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yes... we have babycakes, tintaglia, icefyre, princess, chronos, iskierka and some others *NM* temeraire Send a noteboard - 18/10/2011 04:36:24 PM
I was overwhelmed by a sense that my technology was getting a bit obsolete now that the new iPhone 4S came out (and I just have the iPhone 4), so I bought the iPad 2 (64 GB, Wi-Fi+3G).

The thing is that I nickname all my electronic stuff and I'm not sure other people do this so I wanted to ask if other people give actual real nicknames to electronic stuff. For example, they suggest stuff like "Tom's phone" or "Tom's iPod" or "Main Computer" or crap like that.

I named my iPods Snippy and Snippy II, I named my iPhone Sneaky and my iPad is now Snooty. The pattern is, of course Sn***y. Snarky is another option (I guess if I get a second iPad since I hate Macs). So is Snoopy, I guess, or Snotty, or Snakey, or Snoggy, or Snobby, or Snapey (if I were a bigger Harry Potter fan). The thing is that it's only my Apple technology stuff that gets nicknames (well, my Hewlett-Packard graphing calculator in high school got the name "Spencer", but that was an isolated case).

So my survey part is: do you do this? Do you give real, actual nicknames to devices beyond designations like "computer in home office" or "secondary cell" or something like that? If so, what sorts of nicknames are they? And, if you do, are you as anal retentive as I am in having a system for naming?
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/NSSP: Do you give nicknames to your electronic devices? - 17/10/2011 09:21:08 PM 992 Views
I used to, for some things. - 17/10/2011 09:28:55 PM 755 Views
You don't do Jessica II, Jessica III, etc. (or, for computers, 3.0)? *NM* - 17/10/2011 10:59:19 PM 287 Views
Nah, they've all just been Jessica so far. - 18/10/2011 02:19:17 AM 667 Views
yes - 17/10/2011 09:36:58 PM 665 Views
Sakura I understand. What do the other ones mean? *NM* - 17/10/2011 10:59:44 PM 273 Views
they are some of the leads from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle - 18/10/2011 07:18:36 PM 686 Views
Spencer is an excellent name for a calculator - 17/10/2011 09:48:44 PM 856 Views
Thank you! I rather liked it. *NM* - 17/10/2011 10:58:46 PM 300 Views
This post in snazzy. - 17/10/2011 10:23:10 PM 618 Views
Snazzy is a good one. *NM* - 17/10/2011 10:55:53 PM 284 Views
Sort of - 17/10/2011 10:44:51 PM 701 Views
I have Guderian's memoirs. Very interesting. - 17/10/2011 10:57:20 PM 670 Views
I have both of his books. - 18/10/2011 03:34:20 AM 639 Views
Yep. My mp3 player is Dylan - 18/10/2011 05:56:17 AM 677 Views
I change the computer names - 17/10/2011 11:11:35 PM 749 Views
"Yggdrasil" for a network is brilliant . *NM* - 19/10/2011 09:16:59 AM 301 Views
Yep - 17/10/2011 11:21:19 PM 756 Views
Sometimes - 18/10/2011 12:10:49 AM 625 Views
Your kindle? - 18/10/2011 03:36:54 AM 587 Views
Somewhat - 18/10/2011 07:05:37 AM 642 Views
I give names to all my electronic stuff... - 18/10/2011 12:24:49 PM 708 Views
Not for devices but - 18/10/2011 12:25:54 PM 645 Views
Nope, I am abnormal. - 18/10/2011 03:17:40 PM 935 Views
No more than I have to - 18/10/2011 03:20:27 PM 624 Views
My iPod is named Alejandro *NM* - 18/10/2011 03:21:58 PM 419 Views
yes... we have babycakes, tintaglia, icefyre, princess, chronos, iskierka and some others *NM* - 18/10/2011 04:36:24 PM 294 Views
Yup! - 18/10/2011 05:19:43 PM 775 Views
just enough so I know what they are - 18/10/2011 06:51:05 PM 637 Views
Sometimes, yes. - 18/10/2011 06:52:37 PM 685 Views
Only when they piss me off *NM* - 18/10/2011 07:31:45 PM 298 Views
I don't think "damn ____" qualifies as a nickname. *NM* - 18/10/2011 08:08:32 PM 349 Views
No on all counts. I think that's odd. *NM* - 19/10/2011 05:43:26 PM 299 Views
Just my cell phone... - 19/10/2011 07:19:34 PM 699 Views

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