I study physics, at the University of Oslo, at masters-equivalent level. I can't code, but I hack a little anyway, I'm a fairly lazy bastard in most ways most of the time, but not all. I usually have a bottle of fairly good whisky around. I have a green bike and wheigh too much. My primary node is named vladimir. I like linux. I like computer games. I think it's really annoying that my favourite games of seven years past are unplayable on modern hardware. My favourite computer game of all time is Loom. I like stars. I write a weblog. The world is not mine to change. Understanding what I say can be hard, but people get better at it with training. There are many things I would like to be good at, but is not and will probably never be. I played a violin once. Nowadays I mostly get my music from electronic sources. I joined FIX in 1996. I'm naïve when it comes to people and cynical when it comes to politics. I get problems when the two mix. I come from a good family. I read poetry sometimes, but more sci-fi. Encryption is good. Blessed is the greek, for he shall inherit the Earth. I want a boat. I spend a lot of my spare time reading popular science and comics. I don't understand Jerkcity, but Bob the Angry Flower and Sluggy Freelance rock hard. I wish people could just be nice, sometimes. I have not done enough to fight the injustice in this world, instead I sink back into a comfortable bubble of unnecessary consumer electronics and other luxury articles the prices of which could keep a starving human alive for months. What does a CD cost, in lives?