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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

For anyone who's confused, "pheideaux" is pronounced "F-eye-doh" or Fido. I use the name pretty consistently for sites that require a login. I seem to remember that I first saw the name on a tombstone in an Animaniacs episode, but I'm not entirely sure. In any case, the name is unique and I like it.

As for when I first first got into the Internet, it would have to be after I made my first website. I had surfed before, but it was still just a place - as it says - "for freaks." Once I started doing my own thing, I found out what a cool medium the Internet was.