About the author

A quick summary of who I am and what I do:

I'm 20 years old, and live in Oslo, the capital of Norway. I'm currently studying maths and computer science at the University of Oslo; planning to get a degree within mathematical modelling, with a dash of physics and emphasing the computer part of the study. More precisely, in spring'96 my studies consist of discrete mathematics, signal- and image-processing plus co-operating in writing a program simulating the effects of acid rainfall in a test-area in the south of Norway (the Birkenes-field, close to Kristiansand).

At home I now possess 4 computers, of which 1 is regular use: A vanilla Amiga 1200, expanded only by a HD. The others are a 80286 PC and an Amiga 500, both semi-out-of-order. The last one is a Commodore VIC-20, which for some peculiar reason never seems to be used. Plans are to get a Linux-capable PC, though.

Most of the time in front of these computers (including SGI Indy's and SPARC stations at our university) is spent on C and shell programming, plus some textprocessing.

C and shell programming are not my only knowledge areas regarding computers, however. I write the following languages more or less: Perl, Motorola 68000 assembly code, ARexx, Simula, C++, LATEX, HTML, AmigaGuide, Amos Basic and Installer LISP. Once I also mastered Commodore Basic V2 (the one included with my VIC-20 :-) ).

However, I also try to not to end up as a computer nerd. Thus, in addition to the obligatory (?) interest for computers, I am a scout. Still running into the woods, climbing the trees, falling down and climbing up once more, in other words. To be more specific, I am a now a troop leader for `Ulven' scoutgroup; Norwegian Scouts Association. I am also a active rover in `VĂ¥lerenga' scoutgroup.

If you really like this program, and wish to ensure that development is continued, please consider sending one of the scout-badges of your country. It will surely be appreciated. Remember, all this development is done on my spare time, and I would be very grateful for your initiative.

Certainly a lot more to tell (I play the piano and like cross-country skiing, for instance); but I'll stop here before you fall asleep...:-)