On 06/07/14 22:00, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Jul 2014 20:51:47 +0100, Doctor John wrote:
> 
>> What do you call your machines?
> 
> Places in the Hitchhiker's Guide universe.  I've been doing that for 
> years, but I might have to start recycling them; the PS3 is Alosimanos 
> Syneca (which is really too long a name for a system).  That said, there 
> are plenty of good candidates I haven't used yet.
> 
> My personal laptop has two names - Brequinda when it's running Linux, and 
> Bethselamin when it's running Windows.  (Bethselamin doesn't run very 
> often).
> 
> The desktop is Lamuella.
> 
> My server is Krikkit (I've actually reused that name, as I migrated the 
> data from one system to another).
> 
> My old cell phone is Voondon.  The new one (a Galaxy S5) seemed content 
> as "Galaxy" (technically not a named place in H2G2, but it's my naming 
> schema, so I'll use it if I like).
> 
> The Raspberry Pi is Xaxis.  It's possible the name for the incoming 
> Macbook will be Zirzla, but I haven't decided yet (the company names them 
> things like "mbp-jhenderson" - at least that's what the one that's being 
> replaced is called).
> 
> I had used Magrathea at one point, as well as Damogran (though I think 
> that was a short-lived system).  Megadodo (while not a place name, still 
> a good name) also was a print server at once time (seemed appropriate).
> 
> Come to think of it, my tablet doesn't have a name yet.  Shame on me, I 
> need to fix that.
> 
> Jim
> 

Since you're a little bit H2G2 fixated, how about Majickthize or
Vroomfondel? Not places but it keeps the theme going

John
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