Hi Melvin, and welcome here at CodeNewbie.
Regarding your chosen handle. It's your online identity, no need to follow peoples advise towards what you want to be named...
Personaly I kinda like "melvin" it has a nice ring to it.. If our
maskot here wasn't already named stan, I would have prefered it as melvin (don't know if Mike would agree on that)
Or perhaps my drawing towards the name lies in the fact that it's a common lable for moderators, aswell as Ted or Bill is for sysadmins.
If your confusion towards what your handle should be, is due to trying to
fit in or to gain respect in the online community, then you're way off. You don't become what your handle is, you define what your handle should be...
Let me ask you this, wouldn't it be more appropriate 5 years from now, to know that
melvin is this well known bad a** programmer, who eat
Prolog for breakfast and gusshes it down with galons of
brainf*ck befor finishing off with a nice bowl of
Pascal. Instead of ruber or snaked or zo9...
Take a moment and think about it, now isn't the name
melvin a more likeable name for someone you can identify yourself with, when refering to the previus caracter ??
The ones you've suggested kinda reminds me of some 14 year old script kiddie, trying to sound far too advanced than their current situation.
Sorry if that last remark offened anyone...
Anyway, I'm just babling on and on and could probably continue all morning on this subject. Instead I will let you ponder on your current situation and welcome you here at CodeNewbie, where I'm sure we can fullfill your every needs.
By the way, using the name
marvin wouldn't be a bad choice aswell....