User:Awshuxs

Awshuxs (pronounced as Aw-Shucks) is one of many internet handles used by Larry Baggett.

Personal Bio:

I began using this name as a bug report ID when I worked for McAfee and Associates in 1994. I was the QA lab supervisor in the Dallas office. It was during a dinner meeting in New Jersey that a waitress asked me for my order. After I ordered, she replied "You sure have a sweet southern accent!" I replied "Awshucks, thank you ma'am." Well, the rest of the guys thought it was a great comment and the jokes ensued after that for weeks. It was during a bug report meeting we had decided to publish our reports to the general public beta team, however, we also decided that our real names or email contacts would not be used in the reports. We came up with monikers that the internal team would recognize in the reports but would not reveal our true identities to the general public. It did not take long for the rest of the team very long to brand me as Awshucks. I started using the ID in general log entries soon after that. In 1996, I changed the spelling to "awshuxs" as personal favor to the owner of local Dallas restaurant called Awshucks. This was so they could use the email addresses and domains that I had created bearing the name.

The website awshuxs.com is currently in operation.