User:Darkguy

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).