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Re: Googling yourself
« Reply #50 on: June 13, 2008, 10:09:59 PM »
Googling my name (first name, last name) brings up:

A wine maker in Salem, OR  (just up the road, but not me)
Me, in a listing on the seti@home website.
A professional engineer in Canada (not me)
A recipient of some sort of federal assistance in New Mexico (not me)
An attorney in Atlanta, GA (not me)
A doctor in Anchorage, AK (not me)
An HR manager for a company in IN. (not me)
A college wrestler (not me)
Me on the NAR website
A descendent of someone in the Midwest, relationship unknown.
A University of Nebraska alumni (not me)
A drummer in a jazz quartet in MN (not me)
A beer afficianado in England (not me)
A Canadian Forest Protection Officer (not me)
A review of a Japanese restaurant by me
A high school alumni that isn't me

And on and on and on.
There are a few ham radio related entries in Colorado about me that are quite old.

I'm surprised at the number of entries, actually, given that my last name is not all that common.

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Re: Googling yourself
« Reply #51 on: June 14, 2008, 06:41:33 AM »
Googling my legal name brings up a few references to posts I've made in Usenet over the years, my LinkedIn stuff and references to some ornithologist from the 1950s.

Googling the screen name is more...interesting as it brings up images of cute fuzzy kittens, Daleks, Captain America and for some odd reason a pink bidet.  undecided  None of which I've posted up on the net.
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Re: Googling yourself
« Reply #52 on: June 14, 2008, 07:31:32 AM »
Quote from: Mike Irwin on June 12, 2008, 06:38:30 AM
When I google myself I come up with a guy in California, some professor, who's a guru on programming languages.
When I Google myself I come up with a handsome man on the East Coast who is very successful in business and finances as well as the ladies.

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Re: Googling yourself
« Reply #53 on: June 14, 2008, 09:54:20 AM »
Quote from: Sindawe on June 14, 2008, 05:41:33 AM
Googling my legal name brings up a few references to posts I've made in Usenet over the years, my LinkedIn stuff and references to some ornithologist from the 1950s.

Googling the screen name is more...interesting as it brings up images of cute fuzzy kittens, Daleks, Captain America and for some odd reason a pink bidet.  undecided  None of which I've posted up on the net.

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Re: Googling yourself
« Reply #54 on: June 14, 2008, 10:04:17 AM »
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I knew I should have trademarked my name back in the 90's

Same here: www.scanR.com

I have used scanr since AOL would not let me have scannerdude back in 96.
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Re: Googling yourself
« Reply #55 on: June 15, 2008, 01:03:47 PM »
Quote from: Sindawe on June 14, 2008, 05:41:33 AM
Googling my legal name brings up a few references to posts I've made in Usenet over the years, my LinkedIn stuff and references to some ornithologist from the 1950s.

Googling the screen name is more...interesting as it brings up images of cute fuzzy kittens, Daleks, Captain America and for some odd reason a pink bidet.  undecided  None of which I've posted up on the net.
Well, better that your screen name comes up with that than your real name.  I mean if my name came up with a picture of a Captain America on a pink bidet protecting a cute fuzzy kitten from a Dalek, I don't know if I could live with myself.    smiley
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Re: Googling yourself
« Reply #56 on: June 15, 2008, 06:20:48 PM »
Quote from: xavier fremboe on June 15, 2008, 12:03:47 PM
I mean if my name came up with a picture of a Captain America on a pink bidet protecting a cute fuzzy kitten from a Dalek, I don't know if I could live with myself.    smiley

Wait a second, I just saw that picture...   cheesy

Will you look at that...I hit my 1000th post.   cool
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Re: Googling yourself
« Reply #57 on: June 17, 2008, 06:17:37 PM »
My username comes up with some gun company.

Since this is my first post, I feel the need to mention this: The smilies here are a lot uglier than the ones at THR.  grin

See, there's one now.
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Re: Googling yourself
« Reply #58 on: June 17, 2008, 06:52:25 PM »
I like these smilies better.  Plus, there is no barf smiley.  That one always made me feel a little sick just looking at it. 

We could use a few more smilies, though. 
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Re: Googling yourself
« Reply #59 on: June 17, 2008, 07:05:12 PM »
First hit for my real name is my face book profile.
Second is from my high school
Third is for some matching site
Fourth one is some site with info about army enlistees from the 40's with info about my grandfather who has the same name as me.

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Re: Googling yourself
« Reply #60 on: June 19, 2008, 12:15:59 AM »
I finally got around to Googling my real name and found&

A writer
A school Principal
A guidance counselor
A long-distance runner
A Rosy the Riveter type person of the 1940s
An actress of the 1920s
A deceased Virginian

Yes, they are all me and I had a good life before I wound up six feet under in Mudlick Cemetary with decent internet access.
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