Behind the scenes Kevin and I are making fun of Peter which now that he is out of town I will do online. See Peter is a bit of traitor toward our invertebrate cousins. You think somebody who studies corals would perhaps name them after some such species. But no...Peter named his computer after a fish. I am so disappointed. On the other hand Kevin, with a computer name after good ol' invertebrate phlya. Mine? Name after the world's largest and second largest invertebrates. I guess we know where loyalties lay. Now that I think about it...Peter was the one who pushed for Megavertebrate Week.
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I want to apologize for the infrequency of my posting lately.
This guy is simply amazing. While my fractal art uses a computer to explore the fuzzy boundaries between a 2nd and 3rd dimension, Peter Callesen's art uses nothing more than standard paper--the very same sort you probably have sitting in your printer tray--and a little glue.
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Speaking of geeky computer names though, my first email username was "Strongy" after Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis - a critter I worked on as an undergrad. It's amazing (scary?) how easily that name still flows off my fingers as I type!
I use a Mac. Named it Viola.
My last few computers were named after characters from Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
My home PC is called "downstairs". I took it from the tutorial on how to use Python Universe Builder where they describe a room called "downstairs".
My laptop is called after a Final Fantasy 6 minor character named Wedge, his partner/underling is called Biggs and both of their names were taken from minor characters in the original Star Wars trilogy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurring_character_names_of_Final_Fantasy…
These are nice by themselves but they're very far from marine wildlife, so I have this to remedy the situation:
I started to use the nickname Amphioxus yesteryear on the internets.
So you go diving for a week and these guys leak classified information about your desktop and call you a traitor to your organism. Incredible. No wonder they love their spineless and heartless abyssal brethren. May they go blind staring at a polychaete and stumble off the aft deck.
Actually, not every computer I own is named after a fish. I have PCs and Macs in mobile and static modes, so I use many name schemes, including constellations, superheroes, and black holes. Nobody will ever find them on a network.
You don't have one named after Aquaman do you?
That's my license plate, natch!
Mine's a lycaenid - a family of butterflies. :)