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Kerrigan · 09:53 PM

Are you known throughout the internet? I know that MacNN has at least 2 regular members whose names I've seen cited in other blogs and forums.

Are any of you intarweb-spanning celebrities? Does your online handle ring bells wherever nerds congregate?

Eug Wanker · Jan 12, 2006, 09:48 PM

My 15 minutes of internet fame:

Link

P.S. Here my favourite post in the /. thread:

That sound you hear...
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by javaxman (705658) on Friday March 11, @12:43PM (#11911916)
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is the sound of Apple's laywers starting firing off letters to EverythingApple.
You have to do a click-through NDA just to get the -current- version ( 4.0.1 ) of the CHUD tools, I don't want to think about where this guy got his clearly pre-release copy of CHUD 4.1.0.

Are there sites that show off pre-release Microsoft software covered by NDAs? Where can you get the unannounced plans for Intel's next big thing? Why is it that people don't expect Apple to sue their pants off when they report this stuff ??

Don't get me wrong, I'm big on freedom of speech, press, and just about anything else, but... if it was my company whose not-publicly-announced-plans were being outed all over the internet, I'd be pissed, and probably suing, if just to find the source of the leak and fire someone.

Clearly, Apple's not going to make too big a deal out of this, since it's info in an app that anyone can download ( after creating a free account [apple.com] and clicking past an NDA ) , but still... I certainly wouldn't put this kind of stuff up on *my* website without a sure way to keep the lawyers at bay. On the other hand, since the noted version isn't actually available _yet_, they might sue... maybe it wasn't going to go out until after Apple announced quad-processor plans. Given Apple's recent lawsuits ( and court victories ) in this area, I'd think people would be a *little* more careful what they blog, but I guess not. Eug looks pretty annon, I don't know what you have to do to get an EverythingApple blog going, maybe he feels that Apple just can't get to him. For his sake, I hope he's right.

In any event, it'll be interesting to see how long AnythingApple can keep this page up, and I am definitely keeping my eye out for a new CHUD update...

quad G5s?? Damn, I almost forgot to drool about that !! 64-bit number-crunching goodness!!

ironknee · Jan 12, 2006, 10:02 PM

no but i invented the hat on smilie smilie (|:-)

Tyler McAdams · Jan 12, 2006, 10:06 PM

You can find me easy on google if that's what you mean

Kerrigan · Jan 12, 2006, 10:20 PM

I wonder who came up with LOL?

I like to think that I introduced the ellipses to online conversation. I recall about 10 years ago, when IMing was starting to become popular, I was frustrated with the formality of periods, and the way that they restrict the flow of online dialogue. Then one day I noticed that in Peanuts, Charles Schultz often ended sentences with an ellipses, so I began to do the same in my conversations. Now, years later, a lot of people do it and it is very annoying ... but obviously I was not the first person to do it, I just like to think so :-D

Stradlater · Jan 12, 2006, 10:33 PM

Famous? Depends on the circle.

I've had a #1-Top Rated YTMND.
I've had a #1 popular track on a site that merged with MP3.com awhile ago.

Cody Dawg · Jan 12, 2006, 10:41 PM

Um, yes. Sort of.

But not for what anyone thinks and not for the name you think you might know.

Cubeoid · Jan 12, 2006, 11:13 PM

I'm pretty famous around here, that I know for a fact. Anybody who's anybody has heard of Cubeoid.

kmkkid · Jan 12, 2006, 11:22 PM

I used to be well known for being the porter of the MS 'Watercolor' skin to both msstyle and WB formats... that time has passed however

BlueSky · Jan 12, 2006, 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by Cubeoid

I'm pretty famous around here, that I know for a fact. Anybody who's anybody has heard of Cubeoid.

TheoCryst · Jan 12, 2006, 11:35 PM

Meh, my name is original enough that a Google search will show everywhere I've been. Most of it is ancient though... in fact, never mind. I strongly suggest that no one Googles my screen name.

King Bob On The Cob · Jan 12, 2006, 11:46 PM

Same here. I've got several hundred pages.

Yose · Jan 12, 2006, 11:49 PM

A Polish site uses my last name for whatever they do (I don't speak Polish, sadly). http://www.nowina.com.pl and http://www.nowina.pl

Does that count?

SirCastor · Jan 12, 2006, 11:52 PM

I know the guy who created LiveJournal, and I wrote the first Mac Client.

Big Mac · Jan 13, 2006, 01:13 AM

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

Um, yes. Sort of.

But not for what anyone thinks and not for the name you think you might know.

Let me guess. . . porn star?

j/k

You'll get a modest number of hits googling my name. I have some things published. In a humorous turn, a foreign site once quoted me on an Apple topic in a way that made it appear I was an industry pundit. I'm definitely thankful I'm not overexposed.

Artful Dodger · Jan 13, 2006, 01:21 AM

Originally Posted by Tyler McAdams

You can find me easy on google if that's what you mean

that is so cool. i have Enos Country Slaughter's autograph. I met him in the 90's when the allstar game was at Camden Yards. Really nice guy

Rolling Bones · Jan 13, 2006, 01:25 AM

I am on Smoking Gun. I like to drink and get smashed...in my car that is.

Too much time in between movies.

Kevin · Jan 13, 2006, 06:22 AM

I had my 15 minutes back in the Public Beta days.

I was the first one to completely theme OS X with "original" graphics. (Basically made OS X look like a modern OS 9) with the "Sosumi" theme.

Later I learned to love a stripe-less Aqua.

I like consistency.

But other than that... no.

Tyler McAdams · Jan 13, 2006, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by Artful Dodger

that is so cool. i have Enos Country Slaughter's autograph. I met him in the 90's when the allstar game was at Camden Yards. Really nice guy

Thanks! I could get you Terry Holland's if you're in to basketball too

Cody Dawg · Jan 13, 2006, 08:16 AM

My old PowerBook 550Mhz is - for being a piece of crap and having the hinges snap.

forkies · Jan 13, 2006, 08:33 AM

i'm not, but one of my friends started dbgfhrgl, and yes that counts

rickey939 · Jan 13, 2006, 08:34 AM

Yes, I'm hella-famous.®

Oisín · Jan 13, 2006, 08:45 AM

Of course I am. I’m so Internet-famous that even the poor children in Africa who have never even heard of the Internet know who I am. That’s how Internet-famous I am.

No, seriously—I damn well hope I’m not. No fame for me, please: I far prefer relative anonymity.

Cody Dawg · Jan 13, 2006, 08:47 AM

^ ?

That means you're in Nigeria, Oisin, and you're one of those dudes scamming people?

ort888 · Jan 13, 2006, 08:53 AM

http://www.pixyland.org/peterpan/

I'm actually this guy.

ShotgunEd · Jan 13, 2006, 09:21 AM

I'm responsible for this

http://www.cocktail.com/recipes/w/WhiteRussian.htm

thats about it.

It'd be nice if someone would create some kind of googlewhack about me, like searching for my name would bring up some animal porn, well tactful animal porn.

Oh, I'm not this guy in case you wondered...

www.rossneely.com

starman · Jan 13, 2006, 09:28 AM

My podcast is listed on Apple's web site. Does that count?

Stradlater · Jan 13, 2006, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

That means you're in Nigeria, Oisin, and you're one of those dudes scamming people?

wdlove · Jan 13, 2006, 09:49 AM

I'm just an average user on the Internet. Happy to be with my friends and be supportive.

Oisín · Jan 13, 2006, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

^ ?

That means you're in Nigeria, Oisin, and you're one of those dudes scamming people?

Shit, they’re on to me!

Right, everyone, we got a code six here, you know what to do: computers stashed, files burnt, the facilities cleaned for fingerprints, GO GO GO GO!

*runs off*

Tesseract · Jan 13, 2006, 10:10 AM

well, I'm the top result if you Google my (real) name, and I was #1 on the llor.nu leaderboard for 24 hours or so, but that's about it.

Y3a · Jan 13, 2006, 10:20 AM

Within the Special Effects History folks I'm considered one of the experts on the old Lost in Space spaceship Jupiter 2. making a full sized replica of the special effect model right now! Using Final Cut to speed up some SPFX clips to see how fast the mechanical stuff worked. You can se some of the discussions over at the Replica Prop Forum.

RAILhead · Jan 13, 2006, 10:22 AM

Yes, yes I am.

andi*pandi · Jan 13, 2006, 10:31 AM

nope. It takes several pages on google before you get to a reference that's actually me. Damn having a last name that is also a regular noun.

my screenname is slightly more accurate, but there are lots of imposters.

christ · Jan 13, 2006, 10:43 AM

I'm often mistaken for someone famous.

rickey939 · Jan 13, 2006, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by christ

I'm often mistaken for someone famous.

Good Lord...that's crazy.

-Amen

davesimondotcom · Jan 13, 2006, 11:13 AM

Well, I don't know about "famous" but I am the first couple of results when you search for my name.

I probably get more hits to my site from my Vector Safari than anything else. Got a big boost from a link on SimpleBits and a few other sites.

Probably get more when I do the Vector Firefox...

Oisín · Jan 13, 2006, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by andi*pandi

nope. It takes several pages on google before you get to a reference that's actually me. Damn having a last name that is also a regular noun.

What’s a pandi? A baby panda?

Googling my real name, the first 30 or so results are links to my site, various posts on various forums made by me, and such. After that, I get a few of my family members, and then random sites that happen either (or all) of my names on various places, but unrelated to me. Searching for my name in quotation marks yields only 19 results, all of them directly connected to me.

This is because, while my last name is relatively common in French-speaking countries (Jacquet), both my first name (Janus) and my middle name (Bahs—my mother’s last name) are quite rare, especially Bahs.

olePigeon · Jan 13, 2006, 11:21 AM

I'm famous for hacking a Gibson under the username "Zero Cool."

davesimondotcom · Jan 13, 2006, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by olePigeon

I'm famous for hacking a Gibson under the username "Zero Cool."

Dude, everybody knows it was Joey that did that first.

And Zero Cool by the time the Gibson was hacked was Crash Override. Crash and Burn. Get it?

Amazing how that movie can make one of the sexiest women on the planet not that attractive. Who was in charge of her wardrobe?

MacNStein · Jan 13, 2006, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by olePigeon

I'm famous for hacking a Gibson under the username "Zero Cool."

Did she have the Billy Bob tatoo yet?

Doofy · Jan 13, 2006, 11:40 AM

Googling my real name gets the top hit.

malvolio · Jan 13, 2006, 11:41 AM

Although my real name is pretty damn rare, only the first 2 Google refs actually are me.

m a d r a · Jan 13, 2006, 11:43 AM

i'm mentioned on wikipedia [and therefore about a zillion other sites which shamelessly repackage the wikipedia database] for a band i was in years ago. dunno why? - we were never very well-known [if at all] outside our neck of the woods. obviously some love-crazed admiring fan has posted the article as a lasting tribute to my tuneless past.

Oisín · Jan 13, 2006, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by m a d r a

i'm mentioned on wikipedia [and therefore about a zillion other sites which shamelessly repackage the wikipedia database] for a band i was in years ago. dunno why? - we were never very well-known [if at all] outside our neck of the woods. obviously some love-crazed admiring fan has posted the article as a lasting tribute to my tuneless past.

Tee hee