About
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Peter
I am 28 years old. I was born in Lidköping, Sweden, and I still live there.
Currently, I am working on completing my C-level essay in theoretical philosophy under the auspices of Paavo Pylkkänen, and I am also a certified projectionist at Lidköping's movie theater.
Interests
- Academic
- Philosophy of physics: quantum mechanics, David Bohm's ideas of implicate and explicate orders and the holomovement, process physics, time travel, Rupert Sheldrake's ideas of morphic resonance and formative causation
- Philosophy of mind/consciousness
- Quantum information science: quantum computing, quantum cryptography, quantum teleportation
- Personal
- Computers, the Internet, and technology: web publishing, IT security, trusted computing, digital photography
- Movies: I publish my movie reviews on this web site; I am a board member of Lidköping's film club and also its webmaster
- Privacy issues
- The food–health connection: the low-carbohydrate/high-fat (LCHF) diet, artificial food additives
- Supernatural phenomena, parapsychology, and mysteries
- Extraterrestrial life and intelligence
- The Swedish and English languages
Background
I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Skövde (issued November 30, 2004; my dissertation: TCPA/TCG and NGSCB: Benefits and Risks for Users). In August 2000 I started studying computer science at the University of Skövde, and during my first year there was a mandatory introductory course in philosophy. That course made me really interested in philosophy, and my interest grew so much that I eventually decided to switch fields completely, going from computer science to theoretical philosophy; that is one decision I have never regretted.
I was responsible for the Swedish translation of SmartFTP between 2002 and 2008, and I have translated Auscomp IT Commander 4.2 and Novell Internet Messaging System 2.1 into Swedish. Furthermore, I have written a few programs that were made available on the Internet, and one of them—WinTime (displayed in a tray-icon tooltip how long Windows had been running)—was featured in Lockergnome on March 31, 1998 (issue #63).
Miscellaneous Facts
- I am open-minded and always interested in learning new things.
- I am organized and meticulous in most matters.
- I want to connect with people from different countries and cultures for the purpose of mutual horizon-broadening and friendship.
- I have a thing for random—some might call them useless—facts and trivia.
- I am a bit of a chocoholic: I really like dark chocolate because it tastes good and is healthful—a perfect combination.
- I tend to be obsessive about not missing any episodes of the TV series I follow.
- I want to visit Cameroon at least once in my life, and maybe other countries in West Africa as well.
- I used to be quite an active autograph collector.
Me Elsewhere on the Web
Web Site
I always aim to write standards-compliant code, but third-party code may prevent the pages from validating; there is nothing I can do about that. This site should be readable in just about any browser, although older ones may not display the pages as they are intended to be displayed.
The short date format used is YYYY-MM-DD. The time format is 24-hour and the time zone is Central European Time/Central European Summer Time (current time in Sweden).
This site is a no-www.org Class B approved domain. This means that "www" should not be included in the URL; if it is, silent redirection to the URL without the "www" will take place.
This site is maintained with Notepad++, ListGarden, and FileZilla (yes, I still hand-code almost everything). It is hosted by Ballou.
Affiliate programs: Adlibris.se, Amazon.com, Discshop.se, Ginza.se, Misco.se.
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Last updated: 2010-03-08.
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