Fingers on the keyboard

Text - an art form and one of the most useful tools in the world at the same time. I had always been keen to share my thoughts with others, so after getting my first modem I ended up reading and writing thousands of articles first in local BBS:s, later on mailing lists and other (electronic) forums. Since 1997 I've also occasionally written articles for a Finnish computer magazine called MikroPC.

On this page I have collected some of the material I've written. Most of it is available only in Finnish.

Scientific publications

• Kere, P., Lento, J., Lyly, M., and Teräs, A., "A Structural Design Optimization System Exploiting Distributed Grid Resources", In Proc. 47th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, Newport, RI, USA, 1-4 May, 2006. Paper AIAA-2006-1626.
• A Teras, K. Muramoto, H. Aoyama, M. Tamura, T. Koike, H. Fujii, T. Pfaff, "Database of Snowfall for Analyzing Vertical Structure of Cloud", Proceedings of the SICE Annual Conference, session TAII-2-6, pp.1878-1883, 2003. (pdf)
• Arto Teräs, "Database for Ground Based Snowfall Observation", Master's Thesis, Helsinki University of Technology, 2004. (pdf)

The following documents written by me are referenced in the thesis or otherwise related to it:

• Wakasa database user's guide
• Wakasa database administrator's guide
• Japanese summary of the project and my life as an exchange student

Articles published in MikroPC

• Assembly kokosi nuoret harrastajat (9/1997, page A5)
• Salattu yhteys WeBBSiin (8/1998, page 87)
• Assembly kokosi demokansan (12/1998, page 20)
• Ajokorttikoulu (12/1998, page 85)
• Kotisivun tekeminen (13/1998, page 80)
• S.u.S.E. 5.3 (16/1998, page 28)
• Hakutoiminnot tehokäyttöön (17/1998, page 88)
• Www-ohjelmointi (18/1998, page 92)
• WeBBSin strategiset mitat (20/1998, page 83)
• Linux-kaverit kilpasilla (1/1999, page 53)
• Installfest auttoi Linux-untuvikkoja (2/1999, page 11)
• Uudella ytimellä lisäpotkua Linuxiin (4/1999, page 58)
• Torvalds uskoo pelien voimaan (8/1999, page 9)
• CERN korvaa superkoneet Linux-klustereilla / CERN replaces supercomputers by Linux clusters (14/1999, 1.10.1999)
• Nörttien Linux myyntipakettiin (5/2000, page 44, 23.3.2000)
• Puettava elektroniikka nostaa pehmeät arvot esiin (7/2000, page 13, 20.4.2000)
• Näkemyksiä Linuxista (9/2000, page 74, 11.5.2000)
• Vapaa koodi nopeuttaa kehitystä / Free code speeds up development (11/2000, page 14, 10.8.2000)
• Tukipalvelut avainsana Pariisin Linux Expossa (3/2001, page 18, 22.2.2001)
• Yrityksiä kaatuu, mutta koodi säilyy / Companies fall but the code stays (12/2001, page 19, 23.8.2001)
• Vaihtoehtoinen bittijuhla (2/2002, page 22, 7.2.2002)
• Linuxista suuryritysten kilpakenttä (8/2003, page 18)

I plan add more of them online when I'm less busy, but that seems to be never the case. Contact me if you need a specific one. The articles are also available in pdf form for subscribers or by gsm payment for non-subscribers from the magazine's on-line service.

The contents of all my articles published in MikroPC can be freely redistributed, but some of the pictures and the layout are not mine. If you are interested in public use of one of the articles not yet available here, contact me or the editors.

Articles related to the Finnish Linux User Group and Free Software meetings

Moved to my GNU/Linux and Free Software page.