Uuki's hobbies:

• Astronomy: Uuki has been interested in astronomy since he was just a little kid. Starting out with just a casual interest in the night sky, Uuki has later gotten a little carried away. Currently he owns three telescopes, the biggest one of which (an 205 mm Dobsonian) he built himself. (Click here for pictures and some technical info). In 1997 Uuki was the WWW-maintainer of Pollux, the astronomy suborganization at the Helsinki University of Technology, and was elected as chairman for 1998.

  Update: My Dobsonian has now become a lightweight version!

• Bicycling: Uuki likes bicycling. Especially in new places. Here is a picture of him, taken in the summer of 1997 when he and Camber made a trip to Åland by bike.

• Hiking and fishing: Uuki has also loved hiking in the wilderness since he was a little kid. The same applies to fishing. The biggest fish Uuki has caught so far is the 11-kilogram pike he caught from Åland when he was 13 years old.

• Electronics: Uuki thinks he knows a lot about electronics, but in fact that's not so. But he likes fooling around with IC's, transistors, capacitors, LED's etc.

• Computers: Of course, Uuki is also interested in computers. He likes programming in C and assembly language. He is the only member of a software "group" (one person=group???) called Wack-O Productions. He has made e.g. the software for CyberDyne Magazine. Uuki hates Microsoft Windows (registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation) and likes Linux.

• Ice water swimming: In the winter, when the lakes freeze over, some people still go swimming in a hole in the ice. I used to think it was something only old, hairy, overweight people do, but in the autumn of 1997 I discovered this is untrue. You only have to be crazy to do it. And I am.