Origin of the handle:

Actually, I created it completely at random approximately 7 to 10 years ago. It's stuck with me since.

Skills:

I learn programming languages quickly. I currently know Tcl, Perl, PHP, Python and C -- at least.

What I use:

Hardware: Alienware Aurora m7700
AMD Athlon X2 2.4 GHz (Ubuntu says 2.2 for some reason *shrug*)
2 GB RAM, 80 GB hard drive (second bay open but probably burnt out)
nVidia GeForce 7900M GTX (256 MB VRAM)
Broadcom BCM4306 802.11 b/g wireless card (transplanted)

Software:
Ubuntu Linux 8.10
Geany, jEdit, or GNU nano (depending on OS and constraints) (IDE)
FileZilla (FTP/SFTP client)

Hosting provider:

Hosting graciously provided by terraweb.net.