IRC nicknames

Yes, I too would like to explain that my name is 'Wouter', and not 'Yoe'. I've always considered nicknames a necessary evil—'wouter' usually being taken on most IRC networks I connect to, and 'retuow', as some have suggested, being far too silly—and one which I prefer not to be reminded of if at all possible. No, please don't ask why.

That being said, I must ask: Martin, if you're only mad on IRC, why does your hackergochi refer to your nickname, and why are your blog and hostname named after it, too? I find it helps people limit their use of my nickname to IRC if I do so, too.