Scott Says

I used to name all my computers and gadgets with a “silver” theme. ….

I’m fascinated with the idea of naming hardware with themes (most people tend to do this), and I’d love to hear some of your crazy hardware names.

—Maniacal Rage

I set up a new system of kiosks at the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. There are three Mac Minis that display to touch screens. They are wirelessly connected to a server computer in my office. Also, I’ve written a backend webapp through which I update the server’s database. Because there are three kiosks, and as a nod to my hometown of Santa Maria, CA, I decided to go with a Christopher Columbus theme.

So, the three kiosks are:

• Santa Maria
• Pinto
• Niña (my favorite kiosk, as this was Columbus’ favorite ship)

The wireless network is named “Atlantic,” the wireless base station “The New World,” and the server “Columbus.” Finally, the update app that I wrote is called Ferdinand.

P.S. The non-admin user account on Columbus is “Deckhand.”