As some of you reckon, yesterday I spoke about computers with soul. But what if you bought no-name grey box, but still want to converse with your computer like it was your friend? Here are the essential guide how to breathe life in your computer… literally.
- Design rules.
Have you ever had this irresistible urge to buy one of those transparent, liquid-cooled boxes? Do you have a knack for weird mouses or USB flashlight? If anything, remember, design rules. You may have suppressed the wish to buy them, but no longer. If you’ll buy/build machine that looks how you want it to look, it will feel more alive to you. But no fear! Both my computers are standard grey boxes with no in-built decoration. Still, paint, foam, stickers, etc etc are your best friends.
When in doubt—design rules. - Naming is primary.
Always name your computers and your peripherals. Refer to them by their names. ’Shit, my box ain’t running’ won’t lead you anywhere when related to computer’s soul. ’Keening is unwell today… I will be busy curing him all day’ is much better. You can almost feel lad’s heavy breathing.
Someone may like to name software. In my opinion, it is lame, but if you feel that this will allow you to feel the machine better—go for it. - King Customization.
To finally breath life into your box, you need it to be unique. If you are graphical and programming guru, you can create the skins, icons, etc for your preference.
If you’re in 99.99% who aren’t such, you can use multitude of customization programs to do your bidding (kind of easier on Linux, kind of harder on Mac, in-between on Windows). Still, even minor changes (like changing color scheme from blue to silver on Windows XP) allows your computer to have a little bit livelier appearance. And as we know from rule #1, design rules.
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