Please include a list of your old IRC nicknames. Thanks.
GarethOwen: I joined in my early teens about 3/4months after the whole thing started while skyinet was around, known as KingGAZ and more recently DrDevil. Learnt a hell of a lot from various people to which I owe many thanks as they've got me where I am now. I'm currently doing a PhD in wireless networking and loving every minute. Never overcame my RSI but using voice recognition and much rest to get around the problem. Broke away from computer nerdiness when I started uni and developed a rather active social life. Nice to hear where everyone is, and thanks to everyone that I came in contact with.
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AdamChlipala: I'm working on a DoctoralDegree at UC Berkeley. I've been actively involved with TPU since you may have first known me as one of its admins (Psion), and I'm continuing that involvement with this new group. See The Internet Hosting Cooperative, to which many old TPU members belong, if the idea of member-managed Internet hosting intrigues you. More information is on my personal site. |
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FrancoisDenisGonthier: Computer science student at Université de Sherbrooke in Québec, Canada. I will hopefully do a MastersDegree in computer engineering next year but I change my mind on this every 2 weeks or so. I've been involved in TPU (mostly on #TPU) since the early beginings. At the time, I was the guy that could barely write english. I'm a bit better now. Having lived in Quebec since I'm born, you won't be surprised to know that my natural language is french. I've started a new homepage at http://www-edu.gel.usherbrooke.ca/99832774/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi.
Oh! The nicks I have used on IRC are: Gunther, Neumann (and ponctuated variants), Maus (& ponctuated variants) and TheMaus.
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JeremyPenner: I was very active in TPU from its early days on, but these days I mostly just hang around #tpu because I already hang out on Freenode, where I meagrely contribute to various nostalgia-based open-source projects. (If you've ever played Leisure Suit Larry in QNX, that's thanks to me. =]) Yes, I'm finishing up an honours Computer Science degree at the University of Manitoba, but who cares? My real education has come from working for Astra Network as an EmbeddedSystems consultant, using QNX. Embedded systems are great. I love working in constrained computing environments. I also love good code. A proper balance between the two is exquisite. I work on a variety of cool projects, most of which I have pointers to on my personal page. |
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I go by the handle ApM, and generally don't like to acknowledge that I used to go by (*sigh*) ArmpitMan. In the past, I have flirted with the nicknames "dionysus" (although I think I misspelled it), "kukjavel", and "brRaAaiInSs". |
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RobinTavender: Me? "I-I hardly know, Sir, just at present-at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then." (LewisCarroll) Hello. Well, Philosophy student at the University of British Columbia. There's abolutely nothing useful about me, and it is located at this place.
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RyanMikulovsky: This is confusion, am I confusing you? I was known as Qubit. Now I'm either Assam, Kuril, Earl or Plurisy on #tpu. I hope to attend some form of higher education and do some good living in the not-too-distant future |
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LukeChao: Oh, the identities I've been through: xekul, Muad'Dib, IceCub, MackTheKnife--and I'm sure there are others. I'm about to start my last year at the University of Toronto and, more importantly, a writing career in the theatre. Or something like that. As for my day job, I figure I'll just drift from land to land... |
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MikeLeonhard: I started at the College_of_DuPage and then transferred to the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). At UIC, I studied electrical engineering for one semester and then switched to computer science. Right now I'm in Japan, studying the Japanese language for one year at Chiba University. I will return to the States in August 2005. I hope to graduate in December 2006. I'm still fantasizing about cryptographically secure digital money and virtual machines. |
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SkylanHill: So, like, I'm Skylan Hill, but you might have known me as: Sky, PostalMan, Skylan, SkyLAN, skylanh, sjh, and now just plain "skylan"--I hang out on #tpu continuously, unless I'm traveling in which case I'm not there, but I'm working on a solution to that (just as soon as my cybernetic implant arrives... woohooo!). You could visit my home page, but you'd be sadly disappointed to find No Content! I'm one of the older (age-wise) core-members of tpu, and show advanced signs of the rapid onset of perpetual bachelor-hood; pity me--or not. I divide my time between making sarcastic comments, and making my eyesight worse, sometimes both at the same time.
RobGubler: Lets see... I too have been apart of TPU since the age of 14/15. It's been quite a while since those days but my online handles have pretty much been consistent (tarsin, rob, rgubler). Having escaped the wrath of my parents, I've moved to California, and am working as a Software Developer, primarily working on RTOS for embedded systems including the NetARM, ColdFire, and miscellaneous work on the MCS-51 series microprocessor and GUI applications for Windows. In the next year or so I will be transferring to a UC, which will probably be UCI. TPU is a great outlet for discussing/ranting/arguing about minute details! Honestly though this community has managed to stay together for some time, which is an accomplishment in itself.
KyleConsalus: Ah, TPU. I recall finding it in a period where I dreamed of being an elite hax0r and all. I recall that my first words typed in #tpu were something along the lines of, "The problem with C is that it sucks at graphics." Then, I hung out there waay too often and did a lot of talking about projects without really ever doing more than starting any. Now, I'm pursuing my Masters Degree in computer science at the University of Illinois. Fun fun. I am honestly amazed that TPU isn't dead yet. Oh, right, I was kbot and ptolomy for a short time.
DavidBettis: Also known as extech in years past, but enthalpyX for the past 5 years. I stumbled across #tpu by a weird confluence of events. I'm not even sure I remember all the links. I want to say 1998 was my entry point. Regardless, I'm majoring in computer science at the University of Maryland, College Park. I have graduate school aspirations; interested in networking/security/graph theory. I have a strong dislike for all things Microsoft (buggy software-- and I can always fall back on dishonorable business practices). Check back in 1.5 years.
JacobForstater: Commonly known as CompFreak, the often made fun of newbie. After coming across #tpu when he was 12, he was endlessly tortured by Psion, and his cohorts. However, through this he became friends with DavidBettis through a string of never-ending aim conversations. Jacob is a Physics major at James Madison University with aspirations for grad school. Who knows though, he might end up a math major.
BemAjaniJonesBey: Known as ajani, DuskCat, ramen, and probably other things I forget. I haven't really hung out on tpu irc in a long time, but I do still exist. I'm graduting from Berkeley in a few days, so I might as well be considered graduated. Now, I'm looking for a job. Wish me luck. I have a web page, with sadly, not much code, but hopefully that will change. I think that's about all for now.
P.S. My last name is actually Jones-Bey. The Wiki doesn't seem to like the hyphen. Silly Wiki.
KeithBarrette: Known on IRC as Daedalus_ (always with the underscore), I've been around TPU for a while. I can remember the skyinet days! Right now I'm finishing up a BS in Computer Science at the University of Rhode Island. I don't really like my job (I write code for the Navy as a civilian contractor), but I'll hopefully find something interesting before too long.
PhilipThiem: Known as witwerg. I have a BS in Computer Science and a BS in Mathmatics from the University of Missouri-Rolla. I current have several personal programming projects, am working, and am forming a hosting/development company with some friends based mostly on free software. my email was at ptt_at_umr.edu, but will be changing to witwerg_at_icequake.net.
RichardSim: I've been a TPU member since I was around 15/16 and am now 22. Pretty much everything to do with TPU is a hazy blur now, though I did idle on IRC a fair bit 'back in the day', using the nickname Nutter. Since I idle on freenode.net anyway, you'll probably see me around the channel from time to time (if I ever remember that is 
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I have always been totally addicted to programming, and it's taken me around the world already; from being a programmer at Ratbag Games in Adelaide, South Australia, to being a programmer at Relic Entertainment (where I am currently) in Vancouver, BC, Canada! At both companies I've been a graphics programmer as this is where my true passion lies.
As for life outside of programming, I live with my girlfriend of 3 years, and we enjoy attempting to rollerblade around the paths along the waterfront here in Vancouver, cooking, shopping, and the usual couple things like that. I'm also hopelessly addicted to racing offroad R/C cars, though it's been about a year since I was last able to do this, but it won't be long until I'm able to get back into it.. it's just a matter of getting a real car first.
That's about it for me - stop by the channel sometime and I might be there!
DavidJoyner: I joined TPU a long time ago (right after the skyinet days), using a few different nicks, the last of which was Mjolnir. Just before coming to NC State University in 2000, I decided I no longer wanted to pursue a career in computer science, so I switched to Biomedical Engineering. I'm graduating in 2004 with degrees in that and Biological Engineering, and hopefully going to medical school afterward.
JohanVenter: I've been with TPU since the age of 13, under the alias of sphinX. I was around mostly during the revisions of GarethOwen and even once had a web conference with him from Australia! Anyway, I was the administrator of the DJGPP interest group for a while for which I wrote a C based CGI much like the TPU incarnation of the time (thanks to Gareth's help), but at that time the whole InterestGroup concept had been failing dismally, with lack of interest and participation. I'm currently in my first year of Computer Systems Engineering at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.
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DavidKitchin: Yeah, so I started this whole mess when I was 13, a month before starting high school (see TpuHistory) ;-). I was mostly there to get the ball rolling and tack people onto the huge mailto link. Once #tpu came into its own and AdamChlipala started doing the meaty administration, I stepped out (or was "overthrown", though TpuHistory doesn't really go into that part). Since then, I hacked my way through high school, and I've been pursuing a degree in ComputerScience at Carnegie Mellon University (from which Adam just graduated). I hope to be finished by the end of the fall semester, and my plans for graduate school are as yet undecided. Look for the occasional tweak to MlLanguage or ObjectiveCaml. |
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JustinHart: I found TPU by searching altavista back in the skyinet days. Hung out quite a bit as Nitsuj in my time, then went to college and spent less time there. I spent three years doing my bachelors in Computer Science at West Virginia University, graduated, spent six months on a mini-vacation and another three years working as a software engineer at SFA, a defense contractor in Va Beach. I spent another year at Cornell University doing my Masters of Engineering, the past nine months as a research assistant at the Intelligent Information Systems Institute, and start my PhD at Yale University in the Fall. I can still be seen as NitsujTPU in a few forums, such as Slashdot.
AndreiProkopiw: I go by the alias of dublisk on IRC. I started hanging out in #tpu sometime in 96/97. I am entering my 4th and last year as an undergraduate at Dartmouth College, where I am majoring in math. I will by applying for graduate school soon, we'll see how it goes.
Jarrod Davis: I've gone by jdavis, jarrod and mostly ragnar0k which I still use. I've been on since the days of yore on skinet.net I recall when Luke went as xekul and Adam as Psion. As others, I've since grown out of programming and am receiving a degree in German Studies with a minor in Philosophy in December 03. Thereafter I am moving to Germany to study Linguistics at the graduate level. I use my computer alot, but have lost interest using it for more than practical purposes and real languages interest me considerably more. I speak English and German, and have studied Spanish for two years and Danish for 1. I hope to take arabic next year.
Marcin Zolnieruk: Yep, thats my real name... in the user profile I have always written George Washington... I was never a truly active TPU member, but I always loved to read the posts of others. I started my adventure (with reading your posts ) back in 97, when i was 14. Currently im starting my studying days in computer programming in Poland, and am 20. I`m quite astoned that TPU is still alive. It does bring nice memories of hours spent in front of the monitor laughing at your somewhat (icecube) funny replies. Yep, TPU was quite fun. Some of you may remember me as: soldier, or IIPen... and some of you may not...
Justin Wilson: It's good old paras|te here, still kicking about and alive. (Hah! And not in prison or anything like that to boot!) I'm attending Bowling Green State University in Ohio right now doing my undergrad in CS and Asian Studies, this is my 4th year (as I spent last year in China) and I'll be finishing up by the spring of 2005 or 2006 depending whether or not I can also get a free year scholarship to study in Japan. After that, hopefully I'll get into some place decent to do a linguistics Ph.D. Most of the coding I do now-a-days is for class assignments, but I still love to play around with Linux distro's and shell scripts.
Adam Greer: Didn't post to much on the old TPU forums but now I'm decently well known in geek/hacker circles. I was LygerX on here but I am more commonly known as Ender, Ansatsu, or Pharoah. I am a A+ certified sophomore (in high school) and am going for CCNA and CCNP my junior year. Check out my favorite forum www.Port7Alliance.com (at which I am a moderator). Well I think I'll leave with a SQL Query I'm sure you've all seen before:
>SELECT * FROM clients WHERE clue>0
- 0 rows returned
ThomasHarte (BritBloke): I really don't remember anything about TPU, other than that I was a member once.