November 10th, 2006
Naming Your Computers
I like to give all my computers original, easy to remember names. I think people cop-out if their computer name is XP-PRO or LAPTOP or LINUX. Here’s a few ideas I’ve gathered for naming schemes. Make sure you leave yours in the comments.
- The Seven Deadly Sins (My current naming scheme)
- lust
- gluttony
- greed
- sloth
- wrath
- envy
- pride (hubris)
- Mythical Creatures
- gryphon
- dragon
- hydra
- unicorn
- pegasus
- gargoyle
- chimera
- sphinx
- phoenix
- cerberus
- kraken
- leviathan
- wyvern
- Happy Words (thanks Carey)
- abandonment
- isolation
- hate
- despair
- revenge
- Trees
- juniper
- maple
- oak
- cedar
- pine
Update: I thought of one other one:
- alpha
- bravo
- charlie
- delta
- etc…
Comments
Our company named our servers as:
Budweiser
Jack Daniels
Captain Morgan
Miller Lite
Henken etc
Good to name them though. Easy to remember too.
Sammy
November 10th, 2006
I like to come up with unuasle names as well, right now it is The Key To The Dark Side
James
November 11th, 2006
We used the Seven Dwarves. Each server had a number after it, like Happy001, Happy002, etc.
Doc - Symantec AntiVirus servers
Grumpy - Windows servers
Happy - Linux servers
Sneezy - print servers
Bashful - headless servers (meaning without a monitor)
Sleepy - backup server (backups run at midnight)
Dopey - dumb terminals
Bet you can’t beat that!
Jesse
November 11th, 2006
I think Jesse wins, that’s too funny!
Carey
November 13th, 2006
I tend to name my computers after celestial bodies/constellations. This one is Orion and my laptop is Sol. My linux box is Cricket; can’t really explain that one.
Bob
December 1st, 2006