Comments on: This Computer is Finished: The Physical Requirements of Writing History http://makinghistorypodcast.com/2008/10/08/this-computer-is-finished-the-physical-requirements-of-writing-history/ The Blog for Making History Podcast Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:37:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jana http://makinghistorypodcast.com/2008/10/08/this-computer-is-finished-the-physical-requirements-of-writing-history/#comment-109 Jana Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:06:17 +0000 http://makinghistorypodcast.wordpress.com/?p=130#comment-109 My spouse and I started naming our computers according to the military alphabet, but that devolved after we came to "golf," because who would want a computer with that moniker(um, not us)? So far we've had: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Gaia, Hezekiah, Icarus, Junebug (my trusty beloved laptop), LoveMac, MacMini (not very original, that one), and NekoNeko. I purchased JuneBug during my first months of grad school. The keyboard letters are starting to wear away and there is a permanent imprint of my lower hands on the area below the keyboard. It'll be awhile before I'm ready to move on, despite her many eccentricities and incompatibilities. My spouse and I started naming our computers according to the military alphabet, but that devolved after we came to “golf,” because who would want a computer with that moniker(um, not us)? So far we’ve had: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Gaia, Hezekiah, Icarus, Junebug (my trusty beloved laptop), LoveMac, MacMini (not very original, that one), and NekoNeko.

I purchased JuneBug during my first months of grad school. The keyboard letters are starting to wear away and there is a permanent imprint of my lower hands on the area below the keyboard. It’ll be awhile before I’m ready to move on, despite her many eccentricities and incompatibilities.

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