Kosta's Hobbies

Last modifed: 2003-10-04 kosta@kostis.net

I enjoy reading and going to movies. If that's not possible, I check out videos and sometimes watch TV series, if there is anything interesting. I especially like Science Fiction, Fantasy.

I make music not only in bands and with 100% determination, but also for enjoyment, relaxation, creative output, ... one could claim making music is just one of my hobbies...

From 1992 to 1996 I managed the domains kk.sub.org and blues.sub.de to give friends a cheap connection to the Internet (Mail/News via UUCP). Since the market has grown, I saw no reason to continue that service, especially since I was also involved in managing the domain RoBIN.de which ceased to exist end of March 2000.

This is a small selection of my favourite authors (in alphabetical order):

• Douglas Adamsm, Robert Asprin, Gerhard Branstner, Johanna und Günter Braun, Philip K. Dick, Stanislaw Lem, Robert Sheckley, John Sladek, A. & B. Strugatzki, Kurt Vonnegut, ...

This is a small selection of my favourite SF movies and series (in alphabetical order):

• Babylon 5 (yes, even though it kind of smells like Perry Rhodan)
• Raumpatroullie ("Wir nannten sie 'Frogs', weil 'Frösche' nicht so fremd klingt")
• Independence Day
• Silent Running (poor little robots and plants)
• Star Trek (TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY and those movies, especially 2, 4, 6 and 8)
• Star Wars I-III (simply classic)
• Stargate (so many colours here)
• Superman - Lois and Clark (each episode is better than any movie)
• ...

All time favourites from other genres (in alphabetical order):

• The Apartment
• Fifth Element
• Highlander
• Subway
• ...

Oh yes, another hobby of mine is electronics. In school I've built stuff from audio mixers to EPROM programmers and  MIDI-Interfaces for VIC-20/C64. Today I don't have much time to develop and build devices like that.

In May 2003 I picked another old hobby of mine: riding a motor bike. Since I hadn't been doing this in a long while I found it appropriate to start with a "small" machine. In this case this means a Yamaha XT-350.