Quothe the baconless one, "min3d started 100 yrs ago or so
when aol first started, and that was like only internet server out there. I had to come up with a name on there and the only thing I could think of was min_d. A: cause my name is Mindy, B: Min D is another way I write Mindy, and C: cause one of my many nicknames is Min and my middle initial is D. Anyways, aol being the boobs that they are, said no _ in your name. So I put my lucky # 3 in the space. Hence min3d."
And now you all know. And knowing is half the battle. G.I. Joe!