Character / Screen names and stories.

[I grok do u]

1) Just a simple question referencing a Martian word from "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert A. Heinlein.
2) Have used Grok and variants as the basis of several characters' names: Grok, Korg, Igrok, etc.
3) Been using it as an online handle since mid-to-late 90's. I now twitch whenever someone refers to a certain AI.
4) USA

[Java Man]

A friend in college stuck me with it, in reference to how much coffee I drank. Started using it (or a variation that references my RL name) as an online handle maybe twenty years ago, never as a character name.

[Bjørn Røyrvik]

1-3: It's my name. I got tired of making weird names for online forums.
4: Norway, for simplicity's sake.