I admit I try to give my devices short Japanese "pet" names for consistency and organization.
Wherever possible, I try to use unique first letters, then map them as corresponding drives to keep track of everything
ODZ - [
main rig] Big 18.4" i7 Laptop (the giant from One Piece, pronounced "Odds")
YOSHI - [
shared rig] Small 14" i5 Laptop (the yoshi from Super Mario Bros.)
TOBIO - [
ultra portable rig] Tiny 10" atom Netbook (the real boy Astro Boy is modeled after)
ATOMO - [
phone] Android HTC Dream/G1 (Japanese name for Astro Boy. He's "small but powerful")
KINO - [old rig] Small 14" AMD turion Laptop (from Kino's Journey)
iKINO - [old iPod] 60GB iPod Video (from Kino's Journey)
TENMA (T:) - [
new iPod] Blue 16GB iPod Nano (girl from School Rumble with Blue hair)
MENCHI (M:) 320GB ext. desktop HDD (the dog from Excel Saga aka "the-back-up-food-supply")
HATCHI (H:) 500GB ext. desktop HDD ("Half" a terabyte)
ICHI (I:) 1TB ext. desktop HDD (means "One" terabyte)
KANTI (K:) 1TB portable HDD (robot from FLCL mistaken as God that can do anything)
RUKIA (R:) 640GB Black portable HDD (girl from Bleach with Black hair)
L (L:) 500GB White portable HDD ("L" from Death Note wears White shirts)
And my Home Network is called
The_Grand_Line (obviously a huge One Piece fan...)
I have yet to name my new Fender Squier, but I'm leaning towards something like
Luci/
Elle/
CielBut it might be too cliche using a variant of Lucielle from BECK, so I'm holding off on a name for now...
Note: anything above that is crossed out has moved on to a better place
On the bright side, the devices didn't actually die. I ended up loading them full of useful information like an offline version of Wikipedia, and various encyclopedic/how-to documents, as well as some music and movies. Then I sent them off to some of my relatives in the Philippines in places that don't have internet access.