Balance of life

Welcome to my blog. This blog is about my life, how I try to balance my valuable time between studying, working and my hobbys.

Study

I started my studies in University of Tampere, Department of Computer Sciences in autumn 2003. Currently I am focusing on XML data handling and processing. Grid computing is also one of my interests.

Working

I currently work at Nokia Oyj as Summer Trainee.

Photography

My first contact with photography was a early digital camera I borrowed from school, in year 2002. It did not take a long time to lose my heart to photography.
My first own camera was Kodak DC-4800, which served me well, until it got replaced by Canon Powershot G3. I shooted meny photos over few years with these pocket-size cameras.
My photographing took next big step after I got my first D-SLR in October 2005, Canon EOS-350D.

My photographing has been slowly grown bigger and bigger as hobby until in summer 2007 hobby was no longer a hobby. Nowadays I sell my photos through Sodapix photo-agency, and trying to afford my photograph purchases by selling some photos.

Past

June 2005 - August 2006

University of Tampere, Departments of Computer Sciences
Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP)-related tasks, developing system working better in normal office desktop environment. Administrated LTSP-based classroom installation.

August 2006 - August 2007

JJ-Net Group Oy
Worked as systems administrator, mainly GNU/Linux -based web, mail and database servers. Tasks also included software development with PHP and Perl.

November 2007 - April 2008

University of Tampere, Departments of Computer Sciences
Work related to XML relations and XML databases.