I had been wanting a website of my own for several years, but could never come up with a decent name for it. I have a habit of making rather poor choices when it comes to things like this, usually involving whatever silly fictional character I'm into at the time (take my email address, for instance

). While I invariably find this pseudonym cool and clever at the time, it always manages to turn embarrassingly dorky
fast.
As evident in some of the early Brass Goggles posts about my projects, I'm none too shy about my real (or is it???) name, Jacob W. Hildebrandt. Suitably Steamy and all, but a bit long for a screen name...
I can't recall the circumstances under which I came up with "Jake of All Trades", though I'm fairly certain there was some
daydreaming brief thinking about Bruce Campbell involved. Questionable man-crushes and UPN TV shows aside, I've so far been quite pleased with this name and have gone on to use it as my forum name here and elsewhere. The same cannot be said for my long-abandoned first attempt at a website, 007withglasses.batcave.net, which will never be mentioned, much less used, again...
The only downside to this name I've found so far is that causes some folks get a bit confused, thinking that I am either the malevolent Jake von Slatt or that my name is "Jack". While the former is completely insulting and inexcusable, I have become rather used to responding to latter unblinkingly and do not mind at all.