Those Three Little Words
Late evening, Sunday, March 13, 2005 • 23 responses
The names for this site’s major sections—Synapse, Oculus, and Mandible—debuted in 2002 when etherfarm version 2.0 launched. For whatever reason, this use of unconventional terminology has always irked certain people. I’m fine with this; if etherfarm is ever a site which appeals to everyone, I’m clearly doing something wrong, and of course, everyone’s entitled to their own opinion. Every once in a while, though, I come across sites which reference or review etherfarm using qualified complements such as, “once you get past the ’clever’ navigation…” or “despite the intellectual pretentiousness…” …