To answer the first question.
Abbibi let the domain registration laps and between the time it went public and he tried to renew it a domain shark bought. As a result Abbibi, Spongebuell and Gannon had to move the saved information to a new domain. Portablesofdoom.org was choosen by the forum at the time so that's what it became.
vskid wrote:Nerd = likes school, does all their homework, dies if they don't get 100% on every assignment
Geek = likes technology, dies if the power goes out and his UPS dies too