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

"What do you fear then?" "A cage. To stay behind bars until use and old age accept them and all chance of valour has gone beyond recall and desire." (Tolkien, LOTR)

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.