Kneth's Korner

About me

Welcome to my home page. My name is Kenneth Geisshirt, and I live in Tårnby - a suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark - with my partner Pia and our children, Svante and Svea.

I'm a chemist by education and I have worked in the biotech and computer industries since my graduation. If you'll like to learn a bit more, take a look at my resume. Moreover, you could take a look at my writings, software, and talks.

My humor is a heavily inspired by Monty Python ("you know what I mean") and Douglas Adams (42 is the answer - what was the question?). I prefer contemporary TV shows like Smack the pony and "Normalerweise" (a Danish show). My taste of music includes Björk, Pet Shop Boys, and Fiona Apple - and I'm a regular user of Magnatune.

Currently, I am member of Skåne Sjælland Linux User Group, Usenix, and Foreningen Fri Software.

I am member of the blogging group of ComputerWorld. Blogging is a great way to get feedback on thoughts and ideas. My blog is in Danish.

Free Software

I'm a strong advocate of free software (also known as open source software). My introduction to free software was in 1990 when I as undergraduate student first learn UNIX. My favorite operating system since Christmas 1992 has been GNU/Linux - qualifying me as registered Linux user no. 573 at the Linux Counter. I contribute to the GNU Project by being member of the GNU Evaluation Team.

Probably you would call be an old school UNIX user, but for your inspiration you might wish to learn a bit about my desktop.

Freelance

I work full time a freelancer/consultant. Being a freelancer give me an opportunity to meet new people constantly. Happily, I have a good ability to adjust to new environments, and I find it easy to talk to people - quickly finding non-technical topics to talk about (children seem to be an icebreaker).

Typical areas of work include:

Google me

If you wish to learn more about me after browsing my website, please give Google a chance. Even my old postings in USENET can be found.

Contact me

The easist way to contact me is by email. My address is kenneth@geisshirt.dk. I have accounts at the common instant messaging services:

If you need to contact me in the non-virtual world my postal address is Majbøl Alle 18, DK-2770 Tårnby. I can be reached by phone at +45 38 87 78 38 (home) or +45 60 62 71 82 (mobile).