I've met a lot of members in real life over the years, probably a dozen+ now. Yesterday (or some earlier time in the past) morning though I got to to meet one of the original three Musketeers of otaku (which includes myself, Justin Blessing, and James of OB, since we all worked on the video game site that evolved into theOtaku)

Justin and I grabbed breakfast at a French bistro right before he had a plane back. He's the person responsible for theOtaku.com Version ReDefined, a lot of whose code we still use even today, years later. He also made the CD version of Art Of Otaku.

Anyway, Justin is creating his own company that specializes in software for lawyers, which looks like it has a bright future. Justin also has an adorable dog named TAZ.