I've spent countless hours in front of a computer, coding, writing
emails and surfing the web. So you may call me a nerd and I won't be
offended. On the other hand, I like to travel, go hiking in the
wilderness, ride my bicycle (also during the winter) and generally
spend time outdoors.
I also like taking photographs and writing. New pictures and articles appear at least occasionally on my party and travel pages and in my blog.
Since summer 2010 I live together with my girlfriend Sandra and am spending a bit less time than earlier in updating this site. :-)
Since October 2003 I've worked at CSC, except when taking several months or up to one year off for traveling. I've worked on Linux clusters, Grid computing, large scale storage systems and more recently on digital preservation.
Before joining CSC, I studied computer science at Helsinki University of Technology and particularly enjoyed my exchange years at INSA, Lyon, France and Image Information Science laboratory at Kanazawa University, Japan. In the past, I also spent two wonderful summers at CERN, Switzerland, worked for Helsinki Institute of Physics and was a sysadmin of MikroPC.net. I also used to write articles for the MikroPC magazine, but haven't had time for that lately. Some of my earlier works are available on my writings page.
For more details and official stuff, I have a cv too.
I have a tendency to get involved in too many associations and free time activities. My affiliations include:
I try to avoid special tricks and keep these pages simple and standards compliant. They should all be readable with any browser. If you find a page that isn't or have any other comments, please drop me a note.