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There’s a certain level of geeky connection that comes from naming a computer or a device. Some people seem to have naming schemes and consistent themes. I generally don’t. So Tumblr, what do you call your machines?

At Vimeo, all the dev machines are named after secondary Top Gun characters. Merlin, Cougar and Hollywood so far.

A little different, but my external hard drives are named Manjushri, Tara, Maitreya, and Lila - if you know what/who they are, then we would most likely be friends.

My iPod is Apollo (as is my best friends’… weird, I thought..), my external is Betty White, and my phone is “ChickMagnet”

1. salmonbits reblogged this from petervidani and added:

   All my externals are named after Roman emperors. The biggest is of course Augustus. All my little thumb drives are after...

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9. masomenso reblogged this from arturomoreno and added:

   I just have my Ryoko (MacBook) & Yuriko (ipod shuffle); seems I fit the pattern.

10. jamesheffernan reblogged this from blakewhitman and added:

    My hard drives are named after less well-known star wars ships. My primary external is called Tantive IV, which is the...

11. smotyn reblogged this from petervidani and added:

    At Cube, we’re all named after American states. My Macs are Colorado and Indiana. Tom’s PC is Delaware.

12. chrispazen reblogged this from petervidani and added:

    mine is Edgar. (hopefully he doesn’t try to steal my lady friend.)

13. poortaste reblogged this from lacey and added:

    Our office machines are named after Tarantino Characters - Mr. Pink , Vincent Vega, Mr.Wolf etc.

14. lacey reblogged this from blakewhitman and added:

    At my work we named all of our testing database servers after Sesame Street characters - Bigbird, Oscar, Ernie, etc. Our...

15. elleaecrit reblogged this from petervidani and added:

    :O I name practically every single electronic device I have and all my soft toys. They have embarrassing but interesting...

16. migueld reblogged this from pile and added:

    all of my devices i name after cheese. my laptop is roquefort, my mac mini g4 is gouda, my iphone is cheddar, my ipod...

17. diamond-rugs reblogged this from pile and added:

    Powerbook G4 = KILLER External HD = KILLER RACK

18. arturomoreno reblogged this from pile and added:

    My machines are called: iBot (iBook G4), Aldonza (Dell XPS M1530), Chachita (mac mini G4) and Linuxbot (Custom PC).

19. petervidani reblogged this from pile and added:

    My main drive’s name is Ferris and my external is Cameron. Cameron is such an outsider.

20. coreybennett reblogged this from cameronchristopher and added:

    i had the idea of naming all of my externals after movie directors that i enjoyed. Each HD is named accordingly to what...

21. cameronchristopher reblogged this from blakewhitman and added:

    My iPod is Apollo (as is my best friends’… weird, I thought..), my external is Betty White, and my phone is...

22. blakewhitman reblogged this from pile and added:

    A little different, but my external hard drives are named Manjushri, Tara, Maitreya, and Lila - if you know what/who...

23. williamcotton reblogged this from pile and added:

    At BR, Steroidal Bay Area Sluggers… So far, Canseco and MacGuire…

24. srsly reblogged this from thebalaclava and added:

    Phone - Eric (Sony Ericsson… getitgetitgetit) Ipod Nano 1st gen - Cambria Ipod classic - Chanandler Bong Laptop - piece...

25. sandboxwarrior reblogged this from pile and added:

    I only use one computer now that I don’t have my PC at school my hard drives...song...

26. epicstratton reblogged this from amwelles and added:

    My MacBook is “Crowley” My iPhone is “Aziraphale” My Airport Express is “Robot Juice” The Wii is “Milk Box” Reblogged -...

27. pile reblogged this from nostrich and added:

    dev machines are named after secondary Top Gun characters. Merlin, Cougar and Hollywood so far.

28. unfiltered reblogged this from evanwalsh and added:

    My computer’s name is Ember II (full name is Dead in the Water) for reasons lost in time but probably pretty obvious now...

29. iamdooser reblogged this from nostrich and added:

    LaCie drives: andromeda - sexy mythological woman boris - i...no idea carbonio - italian...

30. b0bcatshields reblogged this from amwelles and added:

    My desktop is Curly Sloth, my phone is Big Bad Bionic Boy, my laptop is Bobuntu and my iPod is BobcatNano. I also named...

31. kbkarma reblogged this from inky and added:

    If you insist. Be warned, I don’t follow any kind of naming “scheme”. I started, and then gave up. Desktop: Greasy...

32. kristynseda reblogged this from amwelles and added:

    My MacBook is Paulie, iPod is Georgie, and iHome is Johnny. I tried naming my phone but being that it’s neither Apple...

33. amwelles reblogged this from evanwalsh and added:

    I tend to go with old timey sounding names. The iMac is Frederick, iPod Touch is Suzanna, iPod Classic is Annastasia,...

34. ephemeralness reblogged this from nosmo and added:

    Mine are mainly Broadway composers / characters / playwrights. My Macbook - Sondheim Ipods - I used

35. imperialwizard reblogged this from thebalaclava and added:

    Laptop 1: Darth Fader Desktop 1: Dominator Laptop 2: Il Duce

36. mypetrhino reblogged this from nostrich and added:

    Right now all my computers and electronics (iPod, iPhone, DS, etc) are all named after characters from the...

37. thebalaclava reblogged this from inky and added:

    MacBook: Donatello Cell Phone: Leonardo...Michaelangelo Rafael

38. secondgradefresh reblogged this from buyhercandy and added:

    geeky connection that comes from...a computer or a device. Some people seem

39. buyhercandy reblogged this from mome-raths and added:

    I don’t tend to name PCs, but I name iPods and cameras. My dSLR is Nancy-Ava (as in Spungen and Gardner) and my polaroid...

40. mome-raths reblogged this from melanyouth and added:

    I always name my hard drives and flash memory for some reason. My compy HDD is iCandy, my externals are Amanda and...

41. inky reblogged this from nosmo and added:

    My list: 2005-era iPod: Bitey — it kept dying on me. First laptop: Monkfish — named after

42. melanyouth reblogged this from nostrich and added:

    I specifically don’t have a naming convention for machines, as it’s easier for me to instantly recall which machine is...

43. courtneyj reblogged this from nosmo and added:

    Nano is Portia My iPhone is Ophelia And I just realized my MacBook was unnamed so it is hereby known as Cressida All...

44. zerrissenheit reblogged this from nostrich and added:

    My household is chock-full of Young Ones homages. My wife’s MacBook Pro, for example, is named Neil, and my iMac is...

45. nostrich reblogged this from nosmo and added:

    Pocoyo (Macbook), Pato (PC running Ubuntu), Elly (iPod Classic),...Loula (old iPod...

46. brilliantology reblogged this from nosmo and added:

    Geek alert! I’ve used...the Rings location theme for

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