Naming Conventions

As a lot of you may already know, I try to stick to a norse mythology naming convention for technological items I own–my older PC was/is Freya (it now belongs to my father… or is at least used by him.), my main PC is Mjolnir, etc.

But I’ve recently renamed a bunch of stuff, as the old titles just made no damn sense.  What follows is a list of the names of my current gadgets/computers, etc:

Freya – My dad’s computer, used to be mine–a Hewlett Packard I bought from N20.<br />
Mjolnir – My main gaming PC–I don’t seem to use it as much as I used to as a few parts are currently being replaced.<br />
Nasir – The only non-Norse thing in the list–my Dell Inspiron 1300 which I got for use with school studies, etc.  It currently is used by me every day in lieu of Mjolnir.<br />
Yggdrasil – My Linksys WRT45GL router running DD-WRT.  It gives the wonder that is the internet to all of my gadgets, consoles, and PCs.<br />
Ratatosk – (New as of July 8th 2008) – My hacked Fon La Fonera 2100 router running DD-WRT, and serving as a wireless bridge to hook my Xbox 360 up to the network and ze internet.<br />
Gleipnir – My PlayStation Portable–It used to be called “Ragnarok”, but that just made no damn sense, mythology-wise.<br />
Iðunn – My Nintendo Wii–I don’t use it nearly as much as I should, considering how much trouble I went through to get it.  Still fun for parties/gatherings of a lot of people, etc, but my friends and I usually end up just playing Rock Band on Quin’s Xbox 360.<br />
Ullr – My Xbox 360–Was originally Odin II, since Odin was my Xbox, but I’ve retroactively removed the name from my old Xbox, as it was sold on eBay to a new owner.<br />
And finally, Draupnir – Draupnir will be my PlayStation 3 when I purchase it.  If all goes according to plan, I should be doing so sometime around the 17th of July or later.  Just need to find an 80GB MGS4 bundle first.  (Easier said than done!  Most people claim they’re as rare as either a Wii or Wii Fit as of late.)

So there you have it–the list of gadget names.  Why?  Because I wanted a place to write them down where I could remember them, honestly.  It gets confusing, especially when I rename a few.  I’m pretty sure I’ll unconciously refer to my PSP as “Ragnarok” for a while still, but it really made no sense as a name.

(P.S.  As an off-topic note, I’m really back into Magic: the Gathering as of late.  Can’t wait for the Eventide release on the 25th!  Booster box, here I come!)

July 7, 2008 · Filed Under Announcements, Draupnir, Freya, Gleipnir, Iðunn, Journal, Magic, Mjolnir, Nasir, Projects, School, Ullr

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6 Responses to “Naming Conventions”

  1. Juggles on July 8th, 2008 12:10 pm

    Hah! I was tinkering with my decks not two days ago. coincidence? I think not!!

  2. The Lazy Canadian on July 8th, 2008 3:35 pm

    Nice. I’m trying to get Ben back into the game, but he never seems to want to hang out. Tres ghey. =\

  3. Leopold "Butters" Stotch on July 14th, 2008 7:44 pm

    I dugg you. Guess getting up for the stupid Microsoft press conf paid off. :P

    This got more diggs, tho:
    http://digg.com/nintendo/Nintendo_Announces_MotionPlus_New_Wii_Remote_Add_on

  4. The Lazy Canadian on July 14th, 2008 11:28 pm

    Ah, I’m actually excited about that Wiimote attachment. It looks awesome. Sadly, I can’t watch the Nintendo press conference live tomorrow–but I’ll be recording it, and watching it after the Sony one.

  5. Leopold "Butters" Stotch on July 15th, 2008 4:10 pm

    I read through the list of Nintendo E3 announcements… Seems kind of tame. :/ The only noteworthy thing is the MotionPlus that we already know about, but accessories like that and the balance board are only as good as the games that use them. More Wii Sports? Uh, okay…

  6. The Lazy Canadian on July 15th, 2008 5:57 pm

    Yeah, out of the three main conferences, Microsoft’s was the winner… again. They did the same thing last year–showed us a bunch of new features, and gave us actual dates as to when they’d be implemented, as well as announced a tonne of awesome new games. Sony did a lot better this year, and introduced a service that actually worked the day of the conference, as well as announced that one would be available by the end of the month.

    Still no Home, though. They keep putting that off.

    Anyway, I wouldn’t even call what Nintendo did a “press conference”, it was more like a board meeting. It just kind of blew.

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