About SOL4
First, some history: When I created the sol4 domain in the early 2000s, I intended to use it to share information and other stuff with the internet in general. Yes, some people would call this a plaything, but in recent iterations, it's fast becoming a blog.
The most commonly asked question from the old days was, What does sol4 mean?
Put very simply, sol is another name for the sun, and the number 4 means the fourth planet, in other words, the 4th planet from the sun, "Mars."
And yes, I am one of the many supporters of the work Elon Musk is doing down in Boca Chica to put humans on the moon and the red planet.
If you want to keep up to date on the happenings at Boca Chica, just like I do, check out the following well-established YouTube channels, which cover what's happening and, as far as I can tell, are not biased, fake or have some agenda.
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I am not a full-time blogger or web developer, but I still manage to allocate some of my very scarce free time to adding content. The day job takes priority, but I do what I can.
While I have no plans to make this site commercial, I plan to add affiliate links for some of the services I use. So, if you appreciate any of the content here, please consider using some of the affiliate links; it costs you nothing extra.
- booking.com
- amazon.com
- agoda.com
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- Most of the photos on this site are original and belong to the owners of these domains. In contrast, everything else is labelled with the owner's details.
- Each photo is labelled with the source/location, and if available, the GPS coordinates.
- Just about every photo used on this site was taken by me, and may not be used by anyone else without written permission.
- Some of the icons used are from the general internet and licensed for personal and commercial use. The source for most is flaticon.com
- This site is hand-coded in good old-fashioned static HTML and styled with CSS, with all content checked with grammerly.com
- All of the reviews on this site are for products and services I liked; none have been requested, nor have any discounts been given or any free products supplied. Should that change it will always be fully disclosed as part of the review.
- There are no email addresses on this site, so do not bother to scan for them. You may be able to talk to me at the martian engineer at gmail dot com .
- The opinions expressed on any page on this site are those of the creator and may or may not be something I agree with.
- I am an atheist with zero interest in any religion, with my outlook being "if you have religion, good for you" whereas "I don't have religion, good for me", in other words live and let live.
- If there is anything on this site you do not like, agree with, etc., you are recommended to go to another site.