Content-Type: RST

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? 


.. figure :: http://blog.opensourcenerd.com/upload/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! 

.. _dad: http://www.n2yo.com

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.  

.. _resume: http://www.opensourcenerd.com/resume.html

**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.  

.. _unsettling: http://www.ohloh.net/p/schooltool/contributors/17461189655584

**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...


.. figure :: http://blog.opensourcenerd.com/upload/indifference

**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.