So I was pondering last night, when I was setting up my new gaming machine (more on that later), about what people name their computers, and how they come up with the themes.
When I worked at Mindspring, way back in the day, the web hosting servers were named after Roman emperors. My website was hosted on nero, though I wanted them to move me to caligula just for the “geek cred” factor.
Some people I know name their systems after Star Trek/Navy ships (enterprise, arizona, etc), others use cartoon characters (notably using Simpsons or Futurama references), while others name theirs after planets, Greek gods and goddesses, or other things like flowers, animals and what have you.
I personally have taken a different tactic. I name mine after more…ephemeral…subject matter. My workstation at the office is named serenity, while my laptop is named virtue, and the server this site is hosted on is named epiphany. The new box is named inspiration and the Mac Mini I previously mentioned is named creativity. The “workgroup” all of my machines are attached to is named “ephemera”, though I’m trying to think of something better.
My question is… what do YOU name your machines, and how did you come up with your schema, if any?
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