Comments on: The internet changed my name http://ken-blog.krugler.org/2007/11/07/the-internet-changed-my-name/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:06:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: kkrugler http://ken-blog.krugler.org/2007/11/07/the-internet-changed-my-name/#comment-3 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:13:03 +0000 http://kkrugler.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/the-internet-changed-my-name/#comment-3 @JustinR – congratulations for posting the first comment! You win, well…not sure yet. Need an autographed copy of the first video game for the Mac? Bonus points if you can name what it is.

@anybody – I’m still offering double bonus points for references to the definitive set of characters that can be legally used for first/last names in the US. I believe Japan has a standard for this, as otherwise you’d get all kinds of funky never-ever-used glyphs from before the dawn of time.

]]> By: JustinR http://ken-blog.krugler.org/2007/11/07/the-internet-changed-my-name/#comment-2 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:14:20 +0000 http://kkrugler.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/the-internet-changed-my-name/#comment-2 It’s ok Ken, if you search for me on Google, you get some story with a made up character, one of my domains that Google magically linked to me even though I’ve never used my last name there and..if you scroll down a little further, you’ll find that some guy in my home state has roughly the same name, about the same age and was wanted for weapons charges and such.

But, according to most state law, “Ken Krugle” can be a valid alias, which can be made legal simply by using it. I went through the process of changing my name a few years ago. If we ever email each other again, I’ll tell you the story and give you a good laugh.

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