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01 February 2007

What is the name of your computer/network/private parts. →[More:]I set up my wireless network tonight and I had to name it. And so I named it Hogfather. And then I had to look at my computer name because I was like, "I know i named it but what did I name it?" And then I was like, "oh, that's right - I named my computer Disco Machine."

So tell me about the names of your machines and your networks.

post by: fluffy battle kitten at: 07:04 | 31 comments

My computer is named Kaylee.

My cat is also named Kaylee. It causes confusion when I'm calling one or the other and they both come.

posted by mike9322 01 February | 07:17

I've got a comp named Rhona, one named Troll and one named Walid.

posted by By the Grace of God 01 February | 07:22

Bride and Frank... I don't know what V. has named the laptop.

posted by taz 01 February | 07:30

My main machine at home is called Argh-02. It is a rebuild of Argh-01, so named after an early experience trying to deal with about 200GB of data I didn't want to lose, while trying to install Windows on a SATA drive. So long as it's possible, I will try to keep an old school ATA drive around for my boot partition...

posted by richat 01 February | 07:41

I'm just kidding. The cat doesn't come when she's called.

posted by mike9322 01 February | 08:05

My wireless network is named Ultraworld.

posted by BoringPostcards 01 February | 08:07

My computer's name is Crunchy and its wireless is called Crunchy's Outlet. My old one was Jello and its harddrive was brainmeats.

posted by LunaticFringe 01 February | 08:16

My MacBook Pro is called pookie, after my girlfriend's MacBook which is called Mookie.

posted by chrismear 01 February | 08:25

I called my last computer SUPERBITCH; I can't remember what I called the current one—nothing interesting.

posted by misteraitch 01 February | 08:29

I notice no one is answering the last one...

posted by richat 01 February | 08:32

I used to have blueberry base unit (iMac) and blueberry mobile unit (clamshell iBook) and now I have White River and bunny (named by my wife).

posted by PlanetKyoto 01 February | 08:34

poop

posted by danostuporstar 01 February | 08:41

My computers don't have names. Well, actually, they do, for networking purposes, but these are completely random names. The computer I'm using right now is called...'Computer'. The other one is called 'Athlon1000' because it's a 1.0 GHz Athlon.

posted by Daniel Charms 01 February | 08:46

As for my private parts, then I don't really see why I should call them anything.

posted by Daniel Charms 01 February | 08:48

I happen to live near the last residence of everyone's favorite tone-deaf songwriting psychopath Joe Meek so I named my laptop (a Satellite Pro) Telstar. The network used to be called JoeMeek but for some reason I changed it to the rather boring Wireless.

There was a wireless network near me called AnalCarnage. Lovely.

posted by dodgygeezer 01 February | 08:49

Private parts: lil' dodgy

posted by dodgygeezer 01 February | 08:50

computer: friendly
network: clownfart
parts: unnamed

posted by chococat 01 February | 09:09

Tessier, Rio, Wintermute, Ashpool and occasionally: Panther Moderns.

Yeah, I'm a dork, and not too imaginative about it if you recognize the references. Other unimaginative names I use for my computers are famous figures from computing history: Turing, von Neumann, etc.

I don't have a name for my junk, sorry.

posted by loquacious 01 February | 09:12

Computer: HAL
Parts: Trouble!

posted by tr33hggr 01 February | 09:22

Computers: Calliope, McGuffin, Bumble
Networks: MSHizome
Bits: Little Capn and the Commodores

posted by Capn 01 February | 09:23

I love your names, loquacious.

My computer's network name is Malfoy Manor (I know... very terrible), my wireless access point (left with my siblings in California) is Gondor, and my computer itself is Georgia.

I'll never forget my college friend, who told everyone that his was named Thor. Not his computer.

posted by halonine 01 February | 10:11

My computer's name is mediaanemia... My first router was called "Thecheat" the second "thecheatster"

posted by drezdn 01 February | 10:17

Wireless Router: Fluffyontheporch.

That Ween song is sort of a running joke between me and daughter. Plus, I thought it might get a chuckle out of neighbors, when the scan the neighborhood to see what other wireless dealies were around.

posted by danf 01 February | 10:41

My friends named their wireless router "FreePorn".

posted by muddgirl 01 February | 11:02

My home computers are 'neglect', 'decay', and 'dysphoria'. My wireless device is named after a street I lived on years ago and I've just been too lazy to change it.

posted by cmonkey 01 February | 13:11

My ibook is called "das ibook." My ipod is called "das ipod." My wireless network is "das wireless." Apparently I love the German neuter article.

I often call my Greyhound "Dingle."

My dingle doesn't have a name.

posted by god hates math 01 February | 14:02

Shoot. My router is also called "das router."

Really. A problem.

posted by god hates math 01 February | 14:03

tr33hggr: We had a computer named Hal once. He died.

Currently we have computers Little Pink Fox, Dr. Jones, and Media (he replaced Hal). The network is Ninja. My iPod's name is Chuckles.

posted by youngergirl44 01 February | 14:39

My wireless network is named Hyrule, and my two computers are Zelda (desktop) and Link (laptop).

posted by knave 01 February | 14:44

The computers are hugin and munin and the wireless network is bifrost. cmonkey's are my favorite.

posted by bigblueroom 01 February | 16:57

My laptop, a Compaq Evo, is named Ivo.

posted by theora55 01 February | 19:03

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