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Origins of The Name

Ahhh the name... I have been asked this question so many times: "What is   DizzyThermal ?" The origins of DizzyThermal is actually a two-part piece-meal. 1. In 7th grade, an acquaintance - let's call him, Sully - gave me the nick name Dizzy . This became the username that I used (or was going  to use) online to protect  my real identity  (you're welcome Mom!). What a great name ! Uh oh... Two problems with this name : Dizzy is a very common online nickname/username What if a form  asked for a last name? 2. I needed a last name  that I could daisy chain into a username (and use separately as a first  and last  name - for forms). Good thing that I had a cool-looking Thermal take  computer case that inspired me. Fun fact: There was actually a point in time that I alternated between Dizzy  and Thermal  as my Counter-Strike 1.5/1.6 username. This was mainly because Dizzy was taken in servers and I ...

The Welcome Notice

std:: cout << " Hello world! " << std::end; Is this thing on? Good. Welcome to O ff T he T op (OTT). This blog will be a repository for me to dump my thoughts to. I hav e this odd desire to share.. I also don't want to pollute my Google+ page, so this seems like a good alternative platform. Maybe this desire was spawned by forcing myself, in college, to cut myself off from social media. I feel this has led to a hard disconnect between myself and people in close proximity to me. I am a strong believer in brevity, though I'll probably break this philosophy from time to time. Anyway , I'll see you around! ... Wait.. Who am I? DizzyThermal. I'll explain in a future post. Stay tuned!