Where did your username come from?

[astrokerb]

Astrokerb is a portmanteau of "Astronaut" and "Kerbal." The "a" isn't capitalized due to a mistake while creating my account. 

[legoclone09]

30 minutes ago, astrokerb said:

Astrokerb is a portmanteau of "Astronaut" and "Kerbal." The "a" isn't capitalized due to a mistake while creating my account. 

You can change it in the Name Change thread.

[richfiles]

Back in 1993, I got my first Mac. Went online for the first time... Went offline when we saw what it cost back then... 

Anyway, I had a stack of floppy discs, and each had different things. I used to label mine Rich Write, Rich Stuff, Rich Pics, Rich Files... Well, I was a big X-Files fan from the start of the series, and I sorta kinda sketched an "R" on a folder, similar to the "X" from X-Files is done... In 1996, I learned HTML in high school, and set up a rudimentary webpage... and this was the logo I created, in MacPaint.



Site best viewed at glorious 640x480 back then! 

At some point, likely the first time I used it as a username, I truncated it by removing the space and set it all to lowercase. The name has stuck ever since!

[Bloojay]

I like birds. I Like misspelling names. Boosh.

[KSP Bros KS]

Read @KSP Bro AE's post before mine:

My username story is pretty simple: Star Wars is awesome, and my favorite army from Star Wars were the Separatists, and since @KSP Bro AE is an Empire, I was going to be the Separatists.

[SpaceplaneAddict]

SpaceplaneAddict. Need I say more?

[monstah]

On 03/06/2016 at 4:16 PM, richfiles said:

...I was a big X-Files fan from the start of the series... In 1996, I learned HTML in high school, and set up a rudimentary webpage... 

So, we were brothers-in-arms?  (I take it it was an X-Files webpage)

Edited July 14, 2016 by monstah

[richfiles]

1 hour ago, monstah said:

So, we were brothers-in-arms?  (I take it it was an X-Files webpage)

Nope, it started life as a TI-82/85 overclocking page. That slowly grew, adding info on building a variety of add ons (serial port flash memory, speakers, light controller). I also came up with a process for adding a small 10 pin expansion port that allowed a more "cartridge" like experience with those accessories (rather than using the link cable to attach the calculator to an external box). Also showed how to add backlighting.

I had addend a page for my models and art projects. It said coming soon... It finally appeared last month... It's been there since 1997. 
I often compare my models page going from "coming soon" to "being there" to that one video game that came out in far less time...
You know the one, Duke Nukem Forever. 

After the first two years, I added robotics to the page (as the primary focus). Hosting started at GeoCities, and moved over to Xoom, then to ticalc.org, and calc.org, and eventually, to it's long term home, http://richfiles.solarbotics.net.

I never once had a page dedicated to X-Files on the site! 

Edited July 14, 2016 by richfiles

[Lobsterbottomy]

One lonely night i wished to have a lobotomy to rid me of emotions, and my favourite streamer had just put on a lobster suit, so I thought lobotomy + lobster+ bottom would make a good combination for a username.

Edited July 14, 2016 by Lobsterbottomy

[monstah]

35 minutes ago, richfiles said:

I never once had a page dedicated to X-Files on the site! 

I'm not bragging about it, it was the 90s after all...

[The Raging Sandwich]

So, yeah... I was just derping around and got the great idea of a sandwich rage quitting. My imagination works in mysterious ways... 

[ZachIsCheese]

Mine is a combination of two things.

1) My Name - I am Zach. I make stuff. I have a website at zachashton.me.uk

2) IsCheese - I asked a friend for a funny username and there was a joke going on between me and her (inside joke) and she suggested ZachIsCheese.

[Dfthu]

I've been using Dfthu for a couple years now. The name doesn't mean anything, just a couple keys close together. I like because its fast to type.

[MDZhB]

"MDZhB" (МДЖБ) was the name of a Russian military radio station. It used to be called UVB-76. but I prefer their newer name. Now, though, it's apparently become " ZhUOZ," so I'm a bit outdated already.

[Green Baron]

I found it fascinating how McNeice interpreted Baron Harkonnen. I just thought that Red Baron is worn-out, so i made it green.

 

[CombatWombat9402]

Mine is the name of an airplane in a book series by Phillip Reeve called "The Hungry City Chronicles".

[NSEP]

My username means National Space Exploration Program. I wish my username was more creative.