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Welcome to SolarScale.DE
Domains/hostnames that I had (in Canada) before solarscale.de:
- bug.bsd-daemon.net - machine was a 486
- tap.bsd-daemon.net - machine was a P-120
- drift.solarsail.org - machine was a PII-350
- dn.toronto.on.ca, daemonium.com, bruinen.ca and others
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:
| Computer Name | Demise | Picture |
|---|
| 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
|  |
.
| Uranus | A 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
|  |
| Saturn | My 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
|  |
| Jupiter | My 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
|  |
| Gaia |
- 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 Pi | A 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
|
 |
| Venus | Soekris 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 name | location | Operating System |
|---|
| io.solarscale.de | Bavaria | FreeBSD 9.x |
| moon.virgostar.net | Hong Kong | FreeBSD 8.x |
| americas.centroid.eu | Panama | FreeBSD 9.x |
These ensure that I:
- get my email, as well as my parents
- that my domain names are being served
- serve the webpage you're currently reading
- have something to play with since shell servers are almost a thing of the past
- am 50 euros poorer every month for all three
- Get experience with technology off work (play)
Books
For 2013 I've ordered a total of 15 books from mainly Amazon. I avoided
ordering at XMAS time, so I never got into any problems. I still have shelf
space in my bookshelfs...so..
I am planning on ordering 12 to 15 books in 2014, here is what I got ordered so far:
2014
- OpenCL Parallel Programming Development Cookbook - Raymond Tay
- Infinite Reality - Jim Blascovitch and Jeremy Bailenson
- Peer-to-Peer Netzwerke - Peter Mahlmann and Christian Schindelhauer
- Redis in Action - Josiah L. Carlson
- SQL Cookbook - Anthony Molinaro
- ...
This site is under construction, it will grow/change probably