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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.

I am Robert. I started out on alt.surfing as "Surfer Bob" in '95 for no particular reason. Beto is short for Roberto (and Alberto, and Adalberto, etc) in Mexico. Years later, I found I could only be surferbob #259 or so on hotmail, or I could be the one and only surferbeto. The choice was clear.

AwoooOOO!!!
Surfer Beto