For the people reading this that don’t go to Case, it’s not that I wanted to give my computers names in the first place. I was content with saying “this one” or “that one”, but the way the network is run here, you’re at an advantage if you have a computer name that’s easy to remember. Sometimes I get asked where the TARDIS part of my site address comes from. It’s actually because all of the other nerdy computer names at Case were already taken: yoda, skywalker, darth, etc. I had to go way back to Doctor Who to find a naming convention. It’s this crazy old sci-fi show that comes around every few years on the BBC that I used to watch when I was about 3. Anyway, the TARDIS was the name of a time/space ship. That’s about all I’m going to say about it. I’ll let wikipedia take it from here. One of my other computers is named ‘dalek‘, another name I borrowed from the series.