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  6. üWhoisGard?
  7. -or-
  8. Whoistheeditor?
  9. -or-
  10. Whatisthatthing...it'smoving!
  11. ÇbyandwithGardEggesbøAbrahamsen
  12.  
  13. éThefirstquestiononeshouldasktheeditorofanewdiskmagazine
  14. shouldbe"Whothefuckin'helldoyouthinkyouare?"Well,sinceI
  15. alreadyhadansweredthatquestioninmyfirstCLtoStefanandRichard
  16. ofSTNews,here'stheextract(pleaseletmeremindyouthatthiswas
  17. writtenthreeyearsago,andthatanupdateprobablywillbefoundatthe
  18. endoftheextract)...:
  19. Ç
  20.   Yeah!WhoamI?Well,I'mthebest(?)programmeroftheO.U.C.H.-crew,
  21. Isuppose.ButüwhoÇêamÇäIÇ?OK!Heregoes:
  22.  
  23.   Age:Heh!Just16,andlookatmycareer-eh-whichcareer?
  24.   Favouritefood:SpaghettiBolognese!Withlotsofstrongspice.
  25.   Worstfood:Fish!Ihatefish!Myfathertellsmethatfishcan'tfeel
  26. pain,butItellyou:Thefishisstunnedbythepain,sowhenyoucatch
  27. it,youcan'thearitscream,becauseit'sstunnedbypain!Theyeven
  28. tastebad.Yeuch!
  29.   Bestdrink:Coke!orPepsi-ifIcan'tfindanycoke.Especiallyto
  30. SpaghettiBolognese.
  31.   Worstdrink:Anythingwithalcohol;beerandJollyCola.
  32.   Bestfilm:Iamnotsure;IseemtolikeanythingIsee,butmy
  33. favouriteswillalwaysbefilmsbyGeorgeLucasandStevenSpielberg.
  34.   Worstfilm:Er...actually...Idon'tknow.
  35.   BestTVprogramme:Er...'Allo'allo!isgood...ALF...er...eh...
  36.   WorstTVprogramme:Hmmm...Don'taskmesomanyhardquestions.
  37.   Previously/currentcomputer(s):Spectrum48+forfiveyearsbeforeI
  38. boughtmyAtari520STMwhichI'vehadforayear.
  39.   FirstarticleinSTNEWS:Nothing...yet!
  40.   FirstarticleinSTKLUBBEN:Somethingaboutsorting(Issue1of1989
  41. (Yeah!That'sthesecondissueofSTKever!)
  42.   WhatIlikeaboutmyself:Er...myprogrammingskill.ThatIgetin
  43. touchwithpeoplesoeasily.ThatIamkind.
  44.   WhatIhateaboutmyself:I'mlazy,I'mtoomodesttogetintouchwith
  45. girlssoeasily.(Somegirlshavetriedtogetintouchwithme-and
  46. failed!Theremustbesomethingterriblywrong!Ipromise!I'lldomy
  47. bestfromnowon!)
  48.   Favouritebook(s):Idon'treadmuch,butIlikeTolkienandDouglas
  49. Adams.
  50.   Worstbook:SatanicVerses...It'sboring.Ihaven'tevenopenedthe
  51. damnbook!
  52.   Myultimategoal:Tofindagirl,fallinlovewithher,marryher,do
  53. severalthingswithher...ANDDOPROGRAMMING24HOURSADAYATTHESAME
  54. TIME!!!+I'dliketomeetJochen,Stefan,Richard(Yeah!IknowI'll
  55. meetyou,Richard&Stefan!Thisyear!),TCBandotherfamouspeople.
  56. Someday,Imightmeetalltheseguys!Itisnotimpossible!
  57.   WhatIhopewillneverhappentomyself:Dielonelywithoutevenhaving
  58. metagirl...andfalleninlovewithher...andgotalongwithher.
  59.   Worstcomputereverseen:Laser200!
  60.   ThecomputerI'dliketohavebutwouldn'tafforditanyway:ATW
  61.   Profession:Pupil,quarter-timedemomaker(fulltimeinholidaysand
  62. weekends)and...er...beingmyself
  63.   Bestthingevertasted-thatisn'tfood:Australianchocolatepudding.
  64. Arrrrrh!Ineedsome...NOW!
  65.   Worstthingevertasted:Sand(Yeah!Sand!ItasteditwhenIwasa
  66. Çkid!Yeuch!)
  67.   WhatIamgoingtodorightnow:Gotobedandfallasleep.
  68.   WhatIexpecttodotomorrow-er-latertoday,actually:Idon't
  69. know.MaybeIshouldwriteanotherarticleforSTNEWS.MaybeIshould
  70. callStefan.MaybeIshouldgooutandfindmyselfagirl.MaybeI
  71. should...No!I'mnotinmoodfordisappointmentsrightnow.Maybeithas
  72. somethingtodowiththe"STORY1.DOC"fileIwrote.Inevertoldyouwhy
  73. Ialmostcried(inthemeaningofweeping)whileIwrotethestory,did
  74. I?Ithadnothingtodowiththestoryitself.It'safactthatI've
  75. spent16yearsofmylifelookingforgirls(OK!Ihaven'tspentALL
  76. thoseyearsdoingthat,butatleastitseamslikeit)andI...Idon't
  77. feelliketalkingaboutit.Itwould'vebeengoodtalkingaboutit,butI
  78. don'tknowifIcouldtrustthepress(STNEWS).
  79.   Arrrrrgh!Ifeeltired.Ican'tkeepmyeyesopenmuchanymore,soI'll
  80. movethemouseovertoSAVEandpresstheleftmousebuttonbeforeIfall
  81. asl........ZZZZZZ...oops!AsIsaid:BeforeIfallasleep.Goodnight.
  82. (Mynightwillnotbeanycomfortableone.I'mtootired.ZZZZZZZ(ZZZZ
  83. =thenoisethatcomesoutofmymouthwhenI'masleep:Isnore,but
  84. don'tworry.Ifyouvisitmeinmyhouse,andwanttostaythenightover
  85. there,you'llhavetosleeponmattressesonthefloor-intheotherend
  86. ofthehouse.That'sworse'cozthecomputerisn'tthere!)
  87.   Good(aaaaargh!)night!
  88.  
  89.   Eh!Hello(again)!Itisnow15:44thenext...er...thesameday.I
  90. don'tknowwhathappenedtomelastnight,butIfeelmuchbetternow.
  91. WhenIlookoutofthewindow,therainthatnevercamestillhasn't
  92. come.TheTVsays"klikk,klikk!"asmyfingersrunbackandforthover
  93. thekeyboard.TranslatedtoEnglishthismeans"Click,click!"(TheTV
  94. setisNorwegian).Iamsupposedtocleanupmyroomtoday,butitwill
  95. takesometime.IthinkIforgotsomethingupthere(whatIwrotesome
  96. hoursbeforetodaybecametoday:
  97.   Favouritemusic:Er...Idon'tlistenmuchtomusic...maybeIsaidthat
  98. aboveanyway?Nothatwasfilm.Okey!I'lltrytofindoutwhatI
  99. like...RobHubbard...DavidWhittaker...Wossname?JeroenTell?Ithink
  100. thatwaswhattheywroteintheUniondemo.Hey!ThatsoundslikeJochen!
  101. MaybeitisühimÇ...Ineverthoughtofthat!Ormaybenot...whatwashis
  102. lastnameagain?Itwassomethingwitht.Well,I'mnotgoingtosave
  103. thisfile,Jumpoutof1stword+,loadSTNEW4.3,andreload1stword+&
  104. thisfileagainjusttofindout.I'lldoitwhenIhavetoexit1stword
  105. anyway.
  106.   Worstmusic:Hmmmm...Idon'tknow...mostmusicthatsoundsbad...I
  107. don'tlikeclassicalmusictoomuch,butthat'sanotherstory.
  108.   Thatshouldbeit,Ithink.IfIremembersomethingtobeaddedtothe
  109. list,Iwillmentionitbelow-whenIrememberit.
  110.  
  111. éAndherecomestheupdate...Ç
  112.    Age:Atthetimeofwriting,almost19.I'm19atAugust19th.Senda
  113. cardorsufferaterribledeath!
  114.    Favouritefood:SpaghettiBolognesewith20gramsofblackpepper,10
  115. gramsofpastaspiceand10gramsofbarbecuespice.
  116.    Bestfilm:DefinitelyTerminatorII
  117.    BestTVprogramme:TheAddamsFamily,FamilyTiesandLarryKingLive
  118.    WorstTVprogramme:Sell-a-vision
  119.    Previously/currentcomputers(s):Spectrum48+forfiveyearsbeforeI
  120. boughtmyAtari520STMwhichIhadforfouryearsbeforeIjustrecently
  121. gotmyhandsonanAtari1040STE.I'vealsodonesomeprogrammingonMSX,
  122. Enterprise,TI99/4AandsomePCs(atschool),andI'vetouchedthe
  123. Archimedes,C64,Oric1(Spectrumclone),Tiki100,Memotech,NewBrain,
  124. andtheAmiga.
  125.    FirstarticleinSTNEWS:Ahiddenone.Lookforit!
  126. Ç   WhatIlikeaboutmyself:ThatI'vedonequitealotofprogramming
  127. thatIshouldbeproudofbutisn't.ThatI'veboughtmyselfaharddisk.
  128. ThatI'vegotafabuloustasteofmusic.Myextremewayofexpressing
  129. myselftheywayIwantto.
  130.    WhatIhateaboutmyself:Everythingelse.
  131.    Favouritebook(s):HitchhikersGuidetotheGalaxyandMPS1230User's
  132. manual.LordoftheRingscouldalsobementioned.
  133.    Myultimategoal:Tofindagirl,fallinlovewithher,getalong
  134. withher,marryher,getlotsofsmallGardsthatcouldgrowupand
  135. becomegreatprogrammersandwriters.WhydoIhavethefeelingthatthis
  136. won'thappen?(Seeotherarticlescomingup...)
  137.    WhatIhopeneverwillhappentomyself: