{ 19 août 2005 }
personification of gadgets
does any 1 else name their electronics, gadgets and such? maybe this is just a nerdy thing to do, but i name mine.
g5: gromit
mobile: shaun the sheepie
ipod: cheese
35mil: jiří [pronounced yir-ee]
digital slr: tavish
car: giovanni
everything computery has a wallace-&-gromit-related name. my 35mil is named after jiří hanke, an amazing photographer i met while i was studying in prague. i wanted to give my digital slr a scottish name since i studied in scotland as well. tavish means twin, and my 2 cameras are basically twins because they share the same lenses.
alright, enough nerdiness. but i know you name yours, too! if so, feel free to share the names.
posted at 02.26
comments:
desktop g4: Laden (German for "shop" as in "shoppe"); Breve (the perfect drink for latte art); and Slate (a color I always appreciate for its black/white ambiguity) - I have several hard drives in the desktop, thus justifying the many names
laptop g4: Violet ("Violet, you're turning violet, Violet!")
white iPod: Riona (Latin for "queen-like" as in a queen-to-be)
iPod shuffle: Alles (German for "everything")
canon: Tripod
mobile: Numquam ("nothing" in Latin)
I suppose I just use words I like or somehow incorporate sounds that are satisfying for me to say and to hear. "Laden" seems to fall write off of my lips and "Riona" makes my knees weak.
posted by Ryan at 22.44 on 06 août 2006