The genesis of the name, of course is the phrase “brute-force manner”, a way of using sheer computer power to figure out someone’s system password rather than using craft, guile or personal knowledge. But I am no cracker or hacker. So why?
One day, there was a collision in my brain between “brute-force manner” and “Crackerbox Palace”, which was a 1976 George Harrison song, and “Voila!” (excuse my French,) a goofy, whimsical, welcoming English estate mutated into a creepy, decaying manor house where you will probably not have a good time.
The photo on the front page is of Eastern State Penitentiary, a creepy, decaying erstwhile prison which has mutated into a Philadelphia tourist attraction, and the photo comes courtesy of my daughter Abby, who has mutated into an excellent photographer. She has a way with images. Thanks, Abby!
You could read a lot into my choice of names, but the best answer to the initial question is found in the following quote:
” ‘Second to the right, and straight on till morning.’
That, Peter had told Wendy, was the way to the Neverland; but even
birds, carrying maps and consulting them at windy corners, could not
have sighted it with these instructions. Peter, you see, just said
anything that came into his head.”
- J. M. Barrie, “Peter Pan”
