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üWhoisGard?
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Whoistheeditor?
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Whatisthatthing...it'smoving!
ÇbyandwithGardEggesbøAbrahamsen
éThefirstquestiononeshouldasktheeditorofanewdiskmagazine
shouldbe"Whothefuckin'helldoyouthinkyouare?"Well,sinceI
alreadyhadansweredthatquestioninmyfirstCLtoStefanandRichard
ofSTNews,here'stheextract(pleaseletmeremindyouthatthiswas
writtenthreeyearsago,andthatanupdateprobablywillbefoundatthe
endoftheextract)...:
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Yeah!WhoamI?Well,I'mthebest(?)programmeroftheO.U.C.H.-crew,
Isuppose.ButüwhoÇêamÇäIÇ?OK!Heregoes:
Age:Heh!Just16,andlookatmycareer-eh-whichcareer?
Favouritefood:SpaghettiBolognese!Withlotsofstrongspice.
Worstfood:Fish!Ihatefish!Myfathertellsmethatfishcan'tfeel
pain,butItellyou:Thefishisstunnedbythepain,sowhenyoucatch
it,youcan'thearitscream,becauseit'sstunnedbypain!Theyeven
tastebad.Yeuch!
Bestdrink:Coke!orPepsi-ifIcan'tfindanycoke.Especiallyto
SpaghettiBolognese.
Worstdrink:Anythingwithalcohol;beerandJollyCola.
Bestfilm:Iamnotsure;IseemtolikeanythingIsee,butmy
favouriteswillalwaysbefilmsbyGeorgeLucasandStevenSpielberg.
Worstfilm:Er...actually...Idon'tknow.
BestTVprogramme:Er...'Allo'allo!isgood...ALF...er...eh...
WorstTVprogramme:Hmmm...Don'taskmesomanyhardquestions.
Previously/currentcomputer(s):Spectrum48+forfiveyearsbeforeI
boughtmyAtari520STMwhichI'vehadforayear.
FirstarticleinSTNEWS:Nothing...yet!
FirstarticleinSTKLUBBEN:Somethingaboutsorting(Issue1of1989
(Yeah!That'sthesecondissueofSTKever!)
WhatIlikeaboutmyself:Er...myprogrammingskill.ThatIgetin
touchwithpeoplesoeasily.ThatIamkind.
WhatIhateaboutmyself:I'mlazy,I'mtoomodesttogetintouchwith
girlssoeasily.(Somegirlshavetriedtogetintouchwithme-and
failed!Theremustbesomethingterriblywrong!Ipromise!I'lldomy
bestfromnowon!)
Favouritebook(s):Idon'treadmuch,butIlikeTolkienandDouglas
Adams.
Worstbook:SatanicVerses...It'sboring.Ihaven'tevenopenedthe
damnbook!
Myultimategoal:Tofindagirl,fallinlovewithher,marryher,do
severalthingswithher...ANDDOPROGRAMMING24HOURSADAYATTHESAME
TIME!!!+I'dliketomeetJochen,Stefan,Richard(Yeah!IknowI'll
meetyou,Richard&Stefan!Thisyear!),TCBandotherfamouspeople.
Someday,Imightmeetalltheseguys!Itisnotimpossible!
WhatIhopewillneverhappentomyself:Dielonelywithoutevenhaving
metagirl...andfalleninlovewithher...andgotalongwithher.
Worstcomputereverseen:Laser200!
ThecomputerI'dliketohavebutwouldn'tafforditanyway:ATW
Profession:Pupil,quarter-timedemomaker(fulltimeinholidaysand
weekends)and...er...beingmyself
Bestthingevertasted-thatisn'tfood:Australianchocolatepudding.
Arrrrrh!Ineedsome...NOW!
Worstthingevertasted:Sand(Yeah!Sand!ItasteditwhenIwasa
Çkid!Yeuch!)
WhatIamgoingtodorightnow:Gotobedandfallasleep.
WhatIexpecttodotomorrow-er-latertoday,actually:Idon't
know.MaybeIshouldwriteanotherarticleforSTNEWS.MaybeIshould
callStefan.MaybeIshouldgooutandfindmyselfagirl.MaybeI
should...No!I'mnotinmoodfordisappointmentsrightnow.Maybeithas
somethingtodowiththe"STORY1.DOC"fileIwrote.Inevertoldyouwhy
Ialmostcried(inthemeaningofweeping)whileIwrotethestory,did
I?Ithadnothingtodowiththestoryitself.It'safactthatI've
spent16yearsofmylifelookingforgirls(OK!Ihaven'tspentALL
thoseyearsdoingthat,butatleastitseamslikeit)andI...Idon't
feelliketalkingaboutit.Itwould'vebeengoodtalkingaboutit,butI
don'tknowifIcouldtrustthepress(STNEWS).
Arrrrrgh!Ifeeltired.Ican'tkeepmyeyesopenmuchanymore,soI'll
movethemouseovertoSAVEandpresstheleftmousebuttonbeforeIfall
asl........ZZZZZZ...oops!AsIsaid:BeforeIfallasleep.Goodnight.
(Mynightwillnotbeanycomfortableone.I'mtootired.ZZZZZZZ(ZZZZ
=thenoisethatcomesoutofmymouthwhenI'masleep:Isnore,but
don'tworry.Ifyouvisitmeinmyhouse,andwanttostaythenightover
there,you'llhavetosleeponmattressesonthefloor-intheotherend
ofthehouse.That'sworse'cozthecomputerisn'tthere!)
Good(aaaaargh!)night!
Eh!Hello(again)!Itisnow15:44thenext...er...thesameday.I
don'tknowwhathappenedtomelastnight,butIfeelmuchbetternow.
WhenIlookoutofthewindow,therainthatnevercamestillhasn't
come.TheTVsays"klikk,klikk!"asmyfingersrunbackandforthover
thekeyboard.TranslatedtoEnglishthismeans"Click,click!"(TheTV
setisNorwegian).Iamsupposedtocleanupmyroomtoday,butitwill
takesometime.IthinkIforgotsomethingupthere(whatIwrotesome
hoursbeforetodaybecametoday:
Favouritemusic:Er...Idon'tlistenmuchtomusic...maybeIsaidthat
aboveanyway?Nothatwasfilm.Okey!I'lltrytofindoutwhatI
like...RobHubbard...DavidWhittaker...Wossname?JeroenTell?Ithink
thatwaswhattheywroteintheUniondemo.Hey!ThatsoundslikeJochen!
MaybeitisühimÇ...Ineverthoughtofthat!Ormaybenot...whatwashis
lastnameagain?Itwassomethingwitht.Well,I'mnotgoingtosave
thisfile,Jumpoutof1stword+,loadSTNEW4.3,andreload1stword+&
thisfileagainjusttofindout.I'lldoitwhenIhavetoexit1stword
anyway.
Worstmusic:Hmmmm...Idon'tknow...mostmusicthatsoundsbad...I
don'tlikeclassicalmusictoomuch,butthat'sanotherstory.
Thatshouldbeit,Ithink.IfIremembersomethingtobeaddedtothe
list,Iwillmentionitbelow-whenIrememberit.
éAndherecomestheupdate...Ç
Age:Atthetimeofwriting,almost19.I'm19atAugust19th.Senda
cardorsufferaterribledeath!
Favouritefood:SpaghettiBolognesewith20gramsofblackpepper,10
gramsofpastaspiceand10gramsofbarbecuespice.
Bestfilm:DefinitelyTerminatorII
BestTVprogramme:TheAddamsFamily,FamilyTiesandLarryKingLive
WorstTVprogramme:Sell-a-vision
Previously/currentcomputers(s):Spectrum48+forfiveyearsbeforeI
boughtmyAtari520STMwhichIhadforfouryearsbeforeIjustrecently
gotmyhandsonanAtari1040STE.I'vealsodonesomeprogrammingonMSX,
Enterprise,TI99/4AandsomePCs(atschool),andI'vetouchedthe
Archimedes,C64,Oric1(Spectrumclone),Tiki100,Memotech,NewBrain,
andtheAmiga.
FirstarticleinSTNEWS:Ahiddenone.Lookforit!
Ç WhatIlikeaboutmyself:ThatI'vedonequitealotofprogramming
thatIshouldbeproudofbutisn't.ThatI'veboughtmyselfaharddisk.
ThatI'vegotafabuloustasteofmusic.Myextremewayofexpressing
myselftheywayIwantto.
WhatIhateaboutmyself:Everythingelse.
Favouritebook(s):HitchhikersGuidetotheGalaxyandMPS1230User's
manual.LordoftheRingscouldalsobementioned.
Myultimategoal:Tofindagirl,fallinlovewithher,getalong
withher,marryher,getlotsofsmallGardsthatcouldgrowupand
becomegreatprogrammersandwriters.WhydoIhavethefeelingthatthis
won'thappen?(Seeotherarticlescomingup...)
WhatIhopeneverwillhappentomyself:Diewithouteverhaving
accomplishedanythinginmyentirelifetime.
Profession:Student,democreator,gamescreator,freelance
programmer,editorofScribaCommunisResponsi,cameraman,writer,film
editor,actor,poetandprophet.
Favouritemusic:ThisMortalCoil,Exhorder,Metallica,Sistersof
Mercy,IronMaiden,KateBush,MelissaEtheridge,Khaled,Testament,Ofra
Hazaandloadsmore...
Worstmusic:NewKidsontheBlock,KrissKross.
éAndforthoseofyouwhowonderwhatwasin"STORY1.DOC",thisshouldbe
includedintheliteraturemenuunderthetitle"Pebbitonicstories"...Ç