This server is called kita.catolic.de.

Okay, but why is that a server name?

A server it replaced was originally set up one December. I like snow. Hokkaido is renowned for snow, and it's in the north (北, "kita"). Because I like the concept of reduce-reuse-recycle, I decided to use it again in 2026.

I have traditionally used locations, fictional or real, as host names.

catolic.de

I wanted a domain name that didn't contain my name or referenced a game I had been playing many years ago. The chosen one is one letter off a world religion and a tongue-in-cheek promotion of cat worship.

Image credit: かご猫 (kago neko, "basket cat") blog. RIP Shiro.