AmphetaDesk - Why "AmphetaDesk"?
Description: I like playing with English and the feel of a good sentence rolling off the tongue. As such, creating a memorable and fun project name brings me immense joy.

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# Why "AmphetaDesk"? I like playing with English and the feel of a good sentence rolling off the tongue. As such, creating a memorable and fun project name brings me immense joy. And while my choices of Disobey and Morbus Iff weren't influenced by each other, future names would be undeniably tinged by these simple origins. It wasn't until a few years after choosing Morbus did I realize it meant "disease" in Latin. Of course, I was perfectly happy with that translation, and it became a proud badge of esoteric knowledge. The idea of "disease" influenced the naming of another project of mine: Gamegrene (for "gangrene"). When this project scurried into view, I wanted to further the trend. I had a word that meant "disease" and I had a type of disease - now I needed something that could cure, help or invigorate. After the brainstorming session below, AmphetaDesk (for "amphetamines") came into existence. I think it fits pretty well.
IRC Chat Transcript - Early January 2001
morbus: | basically, i'm trying to think of a name that oozes some sort of portal, desktop, news, aggregator, sort of thing.
morbus: | but is also rememberable, like disobey, gamegrene, etc.
morbus: | newsability.com? whatdyathink?
leandro: | Nah. People will never be able to spell that.
morbus: | you think? it's just two common words together?
leandro: | It also sounds kinda gay.
leandro: | hmmm
leandro: | Luftnews
leandro: | hehe
morbus: | heh. desktopdesire.com?
leandro: | gay
morbus: | yeah, i know <g>.
leandro: | newsbound ?
leandro: | and you could give it a Boston subway theme.
morbus: | newsmazement.com?
leandro: | Uh?
morbus: | hehehe
morbus: | newsbound is taken.
leandro: | Figures
morbus: | newsangel? <g>
morbus: | just going through a dictionary
leandro: | nethernews
leandro: | or drop the n
leandro: | ethernews
morbus: | hmm.
leandro: | stratonews
leandro: | rocketnews
leandro: | hehe
leandro: | newsaway (From "Bombs away")
morbus: | welp, nethernews is available, but i'm not sure if it's too ... "dark" for some people.
leandro: | Atlanticnews.
morbus: | desktopbackbone.com?
morbus: | ethernews is taken.
leandro: | redfordanger
morbus: | what's net-ty...
morbus: | like bitbucketnews.com?
morbus: | nah...
morbus: | maybe focus on desktop - since "news" could be too restrictive in the future.
leandro: | Jupiternews
morbus: | eagerdesktop.com?
leandro: | netgraphnews
leandro: | marconinews
leandro: | newshorizon
morbus: | bravenewdesktop.com?
morbus: | deskcosity.com?
leandro: | Does it have to have the word desk in it?
leandro: | Deskosity is cool.
morbus: | you like deskosity?
leandro: | Well, it's better than what we came up so far.
morbus: | doesn't need desk in it, no. but it's mostly a desktop program.
leandro: | Pyronews. heheh
morbus: | heheh.
leandro: | Luftpost
leandro: | hahahaha
morbus: | heh
morbus: | heildesktop.com? <g>
leandro: | That will piss people off. You know, Amerika.
morbus: | yeah, i know. but it's pretty funny
leandro: | metamews
leandro: | netnews
morbus: | hmm... medical terms.
morbus: | i got gamegrene (gangrene), disobey, and morbus (disease)...
leandro: | cracknews
leandro: | newsfix
morbus: | someone else recommended newsfix.
leandro: | neuronews
morbus: | neurotop?
leandro: | Nice.
morbus: | newsOcain?
leandro: | newsorein hehe
leandro: | newstasy
leandro: | newamine
leandro: | newsamine rather
leandro: | oxynews
leandro: | newsphine
leandro: | morphnews
leandro: | methanews
leandro: | newsopium
leandro: | opiumnews too
leandro: | blacrussiannews
leandro: | dexenews
leandro: | newsdrine
leandro: | Amphetanews
morbus: | hehe
leandro: | I can't think of any else.
morbus: | desktopium.com?
leandro: | Not bad.
morbus: | nah. not easily prouncable. long o? short o? no one knows.
leandro: | I like amphetanews
morbus: | yeah... i like that one the best out of them all too...
morbus: | news seems too restrictive now though.
morbus: | like... i dunno. like "oh, it's only about news." that sort of thing.
morbus: | so far, we got deskosity, amphetanews, neurotop...
morbus: | all are available.
leandro: | newscatter
leandro: | scatterednews
morbus: | someone else really liked amphetanews.
morbus: | ok. question.
leandro: | Yes?
morbus: | i'm working on a desktop app that's designed to grab news for you each morning, or whenever you run it.
leandro: | amphetatruth? heh
morbus: | my initial problem is that i may want to expand it in the future, and amphetanews wouldn't grow with the program cos of the "news" part
leandro: | Desuetude.com?
morbus: | wha?
morbus: | heh
leandro: | excitation
leandro: | Penitence.com
morbus: | desktopiminal.com?
leandro: | deviation.com
leandro: | REvelation.com
morbus: | desktopminal.com?
morbus: | deskscab.com?
leandro: | heh
leandro: | amphetanews remains my best choice so far.
morbus: | same here. i just worry it won't allow growth past news
leandro: | A name ain't the limit.
morbus: | amphetadesk? <g>
morbus: | well, it'll limit people's thoughts just based on the name.
leandro: | desktoxin
morbus: | if i'm looking to play games (?? i dunno ??), and someone says "amphetanews", i'm like "uh, ok. that sounds newsy"...
morbus: | oooh.
morbus: | that' good
morbus: | desktoxin, desktoxin... hmmm.
leandro: | newstoxication
leandro: | heh
morbus: | heheheh.
morbus: | deskfection.com?
leandro: | deskfection not bad either
morbus: | amphetatop.com? amphetadesk.com? deskfection.com?
leandro: | all 3 are good
morbus: | i like amphetadesk - does it roll for you? as good, or not as good as amphetanews?
leandro: | deskvirii
morbus: | nah, that'll scare idiots.
leandro: | yeah it rolls with me as well
morbus: | k... assuming this other guy i'm asking doesn't have any major issues, that'll be the working name.
morbus: | deskphetamines.com?
leandro: | If you don't know the context and read it, it sounds weird... "mines?"
morbus: | ah. yeah. you're right.
morbus: | welp, i'm gonna use amphetadesk as a working title. if you think of anything better, let me know.
leandro: | Will do!

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