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
dora	Dora, La Exploradora	warp	[5]
dexter	Dexter's Laboratory	CatCat	[6]
gir	Invader Zim	ruaok	our switch -- in honor of Zim, our first server
hefty	The Smurfs	djce
hobbes	Calvin and Hobbes	murdos	[7]
hoser	Strange Brew	drsaunde	[8]
lenny	The Simpsons	Muz	[9]
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]
lingling	Drawn Together	Jean (ruaok's ex)	[13]
perry	Phineas and Ferb	CatCat	[14]
pingu	Pingu	luks	[15]
pino	Ergo Proxy	Mineo	[16]
rika	Higurashi no Naku Koro ni	ianmcorvidae	[17] (user machine)
roobarb	Roobarb	ijabz	[18]
scooby	Scooby-Doo	ruaok
stimpy	Ren and Stimpy	Kevin Murphy	[19]
tails	Sonic the Hedgehog	aCiD2	[20]
totoro	My Neighbour Totoro	murdos, Nikki	[21], [22]
wiley	Merrie Melodies	ruaok	[23]
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
taz	Looney Tunes	Elliot Davis
tintin	The Adventures of Tintin	bitmap
rocko	Rocko's Modern Life	bitmap

Historical

Server Name	Taken From	Chosen By	Notes
blik	Catscratch	keschte	[24] memcached/backup server
catbus	My Neighbour Totoro	Nikki	Search/raw db server.
jem	Jem and the Holograms	BrianFreud	[25] Search server
misty	Pokémon	warp	[26] Search server
moose		Muz	DB server
zim	Invader Zim	ruaok	our first server! Used to run all of musicbrainz!

Other named things

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