Hobbies and Skills

My main work related skills are UNIX system administration and programming. During the years, this is what I've been working with. I have also worked with designing web pages although I haven't really done this (professionally) for many years. In 1994 I and four friends founded an Internet company, Informationsvävarna. It later change names to Idonex and, in early 2000, changed name again to Roxen Internet Software. Originally we planned to become an Internet consulting and webdesign company. However over the years the focus was turned to the webserver that serves you this very site.
I'm not longer actively involved with Roxen in any way. Me and a bunch of other people are working on our own webserver based on the Roxen 1.3 code base. It's called Caudium and you can read more about it on our website.
I currently work as a senior Internet programmer at Real Networks, where I write Caudium / Roxen modules other things used internally or on the public websites. Please note that don't work with any of the software products Real Networks is selling.

I'm a computer power user by heart (some call it a nerd). This means that most of my hobbies involve computers. Programming and website hacking (see my projects page for more info about my software and website projects) are my main activities.

I spend a significant amount of time playing games. Since my current operating system of choice is Linux (I don't even have a working Windows install at this time), game choices has traditionally been limited to freeware games or Quake. Thanks to Loki Entertainment Software I now have plenty of games to play under Linux. My current favorites are SMAC, Railroad Tycoon 2 and Soldier of Fortune.

I am a huge fan of anime - Japanese cartoons. On my projects page you can see that I spend a lot of times working on my anime related websites. I also watch a lot of anime - recently I have started collecting DVDs. My collection is still not very impressive, but I'm working on it! Favorite series include Ah! My Goddess, Lain, Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne, Akira and Ghost in the Shell. Of course thats just a small selection of series I like but it should give you an idea of what I like.

Of course I don't just watch anime - I also watch ordinary (and sometimes less ordinary) movies. Me and my wife sees most of the movies that come out in the theatres and generally at least enjoy most. I have a very broad taste in movies, but I still have some favorites.
Movies I loved include, but is not limited to: the Alien trilogy (I pretend the fourth movie didn't exist), Highlander, Warlock, the Predator movies, the Terminator, Metropolis (the enhanced version) and X-Men. My all time favorite movie is probably The Matrix. It's an absolutely brilliant movie. I think the fact that I knew _nothing_ about the scope of the movie before seeing it was also a nice touch. Normally by the time the movie is released, you know half the story and have seen all the great scenes (todays advertising spoil many movies).
Favorite actors are among others: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sean Connery, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Harrison Ford. I could list a lot more actors here, but I think you get the point.

There are a number of TV-shows I watch on a regular basis, like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ER, Friends, The X-Files, Pretender and Profiler. My favorite ex-TV-show is Babylon 5. Even though I do watch a number of shows, I am not a TV-fanatic. I tend to avoid watching to shows I don't have to see, since I simply don't have all that time to waste.

This is not really a hobby - I rarely just sit listening to music - but it's a large part of me. My favorite type of music is Techno, Trance, Industry and similar genres. Example artists would be The Prodigy, U96, Moby and Rammstein. This is not the only thing I like though. Example of other groups I like are Enigma, Deep Forest and Enya. As you can see my taste in music is very broad taste in music, although I tend to prefer the harder stuff. Music I strongly dislike includes country, Swedish dansbandsmusik, jazz, rap and hip hop. I can listen to, but most of the time don't like, ordinary popular music. I think the main problem here is that most radio stations play the same songs too many times.

I'm an avid reader - most of the books I read are fiction, mainly Science Fiction and Fantasy. Some authors that comes to mind are Larry Niven, David Eddings, Terry Pratchett and Raymond E. Feist. I read books by many other authors too, of course, but the above are my favorite ones.

Well, that's all there is to read about me right now. Planned additions include, among other things, an introduction to my family. So long and thanks for all the fish.

Copyright © David Hedbor 2009. All Rights Reserved.


		My main work related skills are UNIX system administration and programming. During the years, this is what I've been working with. I have also worked with designing web pages although I haven't really done this (professionally) for many years. In 1994 I and four friends founded an Internet company, Informationsvävarna. It later change names to Idonex and, in early 2000, changed name again to Roxen Internet Software. Originally we planned to become an Internet consulting and webdesign company. However over the years the focus was turned to the webserver that serves you this very site. I'm not longer actively involved with Roxen in any way. Me and a bunch of other people are working on our own webserver based on the Roxen 1.3 code base. It's called Caudium and you can read more about it on our website. I currently work as a senior Internet programmer at Real Networks, where I write Caudium / Roxen modules other things used internally or on the public websites. Please note that don't work with any of the software products Real Networks is selling. I'm a computer power user by heart (some call it a nerd). This means that most of my hobbies involve computers. Programming and website hacking (see my projects page for more info about my software and website projects) are my main activities. I spend a significant amount of time playing games. Since my current operating system of choice is Linux (I don't even have a working Windows install at this time), game choices has traditionally been limited to freeware games or Quake. Thanks to Loki Entertainment Software I now have plenty of games to play under Linux. My current favorites are SMAC, Railroad Tycoon 2 and Soldier of Fortune. I am a huge fan of anime - Japanese cartoons. On my projects page you can see that I spend a lot of times working on my anime related websites. I also watch a lot of anime - recently I have started collecting DVDs. My collection is still not very impressive, but I'm working on it! Favorite series include Ah! My Goddess, Lain, Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne, Akira and Ghost in the Shell. Of course thats just a small selection of series I like but it should give you an idea of what I like. Of course I don't just watch anime - I also watch ordinary (and sometimes less ordinary) movies. Me and my wife sees most of the movies that come out in the theatres and generally at least enjoy most. I have a very broad taste in movies, but I still have some favorites. Movies I loved include, but is not limited to: the Alien trilogy (I pretend the fourth movie didn't exist), Highlander, Warlock, the Predator movies, the Terminator, Metropolis (the enhanced version) and X-Men. My all time favorite movie is probably The Matrix. It's an absolutely brilliant movie. I think the fact that I knew _nothing_ about the scope of the movie before seeing it was also a nice touch. Normally by the time the movie is released, you know half the story and have seen all the great scenes (todays advertising spoil many movies). Favorite actors are among others: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sean Connery, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Harrison Ford. I could list a lot more actors here, but I think you get the point. There are a number of TV-shows I watch on a regular basis, like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ER, Friends, The X-Files, Pretender and Profiler. My favorite ex-TV-show is Babylon 5. Even though I do watch a number of shows, I am not a TV-fanatic. I tend to avoid watching to shows I don't have to see, since I simply don't have all that time to waste. This is not really a hobby - I rarely just sit listening to music - but it's a large part of me. My favorite type of music is Techno, Trance, Industry and similar genres. Example artists would be The Prodigy, U96, Moby and Rammstein. This is not the only thing I like though. Example of other groups I like are Enigma, Deep Forest and Enya. As you can see my taste in music is very broad taste in music, although I tend to prefer the harder stuff. Music I strongly dislike includes country, Swedish dansbandsmusik, jazz, rap and hip hop. I can listen to, but most of the time don't like, ordinary popular music. I think the main problem here is that most radio stations play the same songs too many times. I'm an avid reader - most of the books I read are fiction, mainly Science Fiction and Fantasy. Some authors that comes to mind are Larry Niven, David Eddings, Terry Pratchett and Raymond E. Feist. I read books by many other authors too, of course, but the above are my favorite ones. Well, that's all there is to read about me right now. Planned additions include, among other things, an introduction to my family. So long and thanks for all the fish.

		Copyright © David Hedbor 2009. All Rights Reserved.