Computer Names
| birthdate | name | first os | first home | explanation | decommissioned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | playdoh | MacOS 7 | Great Barrington, MA | Parody of Plato, main Simon's Rock server. | 1995 |
| 1997 | solace | WinNT 4 | Amherst, MA | primary home machine | 1999 |
| 1997 | eco | Linux | Cambridge, MA | After the semiotician. Main web/mail server of the 3e.org domain. | 1999 |
| 1999 | neko | Linux | Plainsboro, NJ | A play on eco, but also japanese for 'cat'. An AMD box used for development work. Caught on fire when CPU fan failed. | 2000 |
| 1999 | miso | Win2K | Plainsboro, NJ | The machine itself was the color of miso soup, also the name of a friend's cat, who happend to be miso-soup colored. Primary home machine. | 2003 (but see _echo_) |
| 2001 | siam | Win2K | Piscataway, NJ | Shares three letters with previous name, also vaguely in keeping with asian naming scheme. Short-lived; bargain-box built from parts, failed within months. | 2001 |
| 2002 | maki | MacOS X 10.0 | Piscataway, NJ | A Japanese food, and a play on iMac. Primary home machine. Sold to Seth's wife Kirsty. | 2008 |
| 2002 | eco | Linux | St. Louis, MO | 3e.org finally had a dedicated server again, so it was fitting to call it eco again. | 2004 |
| 2003 | udon | WinXP | Philadelphia, PA | miso's replacement. Daniel's primary home computer. Sold to Aaron. | 2008 |
| 2004 | neko | Linux | St. Louis, MO | eco replaced with a Plesk-based system. The name neko recycled from the machine that failed before. This turns out to be a bad idea; the name neko is apparently cursed. After only a year of service **neko** was successfully penetrated by some nasty script-kiddies, and rather than deal with the damage, we closed up shop and moved all our domains to Dreamhost. | 2005 |
| 2004 | overlook | Linux | Endicott, NY | primary backup server for eco/neko; performs full backup every day via rsync. is actually **miso** in disguise! | 2005 |
| 2004 | echo | Linux | Philadelphia, PA | secondary backup server for eco/neko; performs full backup every day via rsync. Also media server for Daniel's apartment. | 2005 |
| 2005 | bento | MacOS X 10.4 | Philadelphia, PA | A Mac Mini. Emphasizing the Mini's small size. | 2007 |
| 2005 | melete | MacOS X 10.4 | Philadelphia, PA | Sarah's laptop. | 2009 |
| 2007 | vista | MacOS X 10.4 | Narberth, PA | Bento's replacement, an iMac. | ? |
| 2009 | shine | MacOS X 10.5 | Bryn Mawr, PA | Melete's replacement, a MacBook. | ? |
| 2011 | lumen | MacOS X 10.6 | Bryn Mawr, PA | Vista's replacement, a MacBook Air. | ? |
| 2013 | lumen | MacOS X 10.8 | Brookline, MA | New MacBook Air. | ? |
| 2014 | pico | MacOS X 10.9 | Arlington, MA | New MacBook Pro (Retina). | 2020 |
| 2020 | atto | MacOS X 10.15 | Arlington, MA | Pico's replacement, a MacBook Air. | |
| 2021 | dromedary | MacOS X 12 | Arlington, MA | M1 iMac |