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Well, first things first, I'm Kenneth Østby, born in the year of our lord 1983 which makes me one of those who've experienced the pre-1984 era. The country which I've grown up in, and allowed me to have surnames with a non-ascii letter in it is Norway. If you're interesting in a brief description of Norway, you can read the HHGTTG. Mr. Adams paints an excellent portrayal of it. For those of you that are already known, I'm born near Oslo.

Let's fast forward, and do a long jump to today. I'll also try to steer clear of the above cliches. As you've already have guessed, I'm not a student of literature, Norwegian nor English. Currently I'm a Ph.D student at the university of Murcia in Spain where I'm researching computer architecture and Graphics processors.