User:Darkguy

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Born in 1982 in Vienna, Austria. Student of journalism and communication studies at the University of Vienna.

My hobbies and interests (some Wikipedia articles I might read and try to improve):

• Information technology and telecommunications
  • Operating systems (basically anything from AIX to ZETA)
  • Networking
  • Mobile computing (PDAs, mobile phones, notebooks/laptops, Tablet PCs, etc.)
  • HTPCs
  • Ubiquitous computing
  • The effects modern technologies have on our society
  • Ongoing research and developments (examples: WiMAX, VoIP, Dual core processors, new fields of 64 bit computing, etc.)
  • Copyright and legal issues involving websites, digital audio/digital video files, software piracy, the open source community, software patents, etc.
  • Privacy issues and controversial technologies like RFID-tags, biometry, surveillance by government institutions, etc.

• Music
  • My Personal Jukebox (my first and to date most extensive contribution to Wikipedia)
  • Music styles like (Heavy) Metal, Gothic, Hard Rock, etc.

• Politics and History
  • the Middle Ages
  • the period around World War II
  • the Cold War and events during that time
  • Russia and the former Soviet Union
  • intelligence agencies
  • military history
  • current geopolitical developments (war on terror, ongoing crises, etc.)

• Books and Movies
  • Prof. J.R.R. Tolkien's works (mainly about Arda and Middle-earth)
  • Thrillers, dramas, independent movies, the occasional action movie
  • The works of Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Oliver Stone, Sofia Coppola, Peter Jackson, Luc Besson among others
  • Books and movies dealing with any of the above topics

• Media/entertainment/television
  • Current events, business developments, ratings, etc.
  • Comedy (mainly Austrian and German shows and Viennese cabaret)
  • (Talks) shows by entertainers like Stefan Raab, Harald Schmidt, Sarah Kuttner, Barbara Schöneberger and Charlotte Roche
  • Some rather innovative and/or entertaining recent television shows 24, Lost, Desperate Housewives, Two and a Half Men, Malcolm in the Middle, Gilmore Girls, etc.

• Professional wrestling, mixed martial arts and sports entertainment (both in front of the camera and behind the scenes)
  • World Wrestling Entertainment
  • Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  • Various independent promotions
  • Puroresu
  • Lucha Libre

Links:

• My rather unspectacular personal homepage (German language).

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