"That which is novice-friendly is too frequently
expert-hostile, and vice versa."
               (Tom Christiansen)

Welcome to my place on the web.

I have put up this page because at a certain point I found it necessary to provide a point of reference for those, who - for one reason or another - needed to get some information about me (always be friendly to your local policeman, they told me ;-). I then realized that beside the things people needed to know, there were also things I wanted them to know. And so I threw them both together, and hey presto! about came this site.

Besides being personal and professional in nature, there is another distinction in the material.

• One part is related to computing: this consists of pieces of software I wrote, articles and howtos, links and various information on the topic (this is mostly UNIX/Linux stuff).


• The other part stems from a more obscure side of myself: my literary writings.
  When I was still a proof-reader I took up writing short stories and essays, and even tried my hand at a novel. Some of the stuff was published, some not, and what of it has been digitally mastered, is collected here.


• And then there are some professional and personal details.