If you looked at your URL bar when visiting here, you would have seen a change: I now reside at http://www.opensourcenerd.com. My apologies to the world's other open source nerds - and I know there are many who are by far more hardcore/pro than I am - but with such a domain open, how could I resist the temptation?

Well, actually, I shouldn't take all the credit. My dad actually knew I wanted it, along with my personal VPS, so he got it as my 18th birthday present. So, I guess this is my thank you!

Now, why opensourcenerd.com? What was wrong with sufitchi.com/filip? Or, why not fsufitch.com since that's my username everywhere?

Let's look at it this way. I need some memorable way for people to find my site. Say I'm at PyCon, and someone asks for my contact information and I don't have any business cards on hand (note to self: make some). I wouldn't want to give them my e-mail address, I'd want to give them the address to this site, so they see a) more info about me, b) this wonderful collection of my words called a blog, and c) maybe my resume. So, let's imagine some conversations depending on where my site is hosted.

sufitchi.com/filip: (actually happened before)

Person: Do you have an email, site or somewhere I could find you?

Me: Oh, yeah. sufitchi.com/filip!

Person: Cool, a last name domain. How do you spell it?

Me: S-U-F-I-T-C-H-I.

Person jots down sufitchi.com/phillip

Me: Nono. My first name is F-I-L-I-P.

Person: Oops, my bad.

Actually, not their fault at all for misspelling it. Filip Sufitchi is a very tough name. On the plus side, it's unique, so Googling me only gives results about me. Some of them unsettling since I don't know where they got the info from.

fsufitch.com

Person: Do you have an email, site or somewhere I could find you?

Me: Oh, yeah. fsufitch.com!

Person: Gesundheit. Can you spell that?

Me: F-S-U-F-I-T-C-H dot com.

*Person jots down fsufitchi.com

Me: Nono. No "i" at the end.

Person: Oops, my bad.

A little better. Still, it's a little awkward since it's my last name without its last letter. Why can't I make it "fsufitchi" and save some confusion? Problem: I acquired the sort-of nickname "fsufitch" because it was my 8 letter username in the school's computer system. Since then, I've used it for anything programming-related, leaving "fsufitchi" for use in all my chat and more social uses. I'm trying to phase into "fsufitch", to not confuse people, but...

opensourcenerd.com

Person: Do you have an email, site or somewhere I could find you?

Me: Oh, yeah. opensourcenerd.com!

Person: Haha, fitting!

Me: Thanks!

*Person jots down opensourcenerd.com

Bingo. It's easy to remember (even if they don't have pencil+paper), easy to spell, and rather fitting. Besides, how cool is it to be the open source nerd (according to my website)? And plus, who knows? The future's a big place, open source nerds might be needed! Or so I hope.

Edit: Amar Sahai proposes: "You forgot one scenario:

Person: What's your website?

Me: opensourcenerd.com

Person: ...Bastard.

*Person walks away*

". That's why I apologized to the other open source nerds out there at the beginning. And, if he didn't already read my blog, he sucks anyway.