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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.

What's the deal with your nickname?
Shortening of my old moniker from the 90s. I don't like tracking software so I tend to mix it up in different communities.

How did you get it?
I'm Cheap.

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.

Worked in IT in the 90s with other Tech Monkeys and we swapped links and stories (Exploding Whale, Simpsons .wav files, etc). Been pretty steadily online since then - Various BBs, Fark, Digg, Reddit, etc.