In some later searching... the name in IANA and that it was in Burlingame piqued my interest - Eric Gullichsen is a rather distinctive name. Some of the histor

In some later searching... the name in IANA and that it was in Burlingame piqued my interest - Eric Gullichsen is a rather distinctive name. Some of the history of the domain can be read at Domain Names, Tonga and Two Guys Named Eric - https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-06-09-fi-1560-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-06-09-fi-1560-s... (and amusing to me the email address of the reporter was @best.com - and I remember that ISP from my days out there too).