Many of you know that I like to name my computing devices after breakfast foods. My new mobile which I posted about here (or probably just a scroll down the page if your clicking finger needs a break) has spent the first few weeks of its new life as a John Doe. This is unacceptable, especially considering that it, out of all my precious ones, has the most obvious name coming.
From today, the official name of my mobile is……………orange juice. Or “oj” for short but I`m debating whether I want to do that. I like saying “juice” too much.
So orange juice can now feel at home with waffles, syrup, and the memory of pancakes, who is still in Vancouver and has possibly been exorcised from the body it was living in (by that I mean the PC was possibly reformatted…but the memory continues).
naming ceremony begins…
berns said,
LOL, meg thats an excellent name. In the future you can just ask people to “call you on the juice”. BTW, i havent met syrup yet.. what is it? I guess i could make a search on your blog….
Eric said,
Yeah, I started naming my devices after Thanksgiving dinner courses — Pumpkin Pie, Gristle & Bone, Mashed Potatos, and my external hard drive, Warm Gravy.
Of course, now when I go to disconnect it, I have to click on “Eject Warm Gravy”. Which is either disgusting or delicious. (Depending on how hungry I am.)
M said,
B - syrup is my ipod nano…because it is so sweet of course!
Eric - that`s the most hilarious, yet equally disturbing little anecdote. We should pool our devices together and then invite the relatives over on Sunday.
Chris said,
Long ago I started naming my devices after famous fictional computers and robots. Currently I have:
Desktop: Deepthought
Server: HAL
iBook: R2-D2
Wireless SSID: Skynet
My former desktop (now retired) was named WOPR. Sadly, it never asked me if I’d like to play a nice game of chess.
I think I’m going to go with a Wonderland theme once the current lot are gradually replaced. New boxes will be named “CheshireCat”, “MockTurtle”, “QueenOfHearts”, “Dormouse”, etc.
