Hosting/Server names

Currently in use

Server Name	Taken From	Chosen By	Notes
asterix	Asterix	navap	[1]
astro	Astro Boy	alastairp	[2]
baron	Whisper of the Heart / The Cat Returns	Nikki	[3]
carl	The Simpsons	Muz	[4]
cartman	South Park	ruaok
cosgrove	Freakazoid!	Freso	chatlogger VM
dagon	Dagon	demosdemon	I chose it after the deity linked or Lovecraftian deity (take your pick), I'll find a animated character that fits
dora	Dora, La Exploradora	warp	[5]
gir	Invader Zim	ruaok	our switch -- in honor of Zim, our first server
hobbes	Calvin and Hobbes	murdos	[6]
hoser	Strange Brew	drsaunde	[7]
jiji	Kiki’s Delivery Service	jesus2099	[8]
lenny	The Simpsons	Muz	[9]
lobe	Freakazoid!	Freso
lolo	The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin	reosarevok	[10]
luna	Sailor Moon	CatCat	[11] - CatCat just watched the Sailor Moon S movie and was overwhelmed with cute. [12] (virtual machine running forums)
perry	Phineas and Ferb	CatCat	[13]
pingu	Pingu	luks	[14] (perry runs the wiki)
pino	Ergo Proxy	Mineo	[15]
remy	Ratatouille	Nikki	new Jira VM
rika	Higurashi no Naku Koro ni	ianmcorvidae	[16] (user machine)
roobarb	Roobarb	ijabz	[17]
rocko	Rocko's Modern Life	bitmap
sakura	Cardcaptor Sakura	kepstin
scooby	Scooby-Doo	ruaok	Uh, duh. Scooby snacks!
stimpy	Ren and Stimpy	Kevin Murphy	[18]
tails	Sonic the Hedgehog	aCiD2	[19]
taz	Looney Tunes	Elliot Davis
teto	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	ianmcorvidae	decided on my own, nausicaa (suggested by salo.rock) is way too long/hard-to-type for a server name and teto is a cute fox-squirrel
tintin	The Adventures of Tintin	bitmap	(new VM for stats, on hoser)
totoro	My Neighbour Totoro	murdos, Nikki	[20], [21]
wiley	Merrie Melodies	ruaok	[22]
zaphod (alias for carl or lenny)	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	djce

Not in use yet

Server Name	Taken From	Chosen By	Notes
pabu	Legend of Korra	demosdemon
simba	The Lion King	Nikki	rip-off of Leo from Tezuka’s (aka Kimba in usa), so maybe leo would be more fairplay — jesus2099 ♬ 15:53, 18 March 2013 (UTC) ;)
spike	My Little Pony	warp	Spike is a purple and green baby dragon. He is Twilight Sparkle's best friend and number one assistant.
goku	Dragon Ball Z	navap
chiyo	Azumanga Daioh	Nikki
guu	Haré+Guu	Nikki
menchi	Excel Saga	Nikki	Wikipedia says: "Menchi (メンチ Menchi?, lit. "mincemeat") is Excel's "pet" dog that also fulfills the role of "emergency rations"." so clearly it should be used to name a fallback server of some sort.
nomo	Cross Game	Mineo	MyAnimeList says: "He is often seen eating, sleeping, meowing or just appears in the background throughout the series."

Historical

Server Name	Taken From	Chosen By	Notes
bender	Futurama	djce	I forget
blik	Catscratch	keschte	[23] memcached/backup server
catbus	My Neighbour Totoro	Nikki	Search/raw db server.
dexter	Dexter's Laboratory	CatCat	hefty
hefty	The Smurfs	Dave Evans	(former mirror at last.fm)
jem	Jem and the Holograms	BrianFreud	[24] Search server
lingling	Drawn Together	Jean (ruaok's ex)	[25]
misty	Pokémon	warp	[26] Search server
moose		Muz	DB server
odie			Switch
zim	Invader Zim	ruaok	our first server! Used to run all of musicbrainz!

Other named things

Gear	Named	Taken From	Chosen By
Backup disks	HUEY, DEWEY, LOUIE	...	djce
Dreadfully awful backup disks	CAFFEINE, ALCOHOL, THC	(life)	ruaok
Retired backup disks	SEX, DRUGS, ROCKNROLL	(popular culture)	djce, ruaok,	[27]