I was never a coding rock star. That's an image other projected on me along with "he's a Ruby guy", "he's a Python guy", "he only codes scripting languages", and many other bizarre myths.
But hey, like David Lee Roth said, "Who am I to fuck up a good myth?"
I think the ZSMFA thing was hilarious, but it went over most people's heads (sadly.)
Watching your vim-fu at the first RoR conf (which I don't expect you to remember,) I still long for a series of vim screencasts from you, going into things like custom vim scripts and how you integrate it into your workflow.
But hey, like David Lee Roth said, "Who am I to fuck up a good myth?"