Choosing an RV by name, what does it tell about you?

There is an abundance of conspicuous consumption here in Denver. You know, the new Lennar home with the boat (in colorado?) and the R.V. and the pickup truck and the trailer with either ATVs or snowmobiles on it. The smell of debt is strong here. Anyway, this brings around my thoughts on RV / camper naming.
The names are meant to invoke a sense of adventure or excitement. Take a look around, the names are proudly splashed aross all four sides. I look at the name and try to see how much the owner/driver resembles that name. I've never shopped for one of these things, but I would insist on a crazy name first. One that I wouldn't mind being associated with. I can overhear the fictional conversation at the RV park now: "Nice Tradewind you got there. I wanted a SandPiper, but would up with a Tsunami. It represents my chaotic, washed out retiree lifestyle much better."

Why the huge variety of names like this? It has more to do with the image that one word puts into a potential buyers head than the features. It's a box with wheels.
I may expound this article after I get in touch with RV manufacturers about how they choose names...

I suggest you pick one of these names and apply it to your vehicle of choice. Try it out. Here's a list of RV / camper names to choose from: (I've bolded my choices)

DUTCHMEN, FOURWINDS, DENALI, NORTH SHORE, VICTORY LANE, WINNERS CIRCLE, AEROLITE, KODIAK BY SKAMPER, TUNDRA, ADIRONDACK, ECO, ZOOM, WILD THING, T@B, COLORADO, GRAND JUNCTION, MONTE VISTA, NTENSE , BIGFOOT, LEPRECHAUN, COMPANION, EXTREME,
CANADIAN COUNTRY, CLASSIC, COTTAGE COUNTRY, DAKOTA, GEARBOX, LYNX, MALLARD, NITROUS, PIONEER, PROWLER, QUANTUM, REDLINE, RESORT, TERRY, TRIUMPH, WILDERNESS,
BAMBI, CLASSIC TRAILER, INTERNATIONAL, LAND YACHT, SAFARI,
BOUNDER, FIESTA, FLAIR, JAMBOREE, PACE ARROW, SOUTHWIND, STORM, TERRA, TIOGA ,
ALL-AMERICAN SPORT, BRONCO, CARDINAL, CEDAR CREEK, CHARLESTON, CHEROKEE, FLAGSTAFF, FORESTER, GEORGETOWN, GRAND SURVEYOR, LEXINGTON, MAVERICK, PONY, PUMA, ROCKWOOD, ROO, SALEM, SANDPIPER, SIERRA, SHAMROCK, SPINNAKER, SUNSEEKER, SURVEYOR, THOROUGHBRED, TSUNAMI, WILDWOOD, WILDCAT, WOLF PACK, WORK AND PLAY, YEARLING
CHATEAU, DUTCHMEN, FOUR WINDS, FUN MOVER, HURRICANE, INFINITY, WINDSPORT
CANADIAN SPORT, REFLECTION, WINDSONG , ARISTOCRAT, CENTURION ,
CRUISE AIR MINI, ENCOUNTER, EXCALIBUR, IMPULSE, LEAN MACHINE, MAVERICK, REBEL, SUITE, SWINGER, TRANS MASTER, EASY RIDER, INTRUDER, GOLDEN FALCON, ROYAL CLASSIC, TITANIUM, TRAVELAIRE, PRAIRIE SCHOONER, ATRIUM, CENDO, FRIENDSHIP, INDEPENDENCE, SCENIC CRUISER, SUN VOYAGER, TOUR MASTER, ULTRA SUPREME, YELLOWSTONE, AVATAR, CARDINAL, CRANE, EAGLE COVE, ESPRIT, FIRENZA, HAWK, HERITAGE, JAYHUNTER, KING, KIWI, QWEST, SPORTSTER, SWAN ,FREE SPIRIT, FREEDOM, INDEPENDENCE, BEAVER, HOLIDAY RAMBLER, MCKENZIE, MONACO, SAFARI , BLAZE'N, DOLPHIN, ISLANDER, PALLISADES, RAGE'N, SEA BREEZE, SPLASH, TRADEWINDS, JAZZ, MIRAGE, TAHOE, WANDERER

Bang a gong, get it on.

Well, I'm currently in process of setting up a webpage that shows where I'm at, and where I've been.
Raytubes.com
There's some other things on thee, too. But, I'm getting OpenGTS setup. I've got Ubuntu 6.06 LAMP server setup. Using Mologogo on Nextel i850 to upload Lat/Longs to MySQL. Then PHP makes the googlemap. The phone setup is sweet. I bought a used nextel phone, put a boost mobile sim in there, it's $.20 per day for unlimited internet to upload coordinates.
Save yourself some time, and replace the free java that comes with Ubuntu with the official SUN version this way:
sudo apt-get install j2re1.4
it took me way too long to find that little dot of info...

The Hero Household

With all this buzz over SpiderMan and Heroes lately, I was happy luck to find this item at one of the many community garage sales around here this past weekend. This one guy had a garage full of cheap Chinese junk, resincast skulls and faeries, pocket knives, toys, etc... My little son picked this one up, I looked closer, and had to have it. No licensing, China is like the wild west of manufacturing. Note the straight image grab in the bottom right from Batman promo materials, and who the heck are these other heroes? Are they brothers? Is this a whole clan of Spidermen?
The figures themselves have little LEDs in their chests with a button in the back to light them up. Since they went the extra mile puttin LEDs in them , they skimped on the arms and legs, from the back, they are hollow, only the front is solid. Anyway, they are a welcome addition to the Smith household...

I'm back from my vacation

Since my last post, I've changed jobs. My former job at the DirecTV broadcast center expired. I am now working for Maptuit. I'm a support engineer, responsible for support of the Maptuit RealTraffic web app. It's the premeir traffic application on the web. Maptuit's primary business is commercial grade truck routing and location-based fleet management services. We just signed a deal with Qualcomm that will put Maptuit's Navigo app into thousands and thousands of trucks. I really like the company, what they are doing, where they are going, and the people I work with.