I’m sure I’m not the only one who gives their gadgets names. Some names are out of necessity, but some are just for fun. I feel it gives the device more personality. That somehow the name is fitting of its characteristics. In this technological world, it’s no more strange than naming a dog or cat.
- main desktop computer – Avalon
- laptop – Rogue
- cell phone (Blackberry) – Neko
- iPod (big black classic) – Edgar, after Edgar Allan Poe
- GPS – Ellen, after Ellen McLain, the voice of GLaDOS
- insulin pump – Lucy
- CGMS – Charlie
Things that don’t have names: my car and my giant Kitchenaid stand mixer. I feel they should have names, but I’m not sure what. My older car used to be named Windfola, after Eowyn’s horse, but I don’t want to reuse that one. I have a blue Mazda Protege 5. Any ideas?
