A sign that you’re a true geek – you don’t name your car, but you name your computers. Someone shared a cartoon on Google+ recently of a guy naming his gear. I can no longer find that cartoon, but it did inspire me to name my computers and some other gear this weekend. On a Mac, this is in the Sharing section of System Preferences. On your iDevices, it is in the About section of the Settings app,
Somehow, gear seems to have more personality when you name it. My gear is named it after ski runs at Big Sky, Montana. My workhouse MacBook is no longer the bland “Evan’s MacBook,” but is now the hardworking “Iron Horse.” My old iMac is no longer the boring “Evan’s iMac,” but is the reliable and most senior “Papa Bear.” My media server is “Hollywood,” and so on.
Do you name your gear? If so, how do you come up with names? And is this just a geek thing, or is it human nature to want our stuff to seem more alive?
Marc says:
Hehe, and I thought I was the only weirdo. I use medical terms depending on the use of the device: Smartphone=Tinnitus, Tablet=Neocortex, Router=Synapse,…
Maybe it is a little nerdy. But hey, I am wearing ironed shirts and take a shower 1x per day… Thanx for sharing your little obsession. Makes me feel so much more normal.
June 16, 2014 — 5:34 am
Evan Kline says:
That’s pretty cool, although I’d probably start hearing ringing in my ears with those names. :)
June 16, 2014 — 8:17 am
Risky says:
My iPhone is named Batman. So I get a lot of “Batman shared a link” or “Find – Batman” sort of things.
July 23, 2014 — 6:46 pm