Since everyone else is doing it…
Previously I shared Emma Jane’s predilection for names taken from the Lord of the Rings. At various points I’ve had Aragorn, Frodo, Bilbo, Merry & Pippin (two identical machines), Faramir & Boromir (same machine, dual boot), Arwen, Treebeard, Saruman and Sauron. See if you can guess which were running Microsoft Windows…
I thought Treebeard was a fitting name for my current laptop (anyone who’s seen it will know why), but when I recently switched to 64-bit (and wiped Vista in the process) I renamed it to Hagrid – mainly because at the time I was re-re-reading the Harry Potter books. Treebeard lives on in it’s old 32-bit incarnation for now, but I suspect he will be gone soon – I’m very happy with my 32 extra bits.
Since I switched naming schemes Severus has also joined my network.
The rest of my current machines are named quite unimaginatively: Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii, Gatekeeper (my IPCop box), and iPhone. I did go through a phase of assigning names to network devices (like access points) but I grew out of that.
Schwuklet #2 also has a tendency to name things, although he has his own influences: he calls our car Anakin. Should I be proud that he’s following in my footsteps or sad that he thinks Star Wars always had six episodes?
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