Yeah, December - obviously.. It was ordered the same day as yours.. Not sure why it takes them longer to ship mine.. You had it specially configured too, didn't you?
@tijs No. My rules: each big hardware purchase (or collection thereof) is named after song titles from one specific, unique band.
1st PowerBook, including Airport Express: The Weakerthans.
Machine: Our Retired Explorer
Hard drive: Manifest
Encrypted disk image: This Is A Fire Door Never Leave Open
Airport: Anchorless
Wi-Fi: Virtute
Mac Mini: The Wallflowers:
Machine: Drunken Marionette
Hard drive: (forgot)
MacBook: Fountains of Wayne
Machine: Supercollider
Hard drive: Lost in Space
Encrypted disk image: Little Red Light
Time Machine: Architecture in Helsinki
Machine: Neverevereverdid
Wi-Fi: Scissor Paper Rock
And, due to OS reinstall, and being bored with 'Little Red Light', new encrypted disk image: Where You've Been Hiding
iPod is given song title of current machine's artist:
Nano: Greatest Hits (Weakerthans)
Touch: Bought for a Song (original and replacement, fitting, because I didn't buy it)
17 comments so far
When are you expecting?
12 months ago by novemberborn
I'm thinking of helping the christmas shopping season along by getting one for myself as well.
12 months ago by alper
ETA November 11th.. Wooot wooot!
12 months ago by Wendelboe
Man, that's ages away! Assuming you meant December, huh? When did you order? Mine's due 8th or 9th
12 months ago by novemberborn
Yeah, December - obviously.. It was ordered the same day as yours.. Not sure why it takes them longer to ship mine.. You had it specially configured too, didn't you?
12 months ago by Wendelboe
Yes. Perhaps because I have international keyboard, and you have Danish? They may take longer to produce.
And I ordered as a business, but I don't think that'll matter…
12 months ago by novemberborn
(Longer because there are less of 'em)
12 months ago by novemberborn
"expecting" eh? Boy or girl and have you thought of a name?
12 months ago by kimbach
A song title from Hawksley Workman, but haven't decided yet
12 months ago by novemberborn
A bit sad that the current machine is called Supercollider already
12 months ago by novemberborn
@novemberborn "child of supercollider" ?
12 months ago by tijs
@Mark: Yeah, that might be the reason..
12 months ago by Wendelboe
@tijs No. My rules: each big hardware purchase (or collection thereof) is named after song titles from one specific, unique band. 1st PowerBook, including Airport Express: The Weakerthans.
Mac Mini: The Wallflowers:
MacBook: Fountains of Wayne
Time Machine: Architecture in Helsinki
iPod is given song title of current machine's artist:
So, new machine: Hawksley Workman!
12 months ago by novemberborn
(Apologies to everyone who received my attempts at writing a list via SMS…)
12 months ago by novemberborn
I prefer real names. My Mac mini is called Melinda
12 months ago by kimbach
And the PowerBook could not be called anything but K.Job
12 months ago by kimbach
Actually this made me think of a dogma. I don't really want to work for a company that doesn't name their servers after real objects
12 months ago by kimbach