Okay, what can I say about my self? Let's answer with a list: 100 things about Andi

1. My name is Andreas¹⁾ but I like to be called Andi
2. I've been born and live in Berlin, Germany
3. I studied applied computer science
4. I work as a project manager in software development
5. I drink a lot of coffee
6. I don't like sports
7. I prefer T-Shirts and hate suits
8. My first computer was my father's 286 CPU; 40MB HDD; 4 MB
9. I'm only good at things I enjoy (or maybe the other way round)
10. I have no drivers license I made my drivers license with 32
11. I'm not a vegetarian
12. I get a few hundred emails per month (excluding spam) but only answer a few dozen
13. I used to own about 350 books and have read much more, but I got rid of most of them because I rarely reread a book
14. I usually have a few coding project ideas in my mind but can't find the time to start on them
15. When I finally start, I usually finish the first working prototype after a weekend of mad coding
16. I'm not a business person
17. I'm not a public talker
18. I can't believe how hard it is to make a 100 item list about myself
19. I love to take photographs but am not keen to be photographed, but that has gotten better
20. I like cataloging things, but am a very disorderly person
21. I'm an information junkie (currently about 100 feeds in my feedreader)
22. I'm an Atheist (but if I'd need to pick a religion I'd go for Pastafarian)
23. My eyes went worse in the last years and I need to wear glasses now
24. Most people don't like most of the music I like
25. I consider stock trading as gambling but sometimes wonder if I should invest
26. I'm often impatient with others
27. I had several pets in my youth: birds, mice, rats, a hamster and a rabbit
28. Sometimes I think my acrophobia gets worse the older I become, but I usually just ignore it
29. I didn't serve in the army but did alternative service
30. My physical education teacher once told me that I will not reach the age of 45
31. I always wanted a robot but still don't have one and now have a Roomba
32. I'd love to see the earth from space one day, but doubt it will happen
33. I question things people tell me until I read them somewhere my self
34. I often wrongly assume people must know of something when I've heard of it at least twice
35. I prefer Intel CPUs over AMD ones for no apparent reason
36. When I was young I was very interested in astronomy but have forgotten most of it now
37. I collected empty beer cans once but stopped at about 370 pieces
38. I coded in Basic, Turbo Pascal, Bash, Java, C, C++, C#, Delphi, Perl, PHP, Python and JavaScript so far, but I'd like to add Ruby one day
39. I prefer Scotch over Irish Whiskey
40. I don't care for soccer but enjoy snooker on the TV
41. My favourite webcomics are Questionable Content, Dumbing of Age and XKCD
42. A few people think I share some characteristics with Gromit
43. My favourite colour is black and if you say that's not a color, I compromise on blue
44. I can't decide between British and American spelling
45. My name was worth 6583 Ego Points on of those silly Web 2.0 sites that has long vanished since
46. I'm right handed
47. My idea of being famous is to be asked for an interview on Slashdot
48. I love silly personality tests on the net
49. I often suffer from the Not Invented Here syndrome
50. Pirates are way cooler than ninjas in my opinion
51. My favourite desktop environment is XFCE
52. AFAIR I went online 1996, mailboxes first²⁾, the Internet came 1997
53. I like silly cartoons like Sponge Bob, the stranger the better
54. I like traveling
55. I used to be a geocacher but somehow mostly lost interest
56. According to the Discordian Calendar I was born on Sweetmorn, the 59th day of the Aftermath in the YOLD 3174
57. I have a small dent on the back of my head. My Grandma had the same.
58. I woke up one night in Tokyo because the toilet was making funny noises – turned out to be an earthquake. My first.
59. GTD systems don't work for me.
60. I can never decide between a spicy Curry Chicken and Chicken Saag at the Indian restaurant.
61. I grew a beard in New Zealand and am keeping it.
62. I have a scar at my ankle because I couldn't stop scratching the spot for several years during my childhood.
63. I used to wear my watch on the right wrist even though I'm not left handed. That changed with getting a smart watch.
64. I like to eat apples with mustard
65. Several points in this list have changed over the many years this page exists
66. I married in Vegas, but there was no Elvis involved
67. The first 20 minutes of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone always bring a tear to my eye
68. to be continued…