On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Michael Knepher wrote: > On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 10:43, Brad Smith wrote: > > I'm really wondering about this as well. My first thought was that it > > was named after Channon Yarrow, from Warren Ellis' very excellent comic, > > Transmetropolitan. That's one of the only things I can think of that > > would top the previous releases' string of Hyperion references (Shrike, > > Severn) for semi-obscure geeklore coolness factor. =:) > > There are wheels within wheels. In addition to the flower connection > (Hyperion, BTW, apparently is a "breed" of daylily), Yarrow is, like > Severn, a river in the UK. So that's where the name came from, I know of a river in extreme nortern ontario called severn.
