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Welcome to SolarScale.DE

Domains/hostnames that I had (in Canada) before solarscale.de:

The fate of these that they all expired or I had to give them up.

So when I came back to Germany in 2002...,

I needed to start over a new naming scheme for my current and future computers, so I chose solarscale.de which means that I'm going to scale (or climb) the solar system. I started with pluto (later renamed mars) which was in my suitcase and scaled my way to the top. Today I'm in the inner solar system and own most computers still. Let me give you a breakdown of the computers:

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Computer NameDemisePicture
Neptune/Neptun Old neptune
  • AMD AthlonII-3500
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 160 GB hd
New neptune
  • Intel Core i3 CPU
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 1 TB HD
  • runs Ubuntu/10.04amd64
  • My mom and my dad use this computer
UranusA Lanner firewall...
  • Atom CPU with 1.6 Ghz frequency, 2 hyperthreads
  • 40 GB SSD
  • 6 em(4) interfaces, 2 USB 2.0 interfaces
  • 20 Watts power consumption at high load
  • runs OpenBSD/i386
  • this is my firewall at home seperating work from play.
SaturnMy netbook, runs Windows 7 currently:
  • AMD C60 CPU
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 283 GB HD
  • dual boots Windows 7 & OpenBSD/amd64
  • this is a play computer, for off-work hours
JupiterMy biggest computer I have:
  • Core i7 first generation (930)
  • 8 GB RAM
  • 160 GB SSD
  • Many watts at 100% cpu
  • runs OpenBSD/amd64
  • this computer I use for work
Mars Has been donated to the OpenBSD project after I retired it. It's in good hands now and will likely be worked like a horse.
  • G4 CPU (PowerPC)
  • 768 MB RAM
  • 60 GB SSD (modded)
  • runs OpenBSD/macppc
GaiaNew for 2012/2013 is a Mac Mini...
  • Core i7 2.30 GHz i7-3615QM CPU (45 Watts TDP)
  • 16 GB RAM
  • 1 TB HD
  • Workstation
  • runs Mac OS X
  • and openbsd/vmware
Raspberry PiA treat for myself in 2013 a raspberry pi
  • model B
  • 512 MB RAM
  • ARMv6 Processor
  • This replaces Uranus for my open access point, and thus is not connected to the Internet
  • the OS that runs on this is Raspbian Wheezy, a debian GNU/Linux
VenusSoekris 6501-70, 2GB RAM, OpenBSD/amd64
has replaced mars in its function. The SSD here is a 80 GB Intel.

When planets are exhausted I'm going to go with stars, for this I already purchased a domain (virgostar.net).

VPSs

I also have leased 3 VPS's around the world:
computer namelocationOperating System
io.solarscale.deBavariaFreeBSD 9.x
moon.virgostar.netHong KongFreeBSD 8.x
americas.centroid.euPanamaOpenBSD 5.x
These ensure that I:
  1. get my email, as well as my parents
  2. that my domain names are being served
  3. serve the webpage you're currently reading
  4. have something to play with since shell servers are almost a thing of the past
  5. am 35 dollars poorer every month for all three
  6. Get experience with technology off work (play)

Books I've ordered this year

I am planning on ordering 12 to 15 books this year, here is what I got ordered so far:
2013
  1. Wireless LANS - Jörg Rech
  2. "Designing Virtual Reality Systems: The Structured Approach" - Gerard Kim
  3. The Ruby Programming Language - David Flanagan, Yukihiro Matsumoto
  4. Ruby Cookbook - Lucas Carlson & Leonard Richardson
  5. Berkeley Yacc - Lambert M. Surhone et al
  6. Practical Ruby for System Administration - Andre Ben Hamou
  7. Test-Driven iOS Development - Graham Lee
  8. The Core iOS 6 Developer's Cookbook - Erica Sadun
  9. The Advanced iOS 6 Developer's Cookbook - Erica Sadun
  10. Absolute OpenBSD: UNIX for the Practical Paranoid - Michael W. Lucas
  11. PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance - Gregory Smith
  12. PostgreSQL 9 Admin Cookbook - Simon Riggs and Hannu Krossing
  13. Algorithms in C, Parts 1-5 - Robert Sedgewick
  14. Mastering Algorithms with C - Kyle Loudon
  15. Alternative DNS Servers: Choice and Deployment, and Optional SQL/LDAP Back-Ends - Jan-Piet Mens
  16. ...

This site is under construction, it will grow/change probably