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Many of our servers are also named after applications, unfortunately. One of my development servers, however, is named "aarseth", the last name of the former guitarist of Mayhem. I plan to continue on this theme. gabe On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 03:39:05PM -0400, Jody Fagan wrote: > Dear Code4Lib folks, > > I'd like to write an anecdotal article about library server nomenclature > ... I'm for-sure that most librarians don't even know our servers have > names. I am hoping that some of you might be willing to share (off-list) > server names you have known in libraries, how/why you chose them, and > any random thoughts you have about them. Did you inherit them? Did you > get to pick them out? Do you think the whole idea of server names is > silly or do you secretly like the fact that your servers have names? > I am happy to guarantee anonymity (that is, I won't use your name or > institution in conjunction with any server names) unless you > specifically want to be identified or given credit for your statements. > I plan on sharing my institution's server names in my article, but not > say where they are from.... > > thanks for considering this, > > Jody > > -- > > Jody Condit Fagan > Digital Services Librarian, James Madison University > 540-568-4265 > [log in to unmask] > > "Machine. Unexpectedly, I?d invented a time" -- Alan Moore > http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html >