to be simultaneously a combined dual-meaning pun, and political statement.Terra is the Latin name for Earth.Also similar to Tera, for 10^12. The unit prefix in SI for 10^12 Symbol T.Tera is derived from Greek word τέρας teras, meaning "monster".Hertz as in Heinrich Hertz, cycles per sec, Hz.Energy in the THz range lies in between visible light and microwaves. It acts like light, but penetrates more materials. We just can't see it. The world would look pretty weird if we could. We could see right through a lot of shit. We could see the monsters behind the facade.So one meaning - penetrating Earth light.Another, by the sound: terror hurts. Which has both a personal meaning for me, as well as the obvious one.I use other nics in other contexts, but the whole point of that is to keep things separate and unconnected. So not going to list them. One is electronics-related and simple, so you'd think I'd use it here. But unfortunately, that would not be good.Used in the past: BinaryTears, CylentRage

author: Fgrir
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2018, 04:10:32 pm
content: ROT13

author: rdl
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2018, 04:13:12 pm
content: At one time there was a model kit company based in the UK named Halcyon Models. They were mostly known for their kits based on the Alien series of movies, but they did others. There were a couple from Aliens that I really wanted but I lost interest in modeling before I could acquire them. They also did a version of the DeLorean from BTTF.

author: 2N3055
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2018, 08:51:41 pm
content: Old, slow and dependable , kinda like me :-)..... Made many PSU-s with it as a kid... good times..

author: VK5RC
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 12:11:40 am
content: Amateur radio callsign, 73

author: brucehoult
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 01:49:31 am
content: I'm so boring. I just use my real name FirstLast on every web site and app. Either I'm the only person in the world with this name, or else the rest of them don't use the internet, because I've never had a problem getting that name. (It's probably the "u" that does it)

author: Tom45
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 02:27:00 am
content: My name is Tom and I was born in 1945.When I needed my first computer user name in the 60's a coworker suggested tomc. I used that for several decades until so many people were on the internet that tomc was often taken. So I now use Tom45.

author: warp_foo
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 03:08:05 am
content: warp is from OS/2 Warp...foo is the first meta-syntactic variable usually listed (foo, bar, baz...)

author: ucanel
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 04:15:56 am
content: What is mine would be?

author: VEGETA
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 05:10:52 am
content: Mine is obvious, from by favorite character in Dragon ball franchise... which matches my personality 100%: VEGETA, the prince of all Sayians.

author: BBBbbb
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 06:47:15 am
content: Quote from: VEGETA on May 13, 2018, 05:10:52 amAlso a name for a very popular spice/seasoning in ex Yugoslavia. It’s a universal seasoning heavily used in food preparation. Vegeta, the character, is by far better known globally, but not in this region.My name came long long time ago, as a reaction to all the 1337 names that were popping up when I played multiplayer games (same room times), I just got bored and hit the random button on the keyboard (letter ‘b’). Later I added some formatting (3 upper and 3 lower case) just to add a bit of differentiation.

author: VEGETA
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 07:36:01 am
content: Quote from: BBBbbb on May 13, 2018, 06:47:15 amActually, Akira Toriyama got the names for his show from food:http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Origins_of_character_namesand Vegeta is from vegetables.

author: Lord of nothing
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 07:39:31 am
content: ....

author: JPortici
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 07:41:43 am
content: A tribute, to the most beautiful city i had the pleasure to be and live in for a few years.Bologna.And my name is jack

author: IanMacdonald
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 08:31:40 am
content: Ian - Scots version of John, or Yohan.Mac - son ofDonald - From the gaelic Dòmhnall - Ruler of the (Celtic) World.

author: bd139
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 08:55:49 am
content: My favourite transistor

author: Dataforensics
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 09:18:11 am
content: Comes from over three decades of examining computers and associated devices as a forensic scientist. Out of touch now though as been retired for nearly six years.

author: gamalot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 09:25:57 am
content: Game a lot

author: SG-1
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 12:14:57 pm
content: Quote from: gnavigator1007 on May 11, 2018, 11:01:59 pmI do like Star Gate, all of them.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 12:42:46 pm
content: Obviously enough, my Amateur Radio callsign.When I started posting on QRZ.com, I naturally used my callsign.Later, I used it for eHam, so when I started posting here, out of laziness, I stuck with vk6zgo.I suppose, I could have called myself "Blue Wombat" or something, but it sounded a bit too "CB-ish".

author: radar_macgyver
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 02:26:29 pm
content: A colleague once quipped that if the situation was dire enough, I could turn a wok, coat hanger, microwave oven and AM radio into a radar. He wasn't saying anything about my skills, just commenting on the awful budget situation

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 03:00:57 pm
content: I was hoping for it to be a MASH reference; a prescient kludge-builder.

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 07:18:26 pm
content: I'm an Electrical Engineer and I live in Germany, kinda obvious.

author: kj7e
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 07:32:25 pm
content: https://www.qrz.com/lookup/kj7e

author: Edison
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 08:55:14 pm
content: Thomas Alva Edison - the inventor in the field of elektrics, electronics, audio and an electric car.My name is Tomas and from childhood playing with electrics, electronics, audio, motorcycles and cars.Nobody told me otherwise than Tomas Alva and from there .......

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2018, 10:53:49 pm
content: The initials of name (Rafael), two family names and the third is spelled in full. Brazilians tend to have quite long names, mostly because the family names of the mother and father are passed on to the descendants (the father's family name is last and we rarely have middle names). I happen to be a somewhat rare case as my dad passed both his father's family names down to us.Here in the US that becomes a loooooot of fun when dealing with official paperwork or trying to explain to confused droids why there's no middle name...

author: newbrain
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 14, 2018, 07:59:31 am
content: The largely underratedNewBrainhome computer.Very handy for tinkerers: dual RS232, the full Z80 bus available from a connector on the back.Half-compiling BASIC language, quite fast.All the I/Os were seen from the system SW as streams, and could be treated the same (very Unix-like: open, close read, write).You could write to (or read from) tape, or the screen or the RS232 with exactly the same code; of course writing to keyboard was pointless.The SW was extensible, so I added a Centronics interface: just another device number to use in the OPEN call.The avatar, though, is Oscar fromSyberia.

author: Daixiwen
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 14, 2018, 08:27:32 am
content: My Chinese name when I started learning Mandarin Chinese at the university.Dai is not a very common name in China but it was the closest one phonetically.

author: Gary350z
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 14, 2018, 02:04:41 pm
content: Quote from: rx8pilot on May 11, 2018, 04:25:26 pmI used to have an RX7. Nice car. Drove the heck out of it.I'm sure with your background you can figure out my username.

author: Calambres
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 14, 2018, 05:13:46 pm
content: Quite an old long story. Basically a pun.Many moons ago... let's say mid '90s, three friends and I went to a mountaineering trip in the Pyrenees. When we were about to reach our target summit (Posets) one of my friends suffered a very painful episode of leg cramps. We couldn't reach the summit and went back to the refuge. On the road back home we all decided to form a rock and roll band, which we did and we named it...Los Calambres("The Cramps", in spanish)Some years later, once the band was just history, I joined a guitar forum where I announced my then new web site:www.pisotones.comdedicated to electric guitar effects DIY. The name "Calambres" was ideal because, in spanish, this word means both "cramps" and "electric shocks"

author: basinstreetdesign
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 15, 2018, 04:46:12 am
content: I have inherited an interest in traditional jazz from my father. There is a tune I like called Basin Street Blues. When I decided after retiring the first time to hold myself out as a design service I decided to use the name Basin Street Design. The service didn't go very far but there you go...

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 15, 2018, 11:58:46 am
content: Initials, at least some of them.

author: woody
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 15, 2018, 12:21:16 pm
content: My last name translates loosely to Woodhouse in English. As that was also the stage name of an (in)famous Dutch accordionist I was called Woodhouse by friends when younger. That got shorted to Woody. And then 'Cheers' came along and it stuck

author: eliocor
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 15, 2018, 02:10:11 pm
content: 19921982: at the university I had to choose my access name to the VAX 11/780.I proposed my single name (rather unusual) but they said: too short!I added 3 letter from my second name: since then I have always used such nickname.

author: ModemHead
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 15, 2018, 03:04:45 pm
content: Speaking of VAXes... Many years ago a young lady in another department called me for help with her MicroVAX computer, something VMS-related. After a successful resolution, she dubbed me a "modemhead" because I could set SYSGEN parameters off the top of my head.

author: Syntax_Error
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 23, 2018, 11:30:03 pm
content: I always name forum aliases after "problems" or "troubles" usually related to the nature of the forum. So for a car forum it might be Spun_Bearing whereas for gardening it might be Root_Rot, etc. off the top of my head. For this forum I was hasty and used an old one. It could have been more electronics-related. Oh well.

author: @rt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 24, 2018, 02:48:19 pm
content: Some letters from my surname, Martin. Boring really.. and for forums, if “Art” is taken, “@rt” is next.

author: mathsquid
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 24, 2018, 07:37:14 pm
content: I'm a math professor, and I've always been fascinated by squid.

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 25, 2018, 02:13:55 am
content: Quote from: mathsquid on May 24, 2018, 07:37:14 pmI am also fascinated by squid, as in breaded and fried. Calamari, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

author: CatalinaWOW
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2018, 04:00:35 am
content: A place I lived plus initials. Used on a wide range of forums. Interestingly I did a Google search on this username and found that it is also being used by a lady in a very old profession. Apparently she doesn't do much of her business development on line since it only shows a few hits.

author: Cubdriver
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 25, 2018, 06:22:38 am
content: I used to flit around a lot in yellow colored, rag covered flying machines that were built in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Some one of these years, I'll get back to doing it.-Pat

author: Keicar
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2018, 07:54:24 am
content: I drive a 1991 Honda Beat - and have difficulty coming up with unique usernames...See also:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_carKarl.

author: Acecool
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2018, 08:32:50 am
content: I created it in 1989 to serve as my philosophy in life... A School, or Acecool.... To learn as much as I can for as long as I can and to be able to easily communicate it a way understandable to someone who isn't familiar on the topic... And to be a master in as many fields as I can...Legally, I own the trademark starting in 1989 the date of conception and first use because TM law acts like Copyright law - it's automatic for something new / unique / creation immediately upon completion... I don't need to register it unless I have to go to court over infringement - someone stole my domains in 90s and finally got them taken down but I still need them to be retransferred to me - they're trying to hold them hostage for $9000 so I'll need to fight them and provide the proof that I registered it, starting out for 10 years and GoDaddy or whoever it was ended up reselling it within that 10 year period ( remember those 10 year domain specials? Then them stealing domains from people - happened to me )...

author: lmester
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 26, 2018, 07:52:08 am
content: My username was created because of email server limitations and a lack of imagination.It was in the early 1990's when I first had internet access. This was only available at the school where I work. I used Windows V3.11 for internet access. Windows V3.11 required add on programs to add a TCP/IP stack and a web browser. Dial-up internet service was not available in west virginia. I'd expect that it was not generally available anywhere in the US at this time.The west virginia schools email system allowed a maximum of eight characters for an email username. I chose my first name initial and full last name.Using even a part of your real name is probably now a bad idea on the internet. It's far too late for me to change this. The Wayback Machine has decades of archives with me using "lmester" and my full name "Luke Mester"I still use lmester as my username. I now also use two factor authentication for anything that's critical like my bank web site.I'll probably still get hacked.I've at least tried to make my net access a little more secure.The internet used to be a safe place for geeks to play. I used a browser for years before I saw the first pop-up advertisement on a web page. And, A virus was some rare nasty code that you got from a copy of a friend's floppy disk or a BBS (bulletin board system) download.

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 27, 2018, 11:56:51 am
content: My "Mummy & Daddy" gave it to me in 1955 !!Mostly, in 'Forums', 'Quora', 'Youtube' etc, I use my real name, as I don't/need/wantto Hide my true self. I'm open to anyone.On certain specialized sites/followings, I use the name "NeutralDensity"......Mostly just for 'fun'... due to my life long interest in photography, amongst others !!(Orig pre-digital, a 'Neutral Density' Filter, as by the book, is a filter that reduces or modifiesthe intensity of all wavelengths of light equally, giving no changes in hue of color rendition).I used to often utilize some almost as dark as a welding-mask glass !!!! (on a tripod of course).NORMAL exposure, may be something like.... F11, 125th/Sec. However with this 'filter' it maybe an exposure time of 1 or 2 minutes !!... Why do this....Transient objects in the 'scene' like moving vehicles/people walking past, have LITTLE effect onthe framed exposure. The 'myriad' of pedestrians etc simply vanish for architectural shots!!!

author: Eka
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 27, 2018, 06:37:28 pm
content: My nickname that some old friends and coworkers know me by. Everybody else uses a different nickname.

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 27, 2018, 10:52:38 pm
content: QuoteAre you sure? I am not a lawyer, never mind a US patent lawyer, but the USPTO site says (my emphasis):QuoteISTM that just creating a cool name doesn't also create a trademark or servicemark unless you actually use it (and continue to use it) for trade or service.

author: capt bullshot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 28, 2018, 05:35:26 pm
content: Quote from: GlennSprigg on May 27, 2018, 11:56:51 amUsing these filters one can make real stunning photos, like the first one on this page:http://world.wideweg.de/fotografieren-im-wasser-das-solltest-du-beachten/Note: Not my photos, it's GFs daughter who does these great photos, she just published an ebook about aurora borealis (northern lights), planned to translate to English. It features really great photos, I'm impressed every time I look at them.

author: AntiProtonBoy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2018, 09:19:11 am
content: I wanted a cheesy comic book style superhero sounding name.

author: pelule
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2018, 07:32:03 pm
content: Mine is quite simple, no philosophy or other fancy things behind - just the first 2 chars of each of my two first names and my last name. PeLuLe -Done.

author: Red Squirrel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2018, 10:00:14 pm
content: When I was a kid and camped a lot I used to like playing with squirrels and chipmunks, feeding them, taming them, even petting them etc. We mostly get red squirrels here, and I'm a red head, so picked that on a whim once on a forum and I stuck with it. Used this username for at least 15 years. When it's already taken I just add FTW at the end.

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2018, 12:09:47 pm
content: Quote from: capt bullshot on May 28, 2018, 05:35:26 pmDear Capt BullShot.....Thank you for your reply xxxI know WE are slightly off-topic here, but that is life !!! xxThe photos you showed from your GF's daughter are very good!!!!!!!!!However, it does not demonstrate what I meant about LONG time delays in order toeliminate transient 'objects' in a 'scene'. What they demonstrated was 'Parts' of asecond to highlight 'movement' of water... to create the animated 'milkiness' needed.They were LOVELY photos none the less !!! xox

author: DG41WV
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2018, 12:47:03 pm
content: My old motherboard.

author: woody
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2018, 01:13:00 pm
content: Oedipc complex?

author: Acecool
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2018, 01:16:11 pm
content: I do use it in commerce. I created it in 89 but I either used it for commerce near that time or 90 or 91... I have the records on an old hard-drive... and I've been continuing to use it to this day - it's how I bill my customers when I do work for them and I have the name registered for my company name in South Carolina.

author: Jeroen3
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2018, 02:03:45 pm
content: My username is my name. And I was the third Jeroen at work and the scouts, so I guess I decided to be 3rd on the internet as well.Didn’t work out entirely, name was taken on some places.

author: senso
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2018, 04:31:59 pm
content: Mis-remenbered Sesto Sento, my head made a mashup and created senso.Only years latter I even noticed that it means sense in my mother tongue.Have a couple more that I use, but this is my main one, first used 15 years ago on an ogame account.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 10, 2018, 11:01:35 pm
content: Quote from: Jeroen3 on June 10, 2018, 02:03:45 pmThat's kind of funny because there's like half a dozen Dougs at a place I work with. There's also several with the same last initial, so you have to refer to them by context ("send that layout over to Doug to check" = the hardware/layout Doug) or full last name.Tim

author: Eka
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2018, 03:46:00 pm
content: Quote from: T3sl4co1l on June 10, 2018, 11:01:35 pmMy first name is the exact opposite. Always been unique at school, college, work, clubs, etc. I've never meet another who uses the same first name. I know there are a few others here in the USA, most being emigrants or refugees. Census data tells me that, but there are too few of us so I can't even find out which states they live in. For privacy reasons the census won't tell counts that a name is used in a state or region if the number is under some cutoff value. The downside to it being so unique is nobody can spell it. If they try, they almost always want to use the more popular form, or the Russian form which are both pronounced different.

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 18, 2018, 04:41:18 pm
content: semiconductor technology. The free electron wanders around. i wander from project to project

author: frog_jr
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 22, 2018, 03:59:42 pm
content: An homage to my father who most people only knew as Frog.When he was a new born, a young cousin came over and asked his name, the middle of which is Woolfolk.The youngster misunderstood and said "Bull Frog? What a funny name!"Well, Frog stuck from that point on...My mother said she never knew his "real" name until he signed the marriage license!So obviously I am Frog Jr.

author: Raven Luni
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2018, 12:14:59 am
content: Its a pun but also has spiritual significance.