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Overview

  • 19 references 12 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Afrikaans
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Linux Developer, Software Support, Selling my Soul to lar...
  • MSc
  • From Cape Town
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Dont Panic.

ABOUT ME

I am a saffer moved to Cork in Ireland. Ended up here pretty randomly and looks like I will be here for another fair while.

Spent the last year living in Scotland while I studied at Edinburgh University.

I am very passionate about Linux, Open Source, Aikido and Vegan issues.

Looking to host people with similar interests.

PHILOSOPHY

Have fun, make the most and do not be afraid

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Cork has a very active CS group and I get to a few of the events. Some of my good friends are also involved in CS.

I host people with very similar interests. Very similar as in are vegan, open source developers, aikido etc.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted a few people in Cork, tried to couch surf in Munich but failed!

Interests

Linux, Aikido, Vegan, Running, Weight Training, open source, politics, Powerlifting, Cooking, Travel, Punk, Pubs, Party, food not bombs, Random stuff.

  • dining
  • cooking
  • beer
  • vegan
  • marathon
  • running
  • powerlifting
  • partying
  • pub crawls
  • politics
  • traveling
  • coding
  • track and field

Music, Movies, and Books

Top 5 Movies (in no order): Vanilla Sky, High Fidelity, Domino, About a Boy, Fight Club

Top 5 books: High Fidelity, The Trial, Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe, Dangerous Parking, 7 minute idle

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Sandboarding in Namib Desert
- Driven around a race track
- Completed a Marathon
- Swam a mile in the atlantic ocean
- Written open source code that other people use.
- Just about got my MSc
- Drank Efes beer in Istanbul on a roof top
- Participated in a Spencer Tunick installation

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a keen Vegan cook so can teach to to make bread, green curry, sushi or just about anything you want to eat.

Open Source wise, I am a Linux admin so very clued up on Linux stuff. Programming wise PHP and C are my main thing.

I train for powerlifting, so could take you to my gym if you train.

If you do aikido we can train at a dojo in Cork.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Malta, Namibia, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom

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