Naming

To name something is to control it. I name my devices after minor (and not-so-minor) characters in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I try to stick to the novels, but sometimes venture into the radio or film series. Names in italics are for devices I no longer own, and so I've re-used the name.

Phones/iPods

Ford Prefect: iPod nano (second generation, back when they were beautiful.)
Vogon: Nokia N70
Garkbit: iPhone 3G (sold)
Gag Halfrunt: iPhone 3GS (sold)
Veet Voojagig: iPhone 4 as well as the two (!) replacement phones
Trin Tragula: iPhone 5 as well as the three (!!) replacement phones
Lazlar Lyricon: iPhone 6 (which had its screen and batter replaced)
Servers

Fenchurch: VPS formerly at Bryght. Also name of the omnibus module for my personal Drupal sites
Jeltz: former VPS at Slicehost
Sulijoo: old Linode VPS, also the subdomain I point some CNAMEs to, also now a VPS on Digital Ocean.
Kwaltz: current Digital Ocean VPS, also the subdomain I point some CNAMEs to
Agrajag: Digital Ocean VPS for hosting Dokku apps.

Android

Garkbit

I can't actually name my Android device (there's no "Device name" setting in the "About device" section), but I'm going with that.

Computers

Zem: Macbook Pro (no longer own it)
Lallafa: my personal MacBook Air (also .lallafa is the TLD of my localhost, instead of more common .local)
Prak: my MacBook Air for work

Hard drive partitions

Zarniwoop: my partition on the 1 TB drive
Oolon & Collophid: two 250 GB hard drive partitions
Eddie: 32 GB MicroSD card using a Nifty drive adapter

Other

Gargravarr: Kindle (7th generation, my day Kindle)
Zarquon: Kindle Paperwhite (my night Kindle)
Frat Gadz - wireless printer.
Heimdall - Apple TV
Kwaltz - code-name for a Drupal install profile for a simple workflow distribution, no longer maintained
Loonquawl - digital camera's SD card
Slartibartfast - wireless network at home
Agrajag - name of the second Airport Express (repeater, AirPlay speakers)

Updates

Naming

Android

Computers

Hard drive partitions

Other