About

I am a geek fascinated by technology, astronomy, physics, psychology, and language. Technology because it extends us and lets us easily access and exchange the sum of human knowledge, astronomy because there is nothing as satisfyingly humbling as gazing at the stars, physics because it helps us comprehend the fabric underlying reality, psychology because there are few things as fascinating and complex as the human mind, and language becuz diction is dope, bro.

I hail from Denmark, a small Scandinavian country which is home to the Little Mermaid, Niels Bohr, ice cube bags, and various controversial drawings. Although Denmark’s people are Danish, the Danish does not, in fact, come from Denmark (we call it Viennese bread). I sometimes have trouble staying on topic. I live in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, where I work as a problem solver at a privacy company called Evidon. In my spare time I usually fiddle with one of my projects, or try to widen my understanding of the things that fascinate me. I also occasionally make videos, and write a few other blogs, Throwing Fire and Snake Wrestling.

Random stuff:

• I like to experiment with programming, writing, skiing, playing music, and staring into walls. None of those things tend to yield any tangible results.
• One of my favorite quotations is by JFK: “Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” Here are some others.
• I got my only cool-looking scar—and a mouth full of mold—from falling head-first into a potted plant when I was six years old. Plus points for honesty?
• My heroes are Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Albert Einstein, Ernest Hemingway, Kurt Vonnegut, and Isaac Asimov.
• I am a member of the ACM, IEEE, OWASP, Planetary Society, Mensa, and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
• My Myers-Briggs type indicator is INFP.
• My favorite numbers are 6174 and 42.