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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.

I'd like to see something like the Hero Machine for new web technologies. Create a customized super-hero out of any of the following: XML, HTTP, UDDI, WSDL, RDF, SOAP, Jabber, Jxta, XML-RPC, RSS. What logo would your super-hero wear? What kind of a shield? Maybe your super-hero would look like a Buddha, with a big belly and a relaxed grin? Maybe your super-hero would be a beefed-up Jim Allchin or Bill Joy? What kind of weapon would each of those carry?