- Why did I choose the name "PencilGeek?"
- A bunch of years ago, I worked at the very secretive startup company Transmeta. Right before the Transmeta IPO, I wanted to make some flattering anonymous internet postings concerning information about my place of employment. However, posting anything about my company -- especially right before the IPO -- was strictly forbidden. At that time, Intel and a bunch of their (paid?) sycophants were trashing our company and trying to devalue our IPO. I felt it was vital to fight back, and I took it upon myself to do so. I had to create an anonymous user-name, and hope it wasn't traceable back to me. So I thought about it for a moment, and the first thing that came to my mind was that I was working with a bunch of "Pencil-neck-geeks." That name was too long for a screen login, so I simply shortened it to PencilGeek. PencilGeek is now used as a login at various chat forums, stock forums, and primarily used for on-line poker playing.