No, not Edson, Edsert, or Edsner. E-D-S-E-R. Still, spare a thought for those with the last name "Null", as apparently it still breaks web forms, databases, and commerce systems the world over.

She didn’t know what kinds of problems it would cause. His last name is Null, the same word used by computer scientists to mean “no value” or “invalid value.” The Nulls of the world ...