Hehe.
I worked as a UNIX Admin at a university supporting grad students years ago. Back then, there was no firewall segmenting the internal and external networks, so all servers and workstations had real internet IPs.
As it turned out, I named one of the new boxes bofh. That fact somehow got around to Simon and he emailed me thanks. We chatted back and forth a bit. You might not expect it from reading his work, but he really is a nice guy.
(Okay, maybe he's only nice to other admins.)
You know, now that I think about it, when I built that server was right about the time the grads started trembling and slowly backing out of my office instead of being casual...
If I remember correctly Simon is Austrailian. His sense of humor definitely twisted. I wonder if he refers to BOFH on his resume. It might put some prospective employers off. That might be a good thing though. I'd much rather work for someone that 'gets' the Bastard than one who doesn't.
I, too have exchanged emails with Simon T. but it's been a while.
I do have an engraved plaque in my office that says
"What was your username?"
And, what's worse, most of my co-workers get it.