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Hobbies
Different
times bring along different attitudes towards life, the universe,
and everything. Yet, there is one constant in my life: the strong
will to keep in good shape, not to become lazy, foul, and
fat.
From early youth I was always deep into sports playing
football, handball, basketball, and volleyball. When I got my
first paycheck from my military service, I bought a racing bike. In the
years to follow I put at least 3.000 km p.a. on its clock. When I
started university, I got into (ice) hockey, fitness training, and
jogging. I stayed with football for sure.
To keep mind and soul
fit as well, I read a lot. I am interested in both fact and
fiction. In the mid 80s I got my first computer, a C-64. Using
this incredible machine for playing games is a dull way to spend
one’s time, so I started to write programs and, finally,
wrote games myself.
In my time at a Braunschweig student’s
hostel my mates and I started to link our computers at a time when usually
computers were not interconnected. Our first small network
grew fast and we hooked up to the internet before even the
industry recognized the www’s commercial potential. Today,
every room in the hostel has a high speed connection to the
university’s main computer center, which is originally based on our
endeavor.
Recognizing that software from Redmond may do its
job, but also gives rise to both less freedom of choice and more
susceptibility to hacker attacks, I got into LINUX. Today, my home
computer network (including file and application servers, a couple of
workplaces, a web server, a printing server, etc.) is based on the free and stable operating system.
Novadays, of cause, my son is my favourite hobby...
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