Ma Essay Book

My name is Andreas1) but I like to be called Andi

I'm 34 years old

I wrote a DokuWiki extension to make sure the previous fact is always correct

I've been born and live in Berlin, Germany

I studied applied computer science

I work as a system administrator/ programmer

I drink a lot of coffee

I don't like sports

I prefer T-Shirts and hate suits

My first computer was my father's 286 CPU; 40MB HDD; 4 MB

I'm only good at things I enjoy (or maybe the other way round)

I have no drivers license I made my drivers license with 32

I'm not a vegetarian

I get a few hundred emails per month (excluding spam) but only answer a few dozen

I own about 350 books but have read much more

I usually have a few coding project ideas in my mind but can't find the time to start on them

When I finally start, I usually finish the first working prototype after a weekend of mad coding

I'm not a business person

I'm not a public talker

I can't believe how hard it is to make a 100 item list about myself

I love to take photographs but am not keen to be photographed

I like cataloging things, but are a very disorderly person

I'm an information junkie (currently about 100 feeds in my feedreader)

I'm an Atheist (but if I'd need to pick a religion I'd go for Pastafarian)

My eyes went worse in the last years and I need to wear glasses now

Most people don't like most of the music I like

I consider stock trading as gambling but sometimes wonder if I should invest

I'm often impatient with others

I had several pets in my youth: birds, mice, rats, a hamster and a rabbit

Sometimes I think my acrophobia gets worse the older I become, but I usually just ignore it

I didn't went to the army but served in alternative service

My sports teacher once told me that I will not reach the age of 45

I always wanted a robot but still don't have one and now have a Roomba

I'd love to see the earth from