# NAMESTORM

We need a name for whatever it is that we're building.

Please add name ideas to the list. No name is too bad. I'll start off with some terrible ones. Using [name generators](https://namelix.com/) is not cheating.

If you see a name that stands out, add it to faves. Check the "validation" section on the bottom to see if your faves are free.

## faves

- **calliphlox** WINNER

- obicera
- taken on twitter (last tweet 2018), otherwise free. latin for barricaded [^1]
- obcera/obsera - like obicera but fewer syllables, clean.
- obcera: polish for foreigner, close to obciera - spanish for blind[^1]
- obsera: latin for bars[^1]
- [grasswren] - clean/github, clean/twitter, clean/google, very cute bird
- ~~woodstar~~
- [maskedlark] - clean/github, clean/twitter, used for a couple projects around privacy
:::spoiler
> [name=Nathan] woodstar is taken but it's close, and I love the hummingbird theme. calliphlox is clean but doesn't e****xactly roll off the toungue. Idea came from "high frequencies" inspiration below.
:::

## ideas

~~acq~~
mycroft
hercule
glass
dropship
umami (alt: μmami)
ginger
yuzu (sticking with the asian food them here!)
bergamot
pomello (sticking to the fruit them)
jeju (korean island my wife's family is from)
hanabi (fireworks in japanese)
kraken
[sokath](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Tamarian_language)
~~moss (microscope operating system, CMOS)~~
Obicera (Arecibo backwards b/c small things, not cosmos)
obsera (like Obicera but easier to say)
Elbbuh (Hubble backwards)
GNMM (GNMM is Not Micromanager)
Embiggener 3000
Enhance-o-tron
capture
grab-it
scopy (pronounced sko-pee or sko-py for python) ([already taken?](https://github.com/kotori-y/Scopy))
> [name=Nathan Clack] apparently analog devices has a scopy too!

already taken?HOUSSE MD (**H**ave **O**nline-analysis **U**sing **S**uperior **S**oftware **E**nabled for **M**icroscope **D**evelopers
LICK (light instrument control kit)
obscura (from camera obscura)

## Inspiration

**Famous scientists/microscopists**: Abbe, ~~Huygens~~, Sagan
**Optics concepts**: diffraction, coherance, dispersion, backscatter, refraction
**Microscope materials**: sapphire, glass, dichroics, etalons, prisms, condenser, polarizer, aperture
**Islands** Kiribati, (stuff near napari), Tuvalu ([least visted country in world](https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/island-vacations/least-visited-country))
**Animals**
**Plants**
**Mars Rovers** pathfinder, curiosity, sojurner
**Geography** places between sf and seattle - umpqua
**High frequencies**: amethyst woodstar hummingbird @ [80 beats per second](https://www.nps.gov/cham/learn/nature/upload/Hummingbirds-of-Chamizal_english.pdf) (amethyst, woodstar, calliphlox)
**[Birds]** [rackettail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-booted_racket-tail)-github/clean,twitter/taken, [bushshrike](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocage%27s_bushshrike)-github/clean,twitter/taken,kestral,finch,whistler,weaver,hawk,owl,lark,heron,flycatcher, bee eater,canary, falcon, grosbeak, grassquit,kingfisher,tetraka,ibis,kingfisher,grackle, swift, [mountain mouse-warbler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_mouse-warbler)-mountainmouse-github/clean,twitter/taken,mountain scops owl, gyrefalcon-github/clean,twitter/taken, [golden-tailed sapphire], gildedsapphire-github/clean,twitter/taken, [grasswren]

## validation

* google
* github
* twitter
* [domain name](https://lookup.icann.org/lookup)

[^1]: according to [google translate]. May be an inexact match.

[google translate]: https://translate.google.com/
[Birds]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_by_common_name
[maskedlark]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masked_lark
[golden-tailed sapphire]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden-tailed_sapphire
[grasswren]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass_wren