I want to name my are-you-ok gadget. I mean give it a proper name, something catchy and jingly. Something that takes the awkward description I give and then the example and turns it into a blindingly obvious system.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, I am not good at this. If it was up to me, all our\u00a0pets would likely be called Bob. (It would make things easier, don’t you think?) Also, when working on a tshirt to improve posture, my favorite name (and the working name of the project before my husband explained the negative connotations): StraightT!<\/p>\n
I thought to ask Elizabeth but she was the one who wanted to have it post to Facebook with a status of “Maybe not dead”. I find that hilarious but I’m not sure everyone would.<\/p>\n
In the code, I call the thing ayok (for “are you ok?”). It is unwieldy to pronounce, I don’t say it very often. Even in my internal monologue.<\/p>\n
A day or two ago, I had a brainstorm and decided that the name should be Mandy-the-manatee since the plush is (currently) a manatee. And Mandy is sort of a portmanteau of Maybe Not Dead (ok so Mande might be “better”).<\/p>\n
I emailed Elizabeth to tell her the good news. I hadn’t considered it before but Elizabeth had this rant about how pre-named plushies are wrong. Wrong, I tell you. Owners should get to name their own animals.<\/p>\n
Which, of course, means I immediately want to name mine Bob.<\/p>\n
But back to a system name. How about POM for piece of mind? I bet the pomegranate people not appreciate it. Though their little heart logo would be nice too. As long as I’m going to infringe, might as well go all the way.<\/p>\n
POL or Polly for proof-of-life? That’s another name for the animal, not for the system. Though Pet Polly isn’t bad and tells you what to do with the device.<\/p>\n