Interview with a Doppleganger
Thursday, December 8, 2005
Last week I recieved a phone call from Mark Melville. What?! Yup, it turns out there is more than one of me! A common first name, an uncommon last name, and still there are a handful of people in the world with whom I share this wonderful moniker.
Of course I already knew about the Mark Melville who called me because I, like so many before me, have "googled" my name so many times that it borders on a sick obsession. Here are just a few of the ones I've learned about:
- Web Developer, Lehi, UT - This one is me, of course.
- Cinematographer, Los Angeles, CA - Though I haven't seen anything on his filmography. Incedentally, this is the one that called me.
- CEO/Businessman, New York, NY - Was at one time the CEO of a company called SteelTrace
- City Councilman, Gustine, GA
- EMT, Chattanooga, TN
- Webmaster, London, England
- University of Utah Employee, Utah - I graduated from the U, but this guy is definitely not me.
- Rock and Roll Guitarist, Denver, CO
- Product Reviewer, North Salt Lake, UT - Another one in Utah? I'm surrounded!
- Missing Person, Australia - Vanished in 1990
- Fish Theif, British Columbia, Canada
And many others including a woodworker in Chicago, a golf official in Scotland, an avid biker, and a security guard. There is mention of a video game tester but that is actually me. I found alot in Canada, so for all I know some of them are the same person.
You're probably wondering why Mark Melville the cinematographer called me. Simple. He wanted my domain name. Every web developer has a fanstasy where someone offeres them a big bag of money for one of their domain names that they got for $8.95. Nothing like that happened this time. He is starting a business, and my site is personal, so it makes sense to me that that we rearrange things. You may have noticed that this site is already running under "markmelville.net".
So, keep plugging away Mark Melvilles of the world! Do our name proud! Don't be like the fish theif or missing person! Be like the CEO and city coucilman! And no, I don't have anymore domain names to sell you!
From here you can do one of several things:
- Look at the web projects I’m engaged in, including my job, my side-job, and my personal endeavors, which could also be called a side-side-job.
- For those of you who don't care about web development, read our family update.
- Go fix yourself a turkey and avocado on sourdough.
- Drop me a line and tell me what you think of the site, or whatever else is on your mind.