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Question of the Week: Name the FME Lizard

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The FME Lizard makes a return! 🦎 With the launch of our new AI-powered chatbot, we want to know - what do you think the FME Lizard’s name is? Drop your best name ideas in the comments!

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    • March 24, 2025

    I am going to go with Luna Lizard 🤖

    At your service ^B
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    • March 24, 2025

    I will go by the name Swift  Lizard

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    • March 24, 2025

    I’m so glad he’s back for real! :)

    I think his name is Xtremely Marvellous Lizard ! He loves XML so that makes sense….

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    • March 25, 2025

    Just The FME Lizard suffices 😉

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    The FME Lizard has always been called Lizard 🦎

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    • March 25, 2025

    Sammy the Super Support Lizard 🦎🗯 - supporting our FME needs! Because you know... every Batman needs a Robin! 

    - Best, Desiree Marsden
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    • March 26, 2025

    Gizzard the Lizard - after King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Gizzard_%26_the_Lizard_Wizard

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    hkingsbury wrote:

    Gizzard the Lizard - after King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Gizzard_%26_the_Lizard_Wizard

    I actually know them 😃 Some of their songs are on our Toponyms playlist (Shanghai, Kepler-22b and Gliese 710)

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    redgeographics wrote:

    [...] our Toponyms playlist [...]

    Sounds like fun! 🎶

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    geomancer wrote:
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    [...] our Toponyms playlist [...]

    Sounds like fun! 🎶

    It is! Currently over 500 songs and there’s two rules:

    1. We have to like the song (so there’s a lot of rock, punk and metal in it 🤘)
    2. The title of the song has to refer to a location.

    So location is a broad term. It can be big (“3rd Stone From The Sun” by Jimi Hendrix) or small (“Crossroads” by Robert Johnson and lots of others). It can be very specific (“Map Ref. 41°N 93°W” by Wire) or fictional (“Shangri-La” by The Kinks)

    Check it out: 

    I’m still toying with the idea of doing a presentation, podcast or Youtube video where I discuss some of those songs… 

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    • March 26, 2025

    You should name him Fraser, after the river that runs near your office.

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    ​@redgeographics Wow! I only just realized what “d’yer mak’er” means! How did I not realize for all those years?!?!

    From a Canadian point of view, can I suggest Bobcaygeon by The Tragically Hip?

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    ​@redgeographics Wow! I only just realized what “d’yer mak’er” means! How did I not realize for all those years?!?!

    From a Canadian point of view, can I suggest Bobcaygeon by The Tragically Hip?

    Added!

    Suggestions are always welcome, I've discovered some really nice music this way. 

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    Well, I suppose it was worth a shot!

     

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    • March 26, 2025

    He’s too serious!

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    • March 26, 2025

    Kate. It’s short for Bob.

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    • March 27, 2025

    Les. Lizard enquiry service

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    mark2atsafe wrote:

    Well, I suppose it was worth a shot!

     

    I was waiting for someone to try this! 😆

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    redgeographics wrote:
    geomancer wrote:
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    [...] our Toponyms playlist [...]

    Sounds like fun! 🎶

    It is! Currently over 500 songs and there’s two rules:

    1. We have to like the song (so there’s a lot of rock, punk and metal in it 🤘)
    2. The title of the song has to refer to a location.

    So location is a broad term. It can be big (“3rd Stone From The Sun” by Jimi Hendrix) or small (“Crossroads” by Robert Johnson and lots of others). It can be very specific (“Map Ref. 41°N 93°W” by Wire) or fictional (“Shangri-La” by The Kinks)

    Check it out: 

    I’m still toying with the idea of doing a presentation, podcast or Youtube video where I discuss some of those songs… 

    You are giving us inspiration for future Questions of the Week! 

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    Well, since it use to be Don & Dale, I don’t think you shouldn’t stray away from a name beginning with D

     

    How about Daryl

     

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    Asking a group what to call a thing, doesn’t always go to plan… I present Boaty McBoatface as exhibit 1. I therefore propose Lizard McLizardface 😋!

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    danielleatsafe wrote:
    redgeographics wrote:
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    [...] our Toponyms playlist [...]

    Sounds like fun

     

     

    You are giving us inspiration for future Questions of the Week! 

    Maybe a fun project for the 12 Days Of FME: read a gazzetteer and cross-reference it with the Spotify API (it'll be a lot of API calls, this sounds like a very brute-force approach)

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    Larry finally shows up to work! After all these years of adventure and living his best life, the FME Lizard “Larry” has a day job 

     

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    redgeographics wrote:
    danielleatsafe wrote:
    redgeographics wrote:
    geomancer wrote:
    redgeographics wrote:

    [...] our Toponyms playlist [...]

    Sounds like fun

     

     

    You are giving us inspiration for future Questions of the Week! 

    Maybe a fun project for the 12 Days Of FME: read a gazzetteer and cross-reference it with the Spotify API (it'll be a lot of API calls, this sounds like a very brute-force approach)

    Can you build this ​@mark2atsafe 😆

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    danielleatsafe wrote:
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    Well, I suppose it was worth a shot!

     

    I was waiting for someone to try this! 😆

    I tried it now :)

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