On 08/17/2012 12:19 PM, Hugh Brock wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 04:55:24PM +0100, Martyn Taylor wrote: >> Gentlemen, >> >> To follow rubygem tradition we have decided to come up with a more >> catchy name for Image Management Engine. Because, well, Image >> Management Engine is pretty dull. This task is harder than it >> seems. It turns out the creative side of my mind has been locked >> away in a little box. I'm hoping one day I'll find the key, but >> right now it's looking grim so I'm relying on you guys for >> inspiration :) >> >> We're open to all suggestions wackier the more memorable :). One >> thing we would like is do is keep in with the Cloud or Conductor >> theme. >> >> Any ideas? > Image management engine is the API for Factory and the data structures > associated with images and templates, right? > > Factory wraps Oz. Oz is (I believe) so named because it operates in an > imaginary land (the virtual machine). You get to Oz via Kansas. So, you > could call the thing Kansas... or maybe more poetically, "tornado" or > "whirlwind." > > Or if you wanted to be off the wall you could just call it "Winged > Monkey" and let people ask. > > I thought of "Emerald City" too, but I'm not sure exactly how that > relates, other than that the Emerald City has gates, and the IME is kind > of a gateway to Oz in a sense. > > This is such fun... > > --H >
"Tenacious" The yacht which carried it's crew, skipped by Ted Turner, to win the infamous 1979 Fastnet race, in storm laden seas where 15 participants had perished. Tenacious: The Engine behind the winner in the midsts of a whirlwind! Any one notice I have sailing on the mind... :) Joe
