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		<description><![CDATA[<p><p><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/does-your-computer-have-a-name/">Does Your Computer Have a Name?</a></p><p>I know that many people name their computers and notebooks. For instance, Kat admits that her primary machine is named &#8216;Pegasus&#8217;. Her old Dell is called &#8216;Excelsior&#8217;, and her Mac Mini is named &#8216;Apollo&#8217;. I asked several others what they may or may not call their machines. Take a look at what they had to [...]</p></p><p><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/does-your-computer-have-a-name/">Does Your Computer Have a Name?</a></p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/does-your-computer-have-a-name/">Does Your Computer Have a Name?</a></p><p>I know that many people name their computers and notebooks. For instance, <a href="http://www.katarmstrong.com/blog">Kat</a> admits that her primary machine is named &#8216;Pegasus&#8217;. Her old Dell is called &#8216;Excelsior&#8217;, and her Mac Mini is named &#8216;Apollo&#8217;. I asked several others what they may or may not call their machines. Take a look at what they had to say.</p>
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There are several names I scream at my PC &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/mvandenberg" class="friend-l_person">Mark VandenBerg</a>
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I have two PC&#8217;s&#8230;Mulder &amp; Scully. &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/modernmod" uid="0503c322f21911dc9e7b003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Duarte</a>
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Babcia&#8217;s Computer&#8230;my grandmother in Poland bought it for me when I started college. Has a lot of sentimental value to me. &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/matsie" uid="4b6ee88ef4c411dcad44003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Mattie Kenny</a>
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No. I got put off for a while when all my friends would creepily name all their PCs and pocket devices after various anime characters. Yes, they would even kiss them :¬(  I have been reconsidering naming a future PC I&#8217;m planning on buying though. Something like Grave Mind or Mental Ray. &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/cannongod" uid="330e7512ef2311dcb42c003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">CannonGod</a>
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Spinntop, Hey Mr. DJ &amp; Obelisk.  At least that&#8217;s what they&#8217;re named on the network. &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/spinn12" uid="7803d5d046ea11dd8c6c003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Bradley McSpinn</a>
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I call my pc Maverick. &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/shopiere" uid="66b82fca330c11ddbb99003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">K Welch</a>
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I&#8217;ve named our PCs after anime characters before.  I&#8217;ve also named them after Temari patterns (usually flowers in Japanese like &quot;kiku&quot; for &quot;chrysanthemum&quot;), and words that I like in Japanese (like &quot;kawaii&quot; meaning &quot;extremely cute&quot;).  Most recently I just started naming them after Aikido techniques (&quot;ikkyo&quot; and &quot;nikkyo&quot;: &quot;first technique&quot; and &quot;second technique&quot;, for instance). Japanese is fun because it makes everything sound cool. &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/bluecockatoo" uid="03b6ca4c091a11dd8d34003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Lindsay Donaghe</a>
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Lappy, like Strong Bad&#8217;s. We got them at the same time. :) &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/fourlittlebees" uid="62cc385cdb4111dc9776003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Cyndy</a>
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The router&#8217;s hostname is &quot;imladris&quot; so I name my computers after Lord of the Rings characters. The Powerbook is frodo. The MacBook Pro is gimli. The PS3, if I could give it a name, would be sauron. ;) &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/willia4" uid="c8884e2a21b811dd9b90003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">James Williams (willia4)</a>
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my laptop is named raistlin, my other laptop is flyingsquirrel &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/openskymedia" uid="1a018526065411dd9e68003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Jason Shultz</a>
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It&#8217;s O-S-C-A-R. oh, wait, that&#8217;s my bologna. &#8230; &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/maltphoto" uid="c9cff27418d011ddb253003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Andre Maltais</a>
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I have a Mac Mini as a server near the TV. It&#8217;s called Colossus. Our linux server near the router is Titan. The Windows box is called Banshee. My MacBook Pro is Dragonstalker (yeah, corny) &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/techsnaps" uid="25c75b2a303811ddb460003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Glenn Batuyong</a>
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servers: stewie, kramer, &amp; papabear, computer: pimpdaddy &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/justinkorn" uid="71b46bfc2a2c11dd9a52003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Justin Korn</a>
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There is no mini, only Zuul. (my apple mini media machine &#8211; the only named computer) &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/jenn2d2" uid="f4f6f93e124011dd9630003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Jennifer Dittrich</a>
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Yes, iMac and Macbook Pro &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/secretsushi" uid="5bbe4076459211dd9876003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">☛ Adam Helweh ☚</a>
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I have Chris-PC, Eee-Bert, Bitch basement, My PocketPC is Hymie and MonsterServer &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/christopherwelle" uid="a2e7d5123e5211dd963600304865cd52" class="friend-l_person">Christopher Welle</a>
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all my pc&#8217;s are named after transformers and my drive volumes/shares are named after muppets. &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/alphaxion" uid="608caf4470e311dda043003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">alphaxion</a>
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I don&#8217;t name the machine but I do name my hard drive partitions. My main Mac partition is Masamune while the PC Bootcamp partition is Muramasa. &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/saeba" uid="e7107214327511ddb232003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">saeba</a>
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Mine&#8217;s called Bert. &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/koltregaskes" uid="5369601cf9fd11dcad69003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Kol Tregaskes</a>
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Holmes &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/rodfather" uid="5facb09047b911dd93ef003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Rodfather</a>
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It&#8217;s called &quot;Dicker&quot; (Chubby)´. &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/francisdrake" uid="01ab87422a7b11ddbe28003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">※Fu※</a>
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My computer doesn&#8217;t have a name, but each seperate harddisc does, just like the memorycards of my cellphones &amp; mediaplayers. Zijperspace, zijperspees, minispace, microspace, wederspace, gigaspace, etc&#8230; Anyway, plenty of space. &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/zijperspace" uid="b579cc9a3b9011ddbe72003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Ton Zijp</a>
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They are all named Nunya &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/joshhaley" uid="35210fb855b211dd83e7003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Josh Haley</a>
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Yep.  Athena. &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/silas216" uid="5afdbc6e2a0511ddaed7003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Steven &quot;Joe&quot; Perez</a>
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tdonaghexplt &#8211; sexy &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/tad" uid="7f7c90cef53011dca141003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Tad &#8211; the Meme Maker</a>
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Felix. &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/adapar" uid="3af959bcf6c211dcb955003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Andrés David Aparicio</a>
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RMLK223 work computer. &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/vixy" uid="274abcd8021311dd89f7003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Caroline</a>
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Of course yes! Everyone of my computers did. This laptop is named Salmón &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/apoloduvalis" uid="0ce38122909811ddb6a7003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Andrés Meza</a>
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no, but my network devices do. Fry and Leela are the two networked hard drives, and the router/ wifi devices are Zoidberg and Bender &#8211; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://friendfeed.com/duncanriley" uid="e106b896209c11ddafde003048343a40" class="friend-l_person">Duncan Riley</a>
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I&#8217;m curious&#8230; what do you call your machines? Come on, spill it. Tell the rest of the World!</p>
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