Alexander Diel (born May 1984), is the
webmaster of a small network of
websites, currently attending
college as an undergraduate majoring in
Philosophy and
History at the
University of Wisconsin -
Madison.
Early Life (1984-2000)
Diel was born in
Michigan, in the contiguous
United States of America.
Growing up in
Wisconsin with his favorite
toys the "
Power Wheel" and later "
Ninja Turtle"
action figurines, Diel lived the fairly typical life of an
American youth.
During his
Middle School career, Diel made an uneventful foray into the world of
video game modification: editing maps for popular
computer games such as
Jedi Knight,
Starcraft, and
Half-Life.
While some of his works were publicly released, the only moderately noteworthy project that rarely sees play to this date were his
Half-Life deathmatch maps
Cathedral and
Hectic Hub (the latter sporting a gimmicky
laser trap guarding a
rocket launcher in the hub of the map).
Spending most of his
High School career dating, Diel's creative production dropped off while his income (from a steady job as
Sales Representative for the local
Dairy Queen Corporation) increased and his
hormones raged.
Although the first registered
domain Diel purchased was
layeroffrost.com, his first adventure into the self-published
internet community came in the form of his first
website "my.empire.of.dirt" (
1997-
2000), a
Nine Inch Nails fansite.
In a fit of boredom and frivilous spending, Diel purchased the
domain layeroffrost.com while spending his
Junior year in
High School (
2000-2001) in the
German city of
Sondershausen,
Thuringen.
When time was not being spent in
German Discoteqes, consuming mass quantities of
German alcohol with his aquaintences at
bus stops or travelling to such touristy locations as
Hannover,
Osnabruk, the
Austrian Alps,
Paris,
London or
St. Peter Ording, Diel would post random bits of
comedy,
band information, or general
rants.
Surprisingly, not sharing any cohesive theme, the
website amassed a modest 100,000 unique
hits before its first anniversary, largely due to the cross-
site promotion of the newly re-done
Nine Inch Nails information archive.
After the stay in
Germany, however, Diel focused his attentions elsewhere and while the
website and others of Diel's domains exist (and some possibly infrequently updated), the sites are mostly "dead" and static.
Most of his efforts consisted of pursuing relationships and
Disc-Jockeying for a local
radio station.
After spending his first year of
college at a local
community college, Diel transferred to the
University of Wisconsin in
Madison, and to this date has been pursuing a
Bachelors of Science degree, double-majoring in
History and
Philosophy.
Occasionally seen at
Madison bars,
Badger football games, the
Mall and his couch, Diel has kept himself occupied with a fairly typical
college student's existance.
His current projects include
graduating and winning his
fantasy hockey league.
Personal Life
Besides individuals savvy in the intimate social affairs of Diel, few, including the author, are privy to the details besides a few numbers and phrases: 7, 2005,
LOLLERBOMB, 21, 4, and
BOWLING ALLEY.
While carefully shrouding his personal life from outsiders, Diel was caught off-guard by the author and was heard muttering the phrase "I urinated my
pants for the next three hours, and to this day my
heart races with fear when I see a
mall Santa and I curl up into a ball on the floor whimpering, until the security
squads carry me out to my
automobile."
In what context this was in reference to, to whom this was addressed and why remain unknown.
From
open-source documents and
websites, a few of Diel's "favorites" have been deduced.
Movies:
The Matrix,
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,
Conan the Barbarian.
Music:
Opeth,
Nine Inch Nails,
Satyricon,
Anathema,
Aesma Daeva.
Influence and Wealth
Diel is widely regarded as an unknown.
However, to various networks he is known to be "That guy with the
goatee who's kinda funny."
Diel's influence can mostly been seen on obscure reviews of
computer hardware or his history of
whirlwind relationships.
Financially, Diel has an estimated
net worth of -$8,944.31 (December,
2005).
Most of that wealth is tied up in
financial aid used to avoid being thrown out of
college for non-payment.
However, the estimated
e-Bay value of his posessions is $3,113.26 (December,
2005).
Popular Culture
References to "Big Diel"s and making "Diels" (It is uncertain at this point if "Making a diel" is meant as a suggestive comment, or a binding verbal/written
contract between
traders/
merchants/
business associates/
purchasers/
buyers) are widely used in most
American dialects of the
21st century.
There is some contention that the usage of these phrases pre-dates the actual existance of Diel, but it is
logically impossible.
Famous Quotes
"You don't happen to have an entire box of Pop-tarts I could consume, do you?" "Roflcopter!!" "I've realized something, I'm sitting down." External Links
layeroffrost.com mySpace Account
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