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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

My name has nothing to do with "digital" anything, and I didn't intend my online name to say that I "dig men," though I do. Diga is a term from Indian drumming, adopted by Mickey Hart for the name of an all-percussion band, and if you want to know the rest of the story, feel free to ask.