Marky Mark is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently wrestling on the Canadian independent circuit. He mainly wrestles for Stampede Wrestling and the Prairie Wrestling Alliance. Much like how his name is taken from the 1990s rap group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, his gimmick is that of an Eminem-influenced white rapper (similar to WWE wrestler John Cena) whose moveset is emulated from Owen Hart. His real personality is not far from his gimmick, …

James Atkinson is the originator of the open source phpBB Internet forum software, which is based on the PHP scripting language. He started it in 2000 because existing forum software choices were limited, and either too expensive or unattractive. phpBB has been constantly developed and improved since then and evolved into a major part of forum software on the internet. James resigned as phpBB project leader April 30th, 2007.

Erika Fuchs, née Petri was a German translator. Erika Fuchs became famous in Germany due to her translations of American Walt Disney cartoons, especially Carl Barks's stories about Duckburg and its inhabitants. Unlike the English originals, the translations included many hidden quotes and literary allusions. As Erika Fuchs once said, "You can't be educated enough to translate comic books". Many of her creations entered the German language, …

Scott Keith (born August 30, 1974, in Smithers, British Columbia) is a Canadian author and columnist who gained a degree of fame in the online community for his critical reports of various professional wrestling events. In 1996 Keith began writing his reviews on wrestling message boards. His reviews, known as "Netcop Rants" and, later,"Smark Rants", are aimed mainly at self-described "smarks". Over a period of nine years, Keith reviewed a wide variety of wrestling shows, …

Nancy Baym, Ph.D. is an American academic, currently an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas. She is a co-founder and former president of the Association of Internet Researchers, and serves on the board of several academic journals covering new media and communication. She is the author of "Tune In, Log On: Soaps, Fandom, and Online Community" (2000), a book which performs an ethnographic analysis on soap opera fans, …

Luna-C (born Christopher Howell), May 1, 1973, is a British DJ and record producer, known for his work in hardcore music. He made up a third of the rave group Smart E's in 1992, who shot to fame with their remix of the theme tune to Sesame Street ("Sesame's Treet"). Luna-C founded the Kniteforce Records label in 1992, which has continued to have a cult following throughout hardcore music's changes in popularity.

Doug Heil (born 1957) is a search engine optimization (SEO) consultant who is an outspoken advocate of strict white hat SEO. Heil operates the SEO Best Practices Search Engine Forums, a long-established forum for discussing SEO. Heil was one of many SEO consultants who publicly exposed Traffic Power, a notorious firm that had hurt many small business owners.

Bongkoj Khongmalai, nickname "Tak" (born April 15, 1985), is a Thai film actress. Films she has appeared in include "Tom-Yum-Goong". She portrayed a young Thai woman forced into prostitution in Australia who comes to the aid of the film's hero, Tony Jaa. Alternate spellings of her name include Bongkot (or Bongkote) Kongmalai and Bonkoch Konmalaï. Her first film role was in Tanit Jitnukul's historical epic about the battle of Bang Rajan.

Grigory Tsezarevich Svirsky (born in 1921 in Ufa) is Russian writer. He was a military pilot during World War II (1941-1944), then worked as a journalist. After publishing several books, Svirsky openly criticized censorship in the Soviet Union, and all his writings have been forbidden and destroyed in 1968.. Svirsky also criticized crashing Prague Spring by Soviet military forces.

Bryan Alki Alvarez (born June 12, 1975 in Bothell, Washington) is a professional wrestler and the editor of "Figure Four Weekly", a newsletter that has covered professional wrestling since 1995. Alvarez credits his pro wrestling training to Buddy Wayne, and is credited with training Ring of Honor (ROH) star Jack Evans. In June 2005, Alvarez launched Figure Four Weekly Online Podereseu Empire~!, a subscription website run primarily by himself, …

Braumüller, is a networker, mail artist, visual poet and painter, currently living in Hamburg, Germany. He has been active in mail art since he was introduced by the Chilean visual poet Guillermo Deisler. In 1995 he founded with Merlin aka Klaus Rupp, the networking art platform crosses.net on which they publish their art projects and collaborations with many other artists. They also hosted there the mail art forums, which are used extensively by the mail art community.

Polly Paulusma is an English singer-songwriter. Her first album, "Scissors in my Pocket", was largely recorded and produced by herself at her home. A second album, "Cosmic Rosy Spine Kites" (a virtual anagram of the title of the first album) features the same tracks, four of which were recorded with a string quartet (and without guitars or percussion); the rest at a gig in Manchester, England, where she supported Jamie Cullum.

Biker Fox or Bikerfox (born Frank P. DeLarzelere III in 1958 in Monroe, LA) is an American biker and internet celebrity who is known for his website documenting his weight loss through biking. Depressed and overweight after getting fat from buffets, DeLarzelere began cycling for exercise, eventually losing over 90 pounds. He is an advocate for the right lane being equal privilage for all bicycles in town.

Damien King (b. 1982-06-14 in Chelmsford, England), is an electronic artist and producer under the alias Digi.

Mike Kojima is a long-time editor of Sport Compact Car (which sponsors the Ultimate Street Car Challenge), Nissan Performance Magazine, Turbo and High-Tech Performance, and other magazines. His self-professed "reputation" is that of a "nerd" (having worked both for Nissan and TRD as an engineer). His columns (and indeed his vehicles) reflect the highly technical approach he takes to making power.

Miroslav "Miki" Đuričić (born March 13, 1977) was a contestant in the Serbian version of popular "Big Brother" TV series ("Veliki brat"). Despite leaving the reality show very early, he was arguably its most notable, memorable, and popular contestant. Born into a large blue collar family from the village of Kupinovo in Srem District, Serbia, he only completed primary school before entering workforce through a series of temporary menial jobs.