Who is this Nick Barnes Anyway?

I used to be Nick Haines. Hence my old email address, Nick.Haines@cmu.edu, and variants. In 1994 I got married. We wanted to follow an emerging trend in Quaker circles and adopt a new surname (rather than retain separate names, hyphenate, or unfairly lose one of our names). In choosing a new name, we noticed that our surnames (Haines and Birnie) could be merged to form Barnes.

This new name also has the advantage that more people can spell it correctly than either of our previous surnames.

So that's the story.

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