#Linguistics So in 1997 Jim Kardach was involved in a project that would unify computers and phones into one standardized system using short-range two signals. At the time, he was reading a book about Vikings. Specifically about a Danish king named Harald who unified dispersants Danish kingdoms as well as much of modern Norway. Harald was a pretty common name for a Danish king and, like many rulers at the time faced with this problem, he was referred to by a nickname: blátǫnn. +