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Warcraft Word Jumble – Well..Sorta :p
Hey Folks!
It’s been a crazy week for me, lots of (good) stuff happening at work and keeping me busy.
I got up at 5am on Friday to go and line up for my new iPhone 4. Very interesting experience! I live close to Canberra, which is Australia’s capital, so the store I lined up at was the main/best chance for me to get a phone at.
Now with that said, you’d think a reasonable amount of stock would be available for the launch right? I’ve read about the shortage of phones around the world so I was prepared for numbers to be smaller than expected but…
Seriously, have a guess right now how many they had in stock? I’ll write the answer >>here< < so after you’ve guessed click to see and let me know how close you were in the comments :)
Fortunately I walked away with one and so did my awesome girlfriend, Suzanne, who was a good enough sport to come along and keep me company.
So..the late running jumble this week! For starters it’s not really a jumble – instead I’ve rehashed one of the older competitions we did and have made it interactive. That way it’s easier for people to know if they’re right or wrong and get friends/etc involved.
Enjoy! Jumbles will resume as normal next week unless overwhelming feedback suggests something like this is better?
What’s in a name?
So if you’ve read my ‘About Saate’ page you’ll know that I’ve been using the name ‘Saate’ for over 20 years. Not that I’m particularly old (still in my twenties!) but rather that I came up with the name at a young age and have just stuck with it ever since.
I’ve been using the name for so long, in fact, that my signature is even a flourished version of the word ‘Saate’. It’s very difficult for me, then, to identify with folks who don’t seem to have a fixed alias and flow freely and regularly from one random name to another.
It’s even more shocking for me that some people are content to wear around names like “rougedeth” with blatant spelling mistakes that only serve to portray a negative initial perception toward strangers.
The answer is not that those others and I see things any differently, it’s actually that we see them the same. That which name continuity provides me – Identity, Reputation and Legacy – is what others would seek to avoid. To be able to slough off one identity for another is a valuable freedom to them.
I’m curious to hear what your perspectives are. How long have you been using your alias and how did you come up with it? Any good stories to share?